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10-08-2004, 05:21 PM
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Best OM style guitars?
So I've fallen in love with the OM body style. I like its compact look and how it sits really nicely in a mix. I've been a electric player mostly for the past 10 years but I'm a worship leader and I play way more acoustic now than before. I find smaller guitars feel a bit more like what I'm used to.
As reference something like a Taylor -12 style guitar or tacoma chief would also be options. OM is the preference but other somewhat smaller guitars would be an option as well. Tim 
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10-08-2004, 05:42 PM
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there are lots. recently i played jim tozier's avalon "s" (s201 - cedar/rosewood) and liked it. it's even a bit smaller than a typical x12 or OM. about the size of a classical guitar. the lowden s series are nice too... as examples that might not immediately leap to mind.
i've played numerous larrivee OM-whatevers that i've liked. i played one in koa that i thought was nice. i like my taylor 612ce and 512 a lot, but they've very different guitars with specific voices. the nicest OM i've ever played, and one of the three best guitars i've every played, was an olson sj (small jumbo - but it's really small for a jumbo). that was al petteway's, on loan from david wilcox. Last edited by mtmikey; 10-08-2004 at 06:47 PM.
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10-08-2004, 05:57 PM
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I have owned TONS of different OMs and Grand Concerts and I have to say that the Larrivee's probably represent one of the best values....I have an OM-05 right now that is an amazing instrument. Two others stand out, those being a Santa Cruz OM/PW and a Lakewood M-32 (deep bodied grand concert) all of these had their own special characteristics that made them stand out....if I could find an instrument that had the best parts of all of them rolled into one......I would buy two or three and my search would be over!!!
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10-08-2004, 06:08 PM
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My favs, in no particualr order, Martins OM28V, OM18V, Laurence Juber models (OMC18VLJ and OMC28VLJ), Santa Cruz OMPW. At the upper end of the spectrum, Kim Walker, Julius Borges and Schoenberg Soloist OM models.
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10-08-2004, 06:18 PM
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There are so many nice ones out there right now. Martin OM-28V (gee, what a suprise), Huss & Dalton, Santa Cruz, Goodall, Bourgeois, just to name a few. It all depends upon your pocketbook.
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#7
10-08-2004, 06:42 PM
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My brother in CA picked up, this week, a Santa Cruz OM in Brazilian and Adirondack. He had the good fortune of being able to go to the factory and select his wood from Richard Hoover's private stock that gets held back... a real once-in-a-lifetime opportunity (for which he's truly grateful, I might add). I keep saying to myself: I shall not covet. I shall not covet. I shall not covet.
Someday, maybe next year, I'll actually get to play it. But I do like the SCGC OM's in general, and think the OM/PW is a particularly good value. Never played a Goodall OM, but I'm sure it's very nice. Peace, Wade
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10-08-2004, 06:54 PM
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Prewar OMs aside, John Greven and Roy McAlister build mean OMs, as do many folks such as John Mayes.
Warmest Regards, Terence www.goodacoustics.com
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10-08-2004, 07:42 PM
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My two cents worth,
for the "classic" OM look and sound the Collings or Martin, with the Santa Cruz close behind. For a little different shape, feel and sound the Goodall. Like someone already said, it depends on what you are after and what you want to spend. The Larry OM's are one of the best values out there. But to me not quite a "traditional" OM. I prefer the Collings myself.
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Rick, the "Bandito of Bling" A few too many !
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10-08-2004, 07:53 PM
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10-08-2004, 07:56 PM
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For the money, Larrivee OM's are hard to beat. Of course, Paragon makes a killer Grand OM, as does Collings, Goodall, etc..........
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John Petros, Paragon, National, Martin, Rainsong, and Santa Cruz
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10-08-2004, 08:54 PM
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My top three choice are Borugeois, Collings, and Goodall. I find Borugeois to be very lively, clean, and complex. Collings is more mature and rich in tone. Goodall is the loudest with bell like sound and rings forever. Again this is subjective, all three I have are EI rosewood with Skita. I drove down to Buffalo Bros and played 9 different OM size guitars, and took home the ones I like the most
 Kevin W.
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#13
10-08-2004, 09:46 PM
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Goodall TROMC
Best OM - The Goodall TROMC (IR w/Bearclaw top) that sits beside me as I type. The notes ring out clear and full from the guitar and yet when it comes time to push Blues notes with varing volumes, it excels. The lush full tones when played slow and open are intriguing. All in all Fun.
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#14
10-09-2004, 01:52 AM
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I'd like to add Mark Beneteau's OM. Beautiful. Period.
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'08 Goodall KCJC (Koa/Englemann) '09 Fujii MD (Camatillo RW/German) '11 Martin J custom(EIR/Sitka w/PA1 appts.) '14 Collings SJ(Wenge/German)
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10-09-2004, 08:12 AM
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thanks for all the helpful suggestions. Now I'm a relative newbie to really high end acoustics....especially the smaller builders. The attraction of the OM is purely asthetic at this point. All of the descriptions of the guitars seem to in dindicate strong bottom and midrange....what is the top end of these instruments like? Is it sweet? Does it have the right amount of sparkle? To give you a frame of reference, the tone I seem to really like is the taylor 514ce i play pretty regularly. The same person who owns that owns an 814 with cocobolo back and a higher end custom guitar from taylor. The 514 is nicer than both to me.
I want something that will respond well the strumming but at the same time do well with finger picking.
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