What is your favorite OO guitar?

[51 Relic]

It's got to be my OODB Tweedy . As soon as I played it , no picked it up I knew it was mine . Love the neck shape and the size and a tone to die for . Am I worried about the Ritchlite fingerboard and bridge , no I love the feel and it's one of the nicest bursts I've seen as I fingerpick 100% and use a thumbpick it's ideal

[andyspur]

For me it is my Brook Lyn. I have not yet come across a 00 that comes close to it in terms of playability. Wonderful neck, exceptional build, and the sweetest voice I have heard on an acoustic. Plenty of volume too. In my opinion the perfect guitar for fingerstyle (and not too shabby at everything else either!).

[Nctom]

I would agree that the Gibson and Martin interpretation of 00 guitars are very different. My interpretation of the two is different still. My Larrivee 00-09 (Martin type) is lush and refined. My Waterloo WL-12Mh (Gibson-clone) is very bluesy and loud. I couldn't choose between them.

[Deacon Blues]

I LOVED my 00DB as well. Great guitar.

But it has been removed by my Froggy P12 in walnut. Incredible parlor instrument.

[BigToeify]

Originally Posted by TJNies

Mine is a custom shop 12-fret slotted model in the Style 30 ornamentation: multi-color rope binding, pearl rosette, Foden fingerboard inlays, hide glue. The woods are Adirondack spruce top and scalloped bracing, Madigascar RW back and sides.

This little guy has major projection!

Just WOW. Beauty!

[Birdbrain]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

Another Double O-sized guitar I like a lot is the Seagull and/or Simon & Patrick Folk model:

Seagull Folk model

whm

You and me both, brudda! I have mine in my lap as I read this. It's fresh from a swap to a bone saddle, and I'm having a blast with it. I, too, paid $160 for mine, in a scuzzy-looking CL parking lot deal. I was buying it for a friend/student's use, but I quickly decided to keep it and get him something else. Mine's the S6 Cedar Folk. Small guitar, big nut, satisfying sound, terrific value.

[KenL]

I have a Santa Cruz 1929 00 that is pretty special. Made of the prettiest mahogany I've ever seen on a guitar.

Lush tone and really nice sustain. And LOUD for such a small thing!

[packmule]

My '69 Martin 00-18, every time I pick it up I'm amazed by the tone and the playability.

[Mike777]

My Martin CEO-7

[botofogo]

My new Larrivee 00-05. She’s beautiful, easy to play and sings like an angel. Picked up this gem from our friends at Wildwood Music. A custom ordered Italian alpine spruce over quilted mahogany.

[RussL30]

If the Gibson style counts, then the LG2. I love my American Eagle and really like the vintage LG2’s as well.

That Larrivee in the post above mine is absolutely stunning.

[penname]

Originally Posted by Mike777

My Martin CEO-7

Took the words right out of my mouth. I love my CEO-7.

[MHC]

Since we're talking 00 guitars, I thought I'd post this for fun.

Here are two 00 beauties to compare!!!

[dadio917]

my favorite is my old and beat up 00-17. 1937. Sounds and feels fantastic. would've posted and image but too much of a hassle to load it.

[jpmist]

Originally Posted by BigToeify

What is your favorite OO guitar and why?

The one I just bought of course!



The Larrivee OOV is a new addition and next to it's big sister OO-05 are the only things I'd grab if the condo was on fire.

The reason they're my favorites is that I like working out folkie melodies with bass lines using a capo on F#. That puts the notes in similar range that I sing in without tons of bass and open string sustain to compete. Amazingly I can tell the two apart blindfolded, the OO-05 has opened up a lot more.

There's a non-cutaway one on eBay now with Larrivee's -40 bracing that I'm now trying to talk myself out of. . .