Me and Larson Brothers. We're a Unit.

When a guitarist of Eric Bibb's standing describes a guitar as one of his favourites to tour with, it means something. Bibb has been playing for over five decades, has more guitars than most players will ever see, and is careful about what makes the road with him. So when he picks up a Larson Bros. OM and says the words above, unprompted, on camera for Guitarist Magazine, it is worth paying attention.

The story of how it happened is a good one. Bibb spotted an all-mahogany Larson Bros. model in a Paris shop window. The look of it drew him in. He played it, and he bought it. That is how it tends to go with instruments that are built honestly.

From there, the relationship grew. The company reached out, learned what he liked, and sent him the spruce-top OM you see in the video. He did not send it back. Both guitars now tour with him regularly, tuned to different pitches to accommodate his voice across a long run of shows.

What strikes Bibb about the instruments is what has always defined Larson Bros. building: tone, response, and a quality that reveals itself under the hands of a serious player. Bibb plays fingerstyle exclusively, bare hands, with acrylic nail reinforcement on three fingers. No pick, no effects, nothing between him and the guitar. At that level of intimacy with an instrument, there is nowhere to hide. The guitar either delivers or it does not.

His does.

Larson Bros. guitars are built for exactly this kind of player. Not the collector who locks them away, and not the casual strummer who will never push them. The player who needs an instrument that works every night, in every room, under real pressure.

Watch the full interview on the Guitarist Magazine YouTube channel.

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