I heard today that Larrivee is discontinuing the cutaway bodystyle on the Om Guitars . Has anyone else heard this? :angry:
kdonovan
That is the word that we were told by Dave at Guitar Adoption. I was not to happy to hear about that news so I ordered one while there are still some available. Get them while they last.
That is true. I have the last of the OMV50 and the last OMV03. It is a good thing in the end people. I have been in a manufacturing situation where the sales growth was growing faster than the capacity to make the product. Left alone two things can happen, Quality goes down, Production get so backlogged that sales drop off. Managing growth is very tricky business and Larrivee has done a great job at it. Cutting back on some products to focus on the core business is a very hard decision to make. It is not like you can run an add in the paper and get more skilled people to build our guitars. My hats off to Larrivee for doing such a great job at providing the best value and quality in an all solid wood product and its made in North America. I sure do not want to see a day when all of the good stuff comes from China. I stand by the North American guitars builders!
End of my story.
Hay the spell checker does not have Larrivee in it!
Jim Holler
@ jim holler
customers who decide to take into consideration price-performance ratio (as the typical larrivée-player is well-known for) but are willing to spend some extra money on a cut generally are advanced guitarists who will not bother with adjusting their abilities to a certain brand; they will look for non-larrivée models that match their skills.
(OT: hay the spell checker does not work properly when i needed it most, damnit! :rolleye: )
Spell check is a wonderfu thing!
How come there is no spell checker?
Quote from: rrgguitarman on February 23, 2007, 04:06:09 PM
Spell check is a wonderfu thing!
How come there is no spell checker?
There is a spell checker. The program for spell checking is provided by our hosting company and our software piggybacks off it, so adding the name 'Larrivee' is not an option.
Ok, now I feel really dumb! where is it?
Quote from: rrgguitarman on February 23, 2007, 05:16:06 PM
Ok, now I feel really dumb! where is it?
At the bottom of the new post window you have 3 buttons; Post, Preview and Spell Check.
I think i've been working on too many tax returns :blush:
Man, i've got to stop burning the candle on both ends!
I've seen it there, I knew it was there...
I needed an excuse to take the weekend off and now, i've got it!
Thank you!
The cutaway simply takes too much time, and Larrivee has to break open a larger market in the US. I dont think it's about profitability in the short run, but about getting the guitars out there. They are doing the right thing.
There are plenty of used ones on the Market, most are in tip top shape anyway.