LaCroix 000-12

$4,079.00

  • Year: Unknown
  • Manufacturer: LaCroix
  • Model: 000-12
  • Case: Hard
  • Color: White Ash
  • Condition: Brand New
  • Description: St. Thomas, Ontario builder John LaCroix built this dashing twelve fret 000 of figured White ash and Bearclaw Sitka spruce. Typical of LaCroix guitars, the workmanship is impeccable, and the guitar’s assortment of wooden details is astonishing. There are eleven wood species used in the creation of this guitar – from Red spruce top braces to Goncalo alves accents. Cocobolo bridge and fingerboard, curly maple bindings; finely mitered purflings, mirror-perfect Nitrocellulose lacquer finish. LaCroix’s tops are fairly traditionally braced, with long scallops in the main X and face braces and a smallish bridge plate. His back bracing, by contrast is quite unique – employing a double X layout and White spruce braces reinforced with Goncalo alves for a bit of extra strength. The end result is a very fine sounding guitar, so whatever he’s doing seems to working out nicely. The neck has a even feel up the fretboard, and a round, full carve. The nut measures 1-13/16”, and the strings spread to 2-5/16” at the bridge. Lacroix’s fretwork is consistent with the workmanship of the guitar, and the instrument plays comfortably and easily. Tonally, the guitar has a well developed pallet of overtones and a slightly compressed fundamental, making it a good choice for a fingersytle musician who appreciates a consistently responsive instrument. A light attack brings a lot of volume out of the guitar, and we’d recommend this guitar to a player with a light to moderate right hand attack as such. With hardshell case, and luthier’s warranty.