Ed, I hope you find the guitar you are after, but I hope nobody is misled into thinking that Larrivee and Lowden are anything other than factory guitsrs, just like Martin and Taylor are factory guitars. If you want that ultimate hand built quality you are going to have to go to an individual builder, and face a lengthy waiting time. But if you really want that dreadnaught sound and look, I suggest you go out of your way to try a few guitars by Bill Collings. Factory made, I grant you, but IMHO they will eat up and spit out any new Martin or Taylor (or Larrivee or Lowden that I have heard).

Murray Murray