The Incredible Baker-T Goes Pro!
The Baker-T Pro is an American-made, vintage-inspired masterpiece designed by company heir and self-described T-style guitar nut Matt Larrivee! Upping the wow factor of the original Baker-T Pro, Pro, this limited special-edition’s ziricote top adds exotic woodgrain to traditionally spartan T-style builds. A comfort-carved ash body, birdseye maple neck, and birdseye maple fingerboard offer lively vintage tones that complement a well-rounded “Standard U” neck carve. Moreover, these tonewoods are supported by dozens of subtle upgrades, including single-coil pickups voiced with Alnico III and Alnico VI magnets and coils that are hand-wound by Matt Larrivee himself. Other notable touches include ergonomic body contours, tone-boosting stainless steel screw inserts, Gotoh tuners with carbon fiber C-A-R-D mounts, and compensated brass saddles. While subtle, these differences make a big tonal difference when it’s time to plug in and turn up! If you’re chasing down a T-style electric that puts a deluxe spin on twang, then this upgraded Baker-T Pro from Sweetwater absolutely deserves your consideration!
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Custom T-style pickups wound by hand
The Baker-T Pro’s single-coil pickups are boutique through and through. Each pickup is treated to hand-wound coils and inspection approval from Matt Larrivee. In the bridge position, you’ll find a cutting Alnico III single-coil with hot tone and a sensitive response — ideal for lead lines, rhythm, and twangy chicken pickin’! The neck position features a rare selection: a potted Alnico VI pickup. The Alnico VI recipe is close to Alnico V, but with boosted nickel content in the magnet that pulls in the character of Alnico II. The result is a powerful neck pickup that enhances modern materials with a flavorful hint of vintage T-style guitars and their Alnico II pickups from the ’50s. To tie it all together, Larrivee adds premium support electronics: top-notch potentiometers from Bourns Pro Audio; vintage paper-in-oil capacitors (prized for their tendency to better with age); and traditional volume, tone, and 3-way selector controls for nailing a full range of T-style sounds.
Obsessive hardware and design
The original T-style guitar got a lot of things right, but there’s always room for improvement! The Baker-T Pro subtly enhances each aspect of the original design for significant improvements in tone, sustain, stability, and playability. Onboard, you’ll find the typical hardware you’d expect from a boutique American-made guitar, including a bone nut, closed-back tuners, and compensated brass saddles; however, things get more interesting when you add in the Baker-T’s stainless steel screw inserts. Compared to typical hardware-mounting methods (drilling straight into wood, glue, etc.), these stainless steel inserts form a tighter bond between the hardware and the guitar. The result is a noticeable bump in sustain and response as well as more reliable performance over the years. The only hardware that doesn’t mount to these inserts are the vintage-style Gotoh tuning machines; instead, these tuners feature Gotoh C-A-R-D carbon fiber mounts that improve the action of your tuning machines while also keeping strings centered and aligned, even if a tuning peg gets bent out of shape from a gnarly fall or bump onstage. What’s more, look closely at the front and back of a Baker-T Pro body, and you’ll notice contoured forearm and belly curves. Whether you pick up the Baker-T Pro for two minutes or two hours, these curves streamline the typical slab-style T-body for a luxurious playing experience worthy of the Larrivee name.
Enchanté Larrivee
Founded in 1967 in Canada, Larrivee honed its vision and craft among the Sitka spruce forests of Vancouver. Eventually, the company moved not overseas but to California, where Larrivee still crafts guitars that emphasize fine tonewoods and premium aesthetics at player-friendly prices. Goals like “affordable luxury” and ethically sourced wood are anchored in real-world action, like how Larrivee relies on ethically sourced FSC woods. The company’s passion and appreciation for our forestry’s natural beauty let players like you responsibly add pieces of nature to your life in the form of a guitar.
Larrivee Baker-T Pro Electric Guitar Features:
- A limited-run take on the Baker-T Pro
- Traditional 1-piece ash body for a classic blend of rich resonance and strong sustain
- Exotic ziricote top adds tonal nuance and unique personality
- Forearm and belly contour carves add extra comfort compared to the original T-style shape
- Figured birdseye maple neck and fingerboard with a curvy “Standard U” profile
- Compound 9.5–14-inch fingerboard radius optimizes playability for each position
- Custom tone-boosting hardware, including a Callaham Custom bridge, bone nut, and compensated brass saddles
- Hand-wound potted alnico pickups paired with premium pots and capacitors yield a familiar but boutique take on single-coil T-tone
- All screws (except tuner mounts) attach to stainless steel inserts, not directly into wood — yielding a tighter bond between hardware and wood for more durability, sustain, and response
- Vintage-style Gotoh tuners with C-A-R-D mounts made from carbon fiber composite resin (improves tuner action, sustain, and string alignment)
- Designed by Matt Larrivee and built in the USA
