Larrivée Baker-T Classic - Midnight Electric Guitars

Larrivée Electric Series
Welcome to Larrivée Electrics. We build our electrics with the same quality and expertise as our acoustic guitars. All Larrivée electrics are American-made here in California, USA using only the highest quality parts, materials, and craftsmanship. Everything you would expect from Larrivée. From start to finish, quality assurance is paramount. Inspecting and calibrating machinery and tooling for precision building is an everyday part of making high-end electrics. From our ultra-light Louisiana Swamp Ash bodies and East Indian Rosewood fingerboards to American Rock Maple necks, every piece is hand selected for quality, weight, and appearance. When it comes to our necks, we offer three sizes to suit every player's needs. Fast Neck (Slim C), Standard Neck, and Historic Neck (Deep U) sizes. All three necks are interchangeable thanks to Larrivée's machine screw design.

When it comes to electronics, you can trust we have put in the time and thought to develop the best-sounding and performing controls and electronics. Such as genuine vintage paper-in-oil capacitors for linear tone pots and Bournes ultra-smooth potentiometers. We make our newly designed pickups here at Larrivée with over 30 years of experience, dating back to our first-generation Larrivée electrics in the 80s. You can see, hear, and feel every bit of quality that goes into our electric line.When you first put the new Baker-T Classic in your hands, you can tell right away this is not just another electric of this genre. Every detail has been thought out and meticulously crafted, inside and out, to bring you one of the best-sounding and most versatile electric guitar today. The body is crafted from single-piece ultra-light American Swamp Ash and weighs in on average at a comfortable 6-7 pounds. The Baker-T Classic comes with a quartersawn Indian Rosewood fretboard on a hard maple neck for that warm, spacious tone you find on our Baker-T Pro. The neck is fitted to the body using only premium stainless steel machine screws and precision threaded inserts. And when it comes to the bridge, we've designed a new exclusive double-cut from thick polished stainless steel, no plating, and custom large-diameter marine brass barrel saddles.

Most importantly, our newly designed in-house built pickups provide superior balance and are perfectly matched. The bridge pickup features AlNiCo 3 wide-diameter magnets that have been custom mirrored for a cool 3D effect. The neck pickup features custom-made wide-diameter AlNiCo 6 Magnets. These provide a sweet, complete, balanced tone in the neck position. True to our high standards, the neck pickup is covered with a genuine nickel-silver cover. Sorry, no subpar coated brass here! Each pickup is wound with 43 gauge plain enamel wire and spun on a 60-year-old vintage Leesona pickup winder. How cool is that? Both pickups are lightly potted in a mix of Parrafin and Beewax.

The control plate is one of our favorite features of the Baker-T Classic. We have shifted the volume knob back about 3/8 of an inch, giving you more room between the CRL 3-Way Switch and the Bourns ultra-smooth potentiometers. And get this, we dug into Matthew's private collection of vintage paper-in-oil capacitors for the linear tone pot. Finally, everything is connected to a Pure Tone 4-point jack, so your cable will never come loose during rigorous playing.BODY:

• Single-piece ultra-light Swamp Ash body

• Traced from 1953 Blackguard

COLORS & CODES:

• Burgundy Mist • BKC-BM • 844256024928

• Ice Blue Metallic • BKC-IB • 844256024904

• Copper Metallic • BKC-CM • 844256024881

• Diablo Red • BKC-DR • 844256024898

• Surf Green • BKC-SG • 844256024911

NECK/FRETBOARD DETAILS:

• Single piece Rock Maple neck

• 25.5" Scale Length

• First Fret 0.825” - 12th Fret 0.875”

• 1 & 11/16 Nut Width

• CNC Machined Compound Radius. 9.5” Radius at the nut, 14” Radius at the 20th Fret

• Dual Action Truss Rod w/ Spoke Nut Adjustment at Body

• Indian Rosewood Fretboard w/MOP Dots

• High-Density Bone Nut

NECK PROFILES:

• Fast Neck (Slim C) - 1st Fret 21mm / 13th - 22.1mm

• Standard Neck - 1st Fret 21.5mm / 13th - 21.7mm

• Historic Neck (Deep U) - 1st Fret 22.3mm / 13th 23.8mm

NECK JOINT:

• Traditional 1950s Deep Pocket Bolt-On.

• Stainless Steel Threaded Neck Inserts / Stainless Steel Neck Screws

• Neck Angle Machined into Neck Pocket/Heel for Perfect Saddle Height

FINISH:

• Hand-sprayed ultra-high sheen gloss pure acrylic body

• “Super-Satin” hand rubbed satin finish neck

• Matching color headstock

HARDWARE:

• Gotoh SDS 510 Nickel Tuners w/ CARD system (Made in Japan)

• Polished Stainless steel Larrivée bridge plate (Made in USA)

• Stainless Steel String Ferrules (Made in USA)

• Stainless steel "extra thick" neck plate (Made in USA)

• Custom stainless steel polished control plate. Volume knob further from switch. (Made in USA)

• Compensated large barrel brass Larrivée saddle (Made in USA)

• Stainless steel threaded neck inserts & neck screws (Made in USA)

• Compensated large barrel brass Larrivée saddle (Made in USA)

• Stainless steel threaded neck inserts & neck screws

• Dual-action truss rod w/ easy access spoke wheel adjustment

•Nickel-silver medium fret wire

LARRIVÉE PICKUPS:

• Yarn-wrapped AlNiCo 5 large pole bridge - Potted to prevent feedback

• Custom Alnico 6 neck pickup potted w. nickel silver cover

• Pickups connected RWRP for humbucking when played in center switch position

• Pickups wound with vintage 43 gauge plain enamel

• Cloth pushback wire leads

ELECTRONICS:

• Traditional CRL 3-way switch

• Custom Bourns "low-drag" 250 audio taper pot

• Custom Bourns "low-drag" 300k linear taper pot

• Vintage paper-in-coil capacitor (0.047uf)

• Puretone jack w/ 4 contact points mounted in Electrosocket jack mount

• 50s style wiring