Got My New Om-03 R Sh

[paco]

Just got my first larrivee and what a beaut. I can see what you people
have been going on about. The sound on this guitar is rich. It is very comfortable to play and is it me or is this thing loud? The neck is very smooth and I love the look of the OM. I had the LR baggs
earth pickup installed and sounds great. Looking forward to making myself
worthy of such a nice guitar...more practice. A friend of mine came over who plays guitar in a band and I enjoyed listening to it...he didn't have it too long
as I didnt like seeing my OM-03 in the arms of another man. Thnks to 12fret for
the service. I had better service from them over the phone than other stores
that I've walked in. Well back to having fun.    

[Randy_R]

This sounds like a great run of guitars that 12fret offered.

[Escalibore]

Congratulations on receiving a great guitar.

[Claude]

I can't remember the last time my fingers were actually sore from playing a lot.  My attention span seems to get shorter and shorter over the years but I'm not kidding,  since I bought this new OM slothead Larrivee all I've been doing is playing.  Haven't turned my computer on in a week and that's not like me.  I have to admit,  being inspired to play guitar feels better than staring at the computer.  This guitar plays easy and is the most responsive guitar I think I have ever played.  Every time I'm in the Fret they seem to be setting up another one to ship somewhere and I'm not surprised.

[jeremy3220]

PICS!

[jankymutt]

PICS!

Yeah, you can't post a thread about this guitar without some pics!!!   :lol:  

[paco]

hope this works

[IMG]

[paco]

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this should work

[bigfurrywhale]

VERY Nice!

[dennq]

Just a minute wilst I wipe the drool of my monitor. :P  

[kwakatak]

:blink:  :blink:  :blink:

WOW! Check out that rosewood in the first pic!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! *drool!*

[el guitana]

Congrats!

[Johnny M]

:blink:  :blink:  :blink:

WOW! Check out that rosewood in the first pic!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! *drool!*

Yep, that pretty much sums up my reaction.

Congrats

John in Japan

[jmhyer]

Beautiful!  I like satin finishes, but I think a guitar like that is screaming for a "Orsino-like" polish job.  Congratulations.

[SlowFingers]

Looks great! I would not change a thing.

[ronmac]

paco,

Congratulations on your new guitar! You sure picked a winner for your first Larrivee.

I received mine on Tuesday and absolutely love it. The experience, as always, of purchasing from The Twelfth Fret was the icing on the cake. Having their name on the label, as well as Jean's signature, makes the guitar just a little bit special for me.

But the real test of any guitar is how it sounds and plays.

It speaks for itself.

[mazareth]

WOW! Check out that rosewood in the first pic!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! *drool!*

Yeah... It's too bad that they don't use the highest grade wood in the 03 series guitars! :lol:


Mark

[oldrockfan]

I think the satin finish in the 03 series looks good as is but I did do the polish thing on mine so here is what my OM-03R looks like after treatment



A closeup of the back. Ignoring the flash, see the semi-gloss finish obtained by using 3 coats of polish with a light buffing between coats

[paco]

Old rock fan....what kind of polish did you use. Did you do the front as well
and if you did would it affect the sound? Does it void any warranty? It does look great however I personally will not mess with mine for now. When I first recieved my OM-03 I thought okay,same finish as my seagull s6+ very delicate.
I realized after picking it up and checking it out it is much more durable....
how durable?  I'm not ready to find out :)
I have to go now and finish rounding off all the corners in the house...tables,etc
:lol:  :lol:  

[oldrockfan]

Paco, I only polished the back and sides on mine. Thought I would do that and see what I thought. Then maybe do the top later down the road.

I used the maguires step 2 polish that others have talked about. Nothing fancy, just some light strokes with 0000 steel wool and then 3 coats of the maguires step 2 polish. I used an all cotton lint free polishing cloth to buff the finish between coats. Really enhanced the appearance of the guitar in my opinion. Has not changed the sound at all as far as I can tell.

I didn't do the top of mine. I thought polishing the top might somehow change the tone and I didn't want to risk it. I doubt polishing the top would be an issue sound wise but probably won't bother doing it.

My understanding is polish would in no way affect the warranty but you might want to run it by Larrivee to make sure.