Not sure that a comprehensive Larrivee ownership list has ever been compiled by individual members on the Forum, but your feedback would be a testament to the Larrivee Family.
In retrospect, I should have kept them all but that being said here is my journey from first to last:
1998 LV-5 Mahogany
1999 LV-9 Maple
2001 P-01 All Koa Parlor
2002 P-01 Maple Parlor
2009 00V-03 Mahogany
2001 OMV-10 Koa
2001 DV-10 Koa
2002 C-10 Koa
2015 000-40 MT
My Keepers are the last three...What's in your history?
LV-03RE IAS (eventually gifted to son and still in his possession)
OM-40M
O-01W (somehow lives at son's house unlikely to return)
F-33 (sold)
F-33
A-33
Forum VI LS-03W
Forum VII 000-03M
The Forum VII is the finest guitar I have ever played for tonal quality.
What a good idea for a thread! I won't remember all the years, I'm afraid.
2018 OM-02 - sitka/mahogany: fifth generation; basically an OM-40*
20?? SD-40 - sitka/mahogany: just a great guitar all around, and it's the guitar that started my 12-fret journey
20?? 000-50 - sitka/mahogany: wonderful guitar that I should've kept; a buddy begged me for it, so at least I can play it anytime I want to
Late 90s 00-03 - sitka/mahogany: wasn't ready for smaller guitars at the time, but looking back on it, that was a peach of a 00
20?? SD-60R - sitka/rosewood: just another killer guitar that can hang with most anything you put up against it; volume, sustain, tone, all there
2012 OM-03 WL - western red cedar/peruvian walnut: most unique tone I've encountered in a Larrivee
On separate occasions, I had a baritone and a L-03, but they really weren't with me long enough to count as ownership.
*My ride or die Larrivee. On any given day, it's still a favorite.
Good idea for a thread:
2003 L03R, switched to lefty and gave to son
1998 D02, sold
1999 D03
2020 OM-40R
2003 Rosewood Special Edition Parlor (up for sale)
1997 CS-09
Considering a 24.75 scale if one pops up
L09koa,L09koa 12 string,LS10 x2,CS09,LSv05,LS05,OM03 forum 1,OM03Blackwood,D09 Blackwood,J05 Want another,OM03 12 string want another,L05.
My keepers
OM03 pete anderson my main guitar for all styles
L10 Koa lefty converted to a righty just the nut
non Larrivee
Guild F30 dread size jumbo shape
Guild MIC JF30 Jumbo 12 string
Reveling in my first....
:+1:
OM-03R
OM-03
L-03R
L-03
LSV-05
OM-05MT
00-03MT (Forum IV)
OM-03R Custom
LV-03 Custom
00-24
00-50
LS-30
LS-30 Custom
D-03-12
D-40
BT-03
I think that's all of them?
2010 L-05 (the 1st, purchased Oct 2014)
2010 LV-10
1995 L-10 BZ
1998 C-05
1998 C-05 (now in Sweden)
2008 L-09
2011 L-02-12
2012 RS-4 Forum V
2020 L-03-12
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2020 OM-03
2016 OM-03 laurel
2016 L-03 laurel
2021 LSV-03 Forum VI
2025 OM-50 JCL Special
2026 000-01 redwood/hog (latest)
The last 6 are what I have now, but the laurels are going be sold. Had them long enough.
Mike
Quote from: Denis on April 09, 2026, 06:05:05 PMOM-03R
OM-03
L-03R
L-03
LSV-05
OM-05MT
00-03MT (Forum IV)
OM-03R Custom
LV-03 Custom
00-24
00-50
LS-30
LS-30 Custom
D-03-12
D-40
BT-03
I think that's all of them?
How would you compare the playability and sound between the LS and the L bodies? I have a C now, and interested in a CS.
Quote from: Michael Howard on April 09, 2026, 09:51:05 PMHow would you compare the playability and sound between the LS and the L bodies? I have a C now, and interested in a CS.
You just reminded me, I bought a Forum III when those were built, they were LS and very nice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXEGaqb6wdk). I actually owned two Forum IIIs, one was an 03 and the other was an 03R. Dang, I also forgot that I've owned a couple of parlor guitars too! One was a P-03R (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV3Eshm_Gdo) and the other was all mahogany (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSouq4E5bxk).
The LS is a very comfortable sized guitar, same size as a classical. L is bigger but the same scale length so the difference is more just how it fits you. Bigger means a bit more bass?
I had two LV-03R's in the past. Sold the first, regretted it and bought another. It was just that 16" lower bout that my right shoulder didn't agree with. I think an LS or CS size would be a real goldilocks size for me. One day....
Here's my list;
000-50
OM-50
00-50
00-50
LV-10
LSV FORUM III
LV-10 45th anniversary
LV-10QM
LV-09 12 fret
C-03R-TE
CS-09 Ziricote
T-40
00-40V (on order)
It's been quite the journey.