Durhaam_Lad, I met the Lowden player I mentioned before tonight He had his from new and says it is an O-10. He also said that he uses D'Addario light/medium strings and has made no changes to the original setup.

We have a small "festival" ( it's a 3 day pub session weekend) twice a year and tonight was the start. He was one of only 2 guitarists there and his instrument came through very clearly in a crowd of approx 30 players before thinking about non players present.

Jon