Here's to bring back GOTM!
I found it languishing in a mainly electric guitar shop in Texas. I've had it about a month but have been too busy to play it much. It feels and sounds great.
A Larrivee 000 with a cutaway. Very cool! Don't see these very often. Nice score!
Thanks BlueBowman!
I had been thinking about ordering an OOv or OOOv or perhaps a Tommy Emmanuel custom in the future. Maybe in a year or two. This one showed up out of nowhere.
It would be great if there were a few pictures posted to Pictures sub. Don't be shy. Someone has to be GOTM for July. Anyone have OM painted up like Buck Owens acoustic? I remember seeing one or two for sale a couple of years ago.
I have to admit, I loved the look of those red white and blue "buck Owens" Larrivee OM's! I believe it was just a painted OM-03 with mahogany B/S.
That's a nice looking guitar and a great and rare find on your part. I'll bet it sounds and plays even better than it looks. I seem to recall that adding a cutaway to smaller bodied guitars requires an experienced and skilled luthier who knows how to prepare and bend the cutaway side. It's apparently less of a challenge on the D and L body sizes. Over the years, I've looked at and played a lot of different guitars with a cutaway and I currently have three including two Larrivees, an LV-03 12 string, an LSV-03 Forum VI, and a Furch Grand Auditorium. I keep finding new songs on all three of these guitars especially beyond the 12th or 14th fret.
Spend time on the forum and you'll get a variety of opinions and theories about cutaways. I happen to love them. Others say the cutaway detracts from the visual appeal, others say the cutaway impacts the volume and/or tone and some say they don't want or need to play past the 12th or 14th fret anyway. Now, consider the fact that a standard piano with 88 keys has a range of 7.25 octaves and a standard guitar generally has a range of 3.5 to 4 octaves. Open tunings, slides, pull offs, hammer-ons, muting or bending strings and harmonics can add a lot of color to songs.
The Buck Owens guitar sounds pretty cool.