OM Strummers Anyone?

[Danny]

  No problem at all strumming my OM-21. I compared it to a D-1 Lakewood that resides at my place and prefer the OM-21. I definitely prefer it to the D-09 that I had.
 And as others have said the F-III, which is the same basic size as an OM is a fine strummer, if setup that way. Mine is Mahogany with an IS top.

[teh]

Danny's pretty much right on in his comments and experience with his OM-21.

While I use my Martin OM-35 primarily for fingerstyle, I can strum it with no problems and it has more balance and less bass than my D-35 but plenty of volume with no loss of tone or clarity. The OM-35 has a three piece back but is rosewood just like Danny's OM-21 in terms of body size, scale and neck width. As you can see, there are plenty of Larrivee OM fans on this forum too.

I also have an L body Larrivee 12 string which I strum and finger pick. I think the OM and 00/000 body styles are all ideally suited for fingerstyle but if I could only have one Larrivee for all styles, I would opt for the L body. My son's brother-in-law has an L-03R and his buddy has an L-05 Mahoghany that are both versatile guitars. If I want a 12 fretter, I grab my parlor because a Forum III wasn't in the budget this year.

[obe-wan]

The only thing I find that detracts from an OM's strumming ability is that they have a 1-3/4 nut. I find 1-11/16 nut guitars more pleasurable to strum. So I guess this has more to do with the spacing at the bridge than anything else.


Cheers, Scott.

[Zohn]

The only thing I find that detracts from an OM's strumming ability is that they have a 1-3/4 nut. I find 1-11/16 nut guitars more pleasurable to strum. So I guess this has more to do with the spacing at the bridge than anything else.


Cheers, Scott.

Scott, do you mean by that it is easier for you to change chords when strumming - I would agree with that.
To stick to the thread, I love strumming the intro to the Stones' "Street fighting man" in B and into E on the 7th fret with a small bodied guitar, you ever tried it? 

[obe-wan]

Scott, do you mean by that it is easier for you to change chords when strumming?

No, I find that the wider string spacing took some time to get used to, it sounds silly but I found I had to strum a little more smoothly, or gentler to get a full, smooth sounding chord. If I strum vigorously it seems like I can feel the pick striking each string quiet hard. Im probably not making much sense, its hard to explain. It'd be like hitting a ripple strip in your car, the faster you go, the smoother it seems. So the closer spaced 1-11/16 nut is like.....errr...I think that'll do. Now I dont even know what Im trying to say.


Cheers, Scott.

[Zohn]

No, I find that the wider string spacing took some time to get used to, it sounds silly but I found I had to strum a little more smoothly, or gentler to get a full, smooth sounding chord. If I strum vigorously it seems like I can feel the pick striking each string quiet hard. Im probably not making much sense, its hard to explain. It'd be like hitting a ripple strip in your car, the faster you go, the smoother it seems. So the closer spaced 1-11/16 nut is like.....errr...I think that'll do. Now I dont even know what Im trying to say.


Cheers, Scott.

"Old-timerz" hey? - let me know when you remember - say, what was the question again??? (it was a question right, no it was an answer... )

[Danny]

No, I find that the wider string spacing took some time to get used to, it sounds silly but I found I had to strum a little more smoothly, or gentler to get a full, smooth sounding chord. If I strum vigorously it seems like I can feel the pick striking each string quiet hard. Im probably not making much sense, its hard to explain. It'd be like hitting a ripple strip in your car, the faster you go, the smoother it seems. So the closer spaced 1-11/16 nut is like.....errr...I think that'll do. Now I dont even know what Im trying to say.


Cheers, Scott.

Scott, I must think like you do, cause I was right there with you up until "errr" ;-)

[dgrose]

No, I find that the wider string spacing took some time to get used to, it sounds silly but I found I had to strum a little more smoothly, or gentler to get a full, smooth sounding chord.

Scott, what you're describing is exactly what I found when I started using a pick on my classical guitar... easy to pick single note melodies, but strumming the widely spaced nylon strings was a whole different thing and took a while to adjust to.

dg

[gregor]

The austrian artist Georg Danzer has used a OM for all strumming songs and for the other style (please forgive me but i don´t know the english word for it) he used a C-10... a very special C-10, it looks like a custom-look at the beautyful bridge inlays...

Greetings Greg

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