Along with the well earned reputation as professional player's choice, the -09 series features all the high end specifications you expect in a Larrivee guitar. Starting with the high quality indian rosewood and Sitka spruce, single piece mahogany neck, and ebony fretboard and bridge, to the Abalone rosette, and solid Maple purflings, the -09 series are handsome instruments in their own right. Other features include Graphtec TUSQ nut and compensated TUSQ saddle. fretboard featuring 1/16" microdots, chrome Schaller tuners and the headstock displaying a sterling silver border surrounding a mother-of pearl logo. The -09 series is an American workhorse crafted in our shop in Oxnard, California