NGD - My 1st Larrivee (OM-40R)
 

Well, my first Larrivee (OM-40R) arrived in the mail today and it is truly as advertised! The looks and sound are special and as the strings (John Pearse 600L) settle a bit I expect it will only get better. Feel of neck is a little different but we need to adjust to all things new. THANKS to John at Shoreline for a great customer experience! Pics are attached. The other guitar in the pics is my 1989 Taylor 810 which I've owned since the early 90's. Was looking for a smaller body guitar with good sound projection (to compliment my Taylor) and I found it in this fine instrument. Love DR Sunbeams (use 11's for playability) on the Taylor and plan on experimenting with them on the Larrivee down the road. My initial sense is that the Pearse 12's on the Larrivee feel a lot like the 11's on my Taylor 810, so I plan on trying DR Sunbeams 12's on the Larrivee after I give the Pearse a chance. Any thoughts on strings? Life is good and got even better today! :):guitar:

Congrats on a fine guitar. Pearse PBs are a good place to start. I like Elixir Nano PBs as well.

Congrats! Life got better for you today :). Enjoy your OM-40R, it's a fantastic guitar.

Great guitar. Good for you.Enjoy it.
I envy you. This is a guitar I was quite serious about getting. A health situation derailed me from doing so.

Make great music!

Larrivee makes fantastic guitars. And the 40 series is something extra special. I own two Larrivee 40's dreads.

John Pearse strings are great and sound excellent on Larrivee's. But Dr. Sunbeams usually sound especially great on Rosewoods. It does on my rosewood. Dr. Sunbeams do not sound as good as JP's on my Walnut. However..I would recommend you trying the .13 to .56 on the Dr.

Larrivee's are built for .13teens. That is what they expect that guitar to be used with. Which means the maximum tone value. And Dr. Sunbeams...feel like they are less tension because they are round core. So that should not be a problem.

Very nice. The satin finish is classy looking! Enjoy!

Congrats on a beautiful guitar! I really need to get to a music store so I can check out one of those!:)

Great guitar!
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madhat.

Congrats, enjoy the Larrivee for years to come. They are very nice guitars.

Congratulations! Enjoy your new guitar and have fun trying out strings.

Best,
Jayne

Congrats! The 40 series are fantastic! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!

Congrats! Larrivee makes a fine guitar. Enjoy it.

That guitar will give you all you want to hear and more with .11's and it will play like butter. Plenty of volume, too. I would never put .13's on my OM-40/mahogany.

You have bought a beautiful guitar. Enjoy it often. Congrats.

Great guitar you have there! Congrats.

Very nice guitar, congratulations.

Congrats! I was just noodling on one of those yesterday in a local shop. They’re great guitars! Really big sounding for their size.

Congratulations on that Larrivee. As others have said, their 40 series guitars are really nice sounding and playing instruments. Enjoy it for a long time.

OP here ...

Appreciate all the comments about my new Larrivee OM-40R. Awesome guitar for sure! After playing it quite a bit (for 1 day) I love everything about it, but am still trying to adjust to the feel of the flatter fretboard. Thinking about changing the strings from John Pearse 600L to DR Sunbeams or Elixir PN Nanoweb 11's to improve playability for me. I'm primarily a strummer and play a lot of oldies and R&B songs. Bought it from Shoreline so it has a great set-up already. Thoughts ? THANKS!

Congrats.
I’m loving mine also. I had Shoreline set mine up with JP New Meduims.
I then threw on some JP Lights and it plays easy and is loud.
Enjoy.

Gorgeous. Love the finish.

Congratulations on your beautiful guitar. I ordered a OM-40R 2 months ago and still have an agonizing 4 months to go. Enjoy it.

I've tried the OM-40 in both mahogany and rosewood. These are great guitars at any price, but for the price - Wow! I'd have one if I had any room left on my guitar wall. Congrats!

Rock that Larrivee!! Congrats mate!!

Happy for you.

Why do you have to wait so long? Aren't these readily in stock on a regular basis at most Larrivee dealers?

Beautiful! I am considering a custom D40R. Enjoy your OM.

My local store, Bucks County Folk Music in New Britain, PA has a good selection of Larrivee's but, I custom ordered moon spruce top and abalone rosette. In for a penny, in for a pound.

very nice! I am on my third Larry, really liked each one of them. I do not think that the LV09 will leave me :-) Enjoy yours!!!

Believe me you won't be sorry. I love my Larrivee's with Moon Spruce!

I'm with you, K&G. I like the Sitka top on my SD40M, but if I order the D40R, it'll have an Alpine "moon spruce" top with a large sound hole and a 1 3/4" nut.