Larrivée Terms and Acronyms

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Acronym  / Term	Meaning
ADI	Adirondack Spruce top (example)
BB	Bubinga
BC	Bear Claw
BR	Brazilian Rosewood
BZ	Brazilian Rosewood
CE	Collectors Edition
CNC	Computer Numerical Control machine
D, DRED	Dreadnought Body Style
EIR	East Indian Rosewood
EIRW	East Indian Rosewood
EJ12	D'Addario EJ Medium (80/20 Bronze)
EXP	D'Addario EXP 17 Strings
FM	Flamed Maple top wood, bindings
GAS	Gear Acquisition Syndrome Guitar Acquisition Syndrome
HK	Hawaiian Koa top, back and sides
Hog	Mahogany top, back and sides
IR	Indian Rosewood Infra-red
IS	Italian Spruce Top Wood
JCL	Jean Claude Larrivée
Koa	Hawaiian Koa top, back and sides
L	L (Larrivée) Body Style
LS	Larrivee Small Body
MADI	Madagascar Rosewood (example)
MAP	Minimum Advertised Price
MH	South American Mahogany
MR	Madagascar Rosewood
MSRP	Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price
MT	Mahogany Top
OHSC	Original hard shell case
OM	Orchestra Model Body Style
OMV	Orchestra Model with Venetian Cutaway
OO	OO Body Style
P	Parlor Body Style
PB	Phospher Bronze (strings)
QM	Quilted Maple top wood
RW	Rosewood
SBT	Sunburst Top
SD	Slope Shoulder Dreadnought Body Style  (Larrivée Traditional Series)
SH	Slothead
Sitka	Sitka Spruce top wood
SO	Silver Oak Special Orderr
SP	Sapele Martin SP Studio Performance Series Strings Street Price
TSB	Total Sunburst (back and sides included)

Cutaways

Florentine

Venetian

Tonewoods References

• Woods — Larrivée
• Bourgeois
• Breedlove

Slothead

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