Great comments, Rick! I too was amazed when I saw this thing for the first time. I wrote to Larrivee at their website and told them I was impressed and I got a personal note back from one of the luthiers. He thanked me for the feedback and said that he appreciated how people 'out there in guitarland' feel about the instruments they create. He went to say, exactly as you have indicated, that they spent a lot of time and effort to develop a fine guitar and were pleased to hear that at least I thought they had done so.

Maybe you can convince Heather that the Baby Larrivee is small enough to fit in your Christmas stocking!