Which Larrivee Are You Saving For?

[pcmancini]

Hi there, I am new to this forum.  I am "saving for" either an OMV-05 or a Breedlove Revival OMM.  "Saving" at this ppoint really means convincing my wife I need a new guitar.

Anyone have any experience with either of these they would care to share?  I have not yet tried them (played an OM-03 and liked it) and am looking for a slide blues smallbody guitar.

Thanks and nice forum you all have here.
Paul

[SlowFingers]

Mancini, do a search here and at the APM forum, and you will see a few reviews of the Revival OMM. I do not recall who it was that just got one, but they seem to like it a lot. Also posted some clips.

By the way, welcome to the forum.

[pcmancini]

Thanks,  I found the review.  I also found some files of both the OMM and an OMV-05.  Not the same as playing them myself but a nice addition to my research.

Paul

[Randy_R]

On a side note, if you get a Larrivee the L or LS body is the ones to go for.
Dreadnaughts, it's better to get Martin.

I had to think about this for a while. My thoughts, which may not be someone else's.

While the Martin dread is certainly a benchmark to compare against, I'm not sure its better. I did start out comparing the Larrivee sound against my dear departed D-28. But here I am buying Larrivee because I like the Larrivee sound better, now.

I play with people that have D-28's, D-35's, D-41's, etc, including one fellow with a brazilian D-41. I feel that my Larrivee D-10 and D-09bz hold their own quite well. Most of the owners of the the Martins feel so too (or so they say).

The true test is about to happen though. An old friend with a D-41 and other high end Martins is about to spend a week or more at my house and we are going to do some serious jamming for a while. He's a true-blue Martin affectionato, and I doubt I'll make a convert, but it will be interesting to be able to a/b and even record together.

[dbirchett]

The true test is about to happen though. An old friend with a D-41 and other high end Martins is about to spend a week or more at my house and we are going to do some serious jamming for a while. He's a true-blue Martin affectionato, and I doubt I'll make a convert, but it will be interesting to be able to a/b and even record together.

Randy, this sounds like it could be a great week. Let us know how it goes.

And don't get tooooo competitive.  ;)  

[poki]

i really want that #10 of 10 Larrivee Forum guitar at Notable Guitars but i really need to look at getting a D70s digital SLR since my 8800 just doesn't cut it for me. :(  

[MusashiSan]

I have tricks to convince the girl at home that one or two (or three...) guitars is not enought at home...save more money that needed ; buy her something she badly wanted ; find a good price for the guitar and show her the reduction ; put some catalogues in tolets, on the table, naer the bed... ; get back home after work depressed and say "i need something to get better" ; speak everyday of guitars, guitars, guitars... ; go on notableguitars website and say "what ? it's double price in France !!!!"...maybe she'll finally say "ok darling, if you swear you'll don't play all the time at night...."
Just answer "yes of course my love" and pick up the phone with a devil's smile on the face...

[bagimin]

I've never saved for a guitar that I've yet to play, but thats what I'm doing for an L-03-12-R or
L-10-12.
I think one should have many 12-strings on hand at the onset of senility.  

[mdrulez]

I want a C...
That sexy florentine has been on my eyes for months now.

I'd prefer a C-05, but a C-03 is ok too.  But they're so rare and expensive!
Why wouldn't Larrivee bring back the C-03's!

Other than that, I'd go for the next thing: LV or OMV.

[kwakatak]

Just when our budget was showing a glimmer of hope I was hoping to finally convince my wife by finding a good deal on a OM-03R. After hearing other's reviews and sneaking off to try one for myself I knew that that guitar would fit my current playing style almost perfectly. I've been -CENSORED--footing around my wife with the idea because she can't quite grasp why they're listed so "high". I've tried to explain the cost of tonewoods and workmanship, but there's no reasoning with somebody who paid $2K for a dining room set made of PINE!

That hope is now pretty much dead since we had to pay several times the value of an OM-03R to have the transaxle on our car rebuilt! I feel as if I'm playing Monopoly against my wife and I've just landed on "Go Directly to Jail" :(  

[Denis]

Just when our budget was showing a glimmer of hope I was hoping to finally convince my wife by finding a good deal on a OM-03R. After hearing other's reviews and sneaking off to try one for myself I knew that that guitar would fit my current playing style almost perfectly. I've been -CENSORED--footing around my wife with the idea because she can't quite grasp why they're listed so "high". I've tried to explain the cost of tonewoods and workmanship, but there's no reasoning with somebody who paid $2K for a dining room set made of PINE!

That hope is now pretty much dead since we had to pay several times the value of an OM-03R to have the transaxle on our car rebuilt! I feel as if I'm playing Monopoly against my wife and I've just landed on "Go Directly to Jail" :(

That's too bad Neil.  As an OM-03R owner, I can surely see why you would want to buy one.  They are sweet.  

[Yurinaut]

One of those slot heads from the 12th Fret would make me pretty happy and make a nice stable mate for the LV05E :D

Mike