Larrivee guitars are rubbish

thomasross20

Link to marketplace one? There a sunburst OM03 I tried (new) which sounded fantastic. 

@earwighoney ;
sweet lord that looks amazing, though I love the quilted sapele even more!

ditchboy

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/150414594573393/?locale2=en_GB

thomasross20

Just bought it - sucker!!

Only messing. Honestly, I vastly (!!) prefer their non-scalloped ones. There is a big difference imo. 
The above is one of the scalloped ones.

ditchboy

Where did you see an OM03 in sunburst ?

bertie

ditchboy said:

Where did you see an OM03 in sunburst ?

there's an all hog one on Marketplace (or there was at the time I posted the other one)

EDIT - that's the one you just posted,  innit ?? 

ditchboy

Yes. Sure is pretty. 

thomasross20

ditchboy said:

Where did you see an OM03 in sunburst ?

It's new (and not cheap) - Merchant City Music Glasgow. It's really good - I played it. 
https://www.guitar.co.uk/larrivee-om-03-sunburst-top-special-edition

You are paying for the burst top. I was surprised how good this one sounded.

ditchboy

Very nice but not a kick in the arse what I paid for my Martin. I’m still confident I’ll find an 03 in mahogany for about a grand when the kitchen is paid off. 

mgaw

Enjoying this thread any chance of some sound samples?   I followed the link to the one at peach which sounded great strummed

thomasross20

The Larrivee is worth it  
I played a custom shop Martin OOO-18 adi/sinker £5k and it was on par with my old £600 OM02.
That was a decent Martin. But I hear you... you will be able to get one used for less.

My YouTube channel doesn't use best recording, need to get better at that. 

ditchboy

Yeah I have decided to never buy new again. Just got to be patient for the right thing. 

Gandalph

bertie said:

mgaw said:

They look great,  off to find nearest stockist!

yes - nice vintage look,   open back tuners and bound f/board  
(the OM44 that is)

There's an OM40RW for £1k  on Marketplace at the moment

Would you be able to post a link to this @bertie please, I can't see it....unless it's sold already. 

ditchboy

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/156919013946132/?locale2=en_GB

tomjax

bertie said:

 

There's an OM40RW for £1k  on Marketplace at the moment

What is this mythical marketplace I keep hearing mentioned, or do you mean the fretboard classified section?

tomjax

Ah, should have read further down, the FB marketplace!

ditchboy

Facebook marketplace. I put the link above for @Gandalph ;

Gandalph

ditchboy said:

Facebook marketplace. I put the link above for @Gandalph ;

Top man, thank you!

bertie

tomjax said:

Ah, should have read further down, the FB marketplace!

hence the capital "M"   

thomasross20

earwighoney said:

thomasross20 said:

I't's certainly unique, especially paired with the moon spruce top. And the vine inlay is gorgeous. 
Played alongside a very balanced (for a rosewood!) OM44R, the mids projected a bit more and I knew I had to have it. 

I've got two guitars with moon spruce soundboards and they are really high fidelity if that makes sense, lots of clarity but seem to highlight bad technique worse than my other guitars if that makes sense. Do you get that or is that just me? 

What a fantastic collection though! I absolutely love them all! Fine work on assembling a wonderful collection of guitars. I think your comparison between Sapele and Mahogany is spot on, makes perfect sense now I come to think about it. Btw with your collection, you could probably use each guitar for a different set of open tunings. One in Open G, C, D of their variants. Living the dream! 

I have come back to this... As tonight I tried to record myself in the OM03BH with moon spruce top and you are correct... It highlights bad technique, maybe because it is more fundamental than mahogany. A great top wood but are 100% correct here, sir! 

ditchboy

Sell it. Cheap.