OHHHH! Look at what the FIII folks started....

[kwakatak]

Your 03R would likely just get jealous and bitter, Neil! Plus... give David Martin an "acoustically accommodating" room and a couple of decent mics and he'd probably make an Esteban sound like a $1500 guitar. 

Well, from what I heard and from what I've heard the specs are on this (4" thick, just like my OM-03R) the LSV-03R 12th Fret has a LOT more bass. While I love my OM-03R (for a variety of reasons not just limited to tone) I've always thought it could use more bass though.

[es-335]

how awesome would it be to see 00-03 or 000-03

[dotpitch]

Well, from what I heard and from what I've heard the specs are on this (4" thick, just like my OM-03R) the LSV-03R 12th Fret has a LOT more bass. While I love my OM-03R (for a variety of reasons not just limited to tone) I've always thought it could use more bass though.

Outside of that particular recording, I'm going to be surprised if that actually turns out to be the case, tho. I had my LS-09 at the same time that I had the OM-03R and while the LS *was* a fuller sounding guitar, I wouldn't say that it had a LOT more bass. I can't imagine that shifting the bridge to the center of the lower bout is going to produce THAT much more bass. I'll find out next wednesday or thursday, tho - that's when mine arrives.

The bass on my Laughlin is just a little bit deeper than my old LS-09 and my Tacoma parlor has slightly less bass than the Laughlin. It'll be interesting to compare the LSV-03R to those two when it gets here - all three are, more or less, the same size:

Larrivee LSV-03R (12th Fret Special):

• Lower Bout: 15"
• Upper Bout: 11"
• Waist: 9.75"
• Depth @ Tail Block: 4.25"

Lauglin:

• Lower Bout: 14.75"
• Upper Bout: 10.5"
• Waist: 9.75"
• Depth @  Tail Block: 4.125"

Tacoma Parlor:

• Lower Bout: 15"
• Upper Bout: 11"
• Waist: 8.313"
• Depth @  Tail Block: 4.75"

Man... I wish I hadn't just sold my Peluso mics. I'm currently down to just the mics built into the Zoom H4.

[Mr_LV19E]

Larrivee LSV-03R:

• Lower Bout: 15"
• Upper Bout: 11"
• Waist: 9.75"

• Depth @ Heel: 4.25"

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Lauglin:

• Lower Bout: 14.75"
• Upper Bout: 10.5"
• Waist: 9.75"
• Depth @ Heel: 4.125"

Tacoma Parlor:

• Lower Bout: 15"
• Upper Bout: 11"
• Waist: 8.313"
• Depth @ Heel: 4.75"

Man... I wish I hadn't just sold my Peluso mics. I'm currently down to just the mics built into the Zoom H4.

When you say depth @ heel do you mean end pin?  The depth of the LS-03 at the end pin is supposed to be 4".

[dotpitch]

When you say depth @ heel do you mean end pin?  The depth of the LS-03 at the end pin is supposed to be 4".

Oops... Yea, my brain was disengaged when I wrote that. I meant depth at the tail block! I'll fix that original post. In this case, I'm comparing the 12th Fret Special version, which is a bit deeper at the tail.