OM-05 MT with pickguard removed and gold grovers - MORE PICS

[pushinforty]

Here are a couple of pictures of my new OM-05 MT.  I removed the pickguard because the mahogany is too beautiful to cover up and I like the understated elegant look without the guard.  The tuners are Grover sta-tites.   

Michael



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[Blue in VT]

pushin...

That looks fantastic...I really like the gold tuners.  If their is one thing that I found less than awesome with my new mt its the tuners.  Everything about the guitar say class...but the tuners...they just don't fit with the rest of the details.  So I think it will be gold for me as well....some time soon.

I'm on the fence about the pickguard...Don't get me wrong...yours look great...and I finger pick so I really would need one...I just can't decide.  How hard was it to remove?  Did it leave any marks in the gloss top?  Were the tuners pretty straight forward to switch out?

Enjoy yours...I'm loving mine!!!!

Blue

[pushinforty]

Blue,

The pickguard was easy to remove. It shouldn' be a problem as long as you go slowly and keep applying heat from a hairdryer.  The tuner swap out was also easy as long as you get the right conversion bushings.     Michael

[Ratishna]

I don't mean to stir up a ruckus here, but I'm not sure the gold mixes with the silver border and pearl logo on the headstock.  At least not to my eyes.

E. Shoaf

[pushinforty]

No ruckus at all!  I'm not sure they match either.  I went back and forth and decided to go with them because they do match the warmth of the mahogany well.  However, I agree about the gold and silver clash.  Michael

[jankymutt]

Pushinforty,

Got a question about your tuners.  Sent you a PM....

Myles

[Blue in VT]

I agree with Michael here its all personal preference....however...with the rich color of the wood I think the gold tuners look awesome.  In the isolated picture of the headstock alone they look a little out of place but in an overall shot they would look better.  I'll be getting new ones for my 05mt as well....they are the only thing on this guitar that I thought was even the slightest bit cheesy...looking...they work great they just don't look that good...to me

Any chance we can get a shot of the back of the headstock with the new tuners...did you have to fill in holes etc?

Blue

[ronmac]

No ruckus at all!  I'm not sure they match either.  I went back and forth and decided to go with them because they do match the warmth of the mahogany well.  However, I agree about the gold and silver clash.  Michael

Lookin' good!

If the gold/silver thing becomes a problem for you maybe uou could send the guitar back to Larrivee and have them redo the logo/border in gold.  :GRN>

[pushinforty]

Here are a couple of more pics.  Blue is write that the gold tuners look better when the overall guitar is visible so I've added a picture of the whole front.  Also added one of the back of the headstock so you can see that the previous screw holes are covered by the Grovers.  The 6th string just made it with a bit of positioning.  Michael

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[Blue in VT]

Looks great!!!!  I really like those open tuners....Time to do some more shopping!!!  Thanks for the extra photos...

Blue