JEAN LARRIVEE SCORES HUGE SPRUCE CACHE!

It's just another day for Jean Sr - out walking the log booms in the forests of British Columbia looking for perfect Sitka Spruce logs which will produce the Larrivee tone years to come. Jean is the only major builder in the world to be this involved with selection of wood. The log in the above picture will provide soundboards for over 2000 guitars!

Sometimes these trips out to the booms come up empty handed - the conditions have to be just right: The logs have to be perfect in size, color, straightness, etc; the price has to be right; and the 'mojo' has to be there as well. This trip though was different though - Never in our almost 40 year history have we seen this much perfect Sitka in one place. Needless to say, we've made the biggest one time purchase of wood we have ever made and boy are we excited!!

When you are looking at 3000 logs floating along the edge a river, it's challenging to find the perfect one... and it can be dangerous work! Above you can see jean inspecting the end of a log looking for even grain dispersal and various other factors - One wrong step or movement and you could be taking a dip in glacier water!

...and more important than the wood itself, is the fact that Larrivee remains a family business. Jean is actively training the next generation of Larrivee's in the art of wood selection and instilling in them the importance of maintaining the legacy of demanding nothing less than perfection in the wood. The above picture shows Jean Sr & John Jr together out on the booms.