Larrivée Terms and Acronyms
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Terms and Acronyms
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 |
NGD | New Guitar Day |
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 | Slotted Headstock |
Sitka | Sitka Spruce top wood |
SO |
Silver Oak, Silky Oak Special Order |
SP |
Sapele Martin SP Studio Performance Series Strings Street Price |
TSB |
Full
Tobacco Sunburst (term
as used on the Larrivée site) Total Sunburst (back and sides included) |
Tonewoods References
Cutaways
Florentine |
Venetian |
Slotted Headstock
Tobacco Sunburst
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