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View Poll Results: Which is the Larrivee OM, which is the Gibson J-45?
#1 is the Larrivee, #2 is the Gibson 26 43.33%
#1 is the Gibson, #2 is the Larrivee 30 50.00%
Too close to call 3 5.00%
Can't tell from an internet posting of sound clips. 1 1.67%
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Old 01-28-2018, 11:28 AM
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Default Larrivee vs Gibson - can you hear the difference?
Which is which?

Guitar #1:



Guitar #2:




The Larrivee is an OM-05 with EJ 16's (12s) stringing date 11/4/17

The Gibson is a J-45 with Martin Retros (12s) stringing date 1/13/18
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Old 01-28-2018, 11:56 AM
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Seems like I hear more balance in guitar two. Pretty close.
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Both sound awesome. Guitar #2 sounds louder.
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These threads are always great fun. Thanks for posting!

I am almost sure that Guitar 1 is short scale, and guitar 2 is long scale, so:
  • Guitar #1 is the J-45, and
  • Guitar #2 is the OM-05
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Old 01-28-2018, 01:20 PM
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The singing, sustaining trebles in #1 tell me it's an OM, therefore the Larrivee.
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These threads are always great fun. Thanks for posting!

I am almost sure that Guitar 1 is short scale, and guitar 2 is long scale, so:
  • Guitar #1 is the J-45, and
  • Guitar #2 is the OM-05
My thoughts exactly
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These threads are always great fun. Thanks for posting!

I am almost sure that Guitar 1 is short scale, and guitar 2 is long scale, so:
  • Guitar #1 is the J-45, and
  • Guitar #2 is the OM-05
I liked both with a slight preference for #2 and I am with Ed on this one.

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I’m in the minority.
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I'm with you.
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I thought the 2nd guitar had more "oomf" to it, therefore the deeper-body Gibson. This is cool though! Im gonna do one of these with my rosewood/Euro Larrivee and it's sitka/mahogany sibling, both the same body style. See who needs their ears cleaned out
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Me too - I think that guitar 2 is the Gibson.
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We're starting to see a clear winner, another couple of hours for the reveal.
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I thought the 2nd guitar had more "oomf" to it, therefore the deeper-body Gibson. This is cool though! Im gonna do one of these with my rosewood/Euro Larrivee and it's sitka/mahogany sibling, both the same body style. See who needs their ears cleaned out
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more oomph in the second one, must have a thick waist.
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I'm going 1 is Larry, 2 is Gibby.
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