It is not the model with the low rider guides the guy said that the veritas 2.0 is the latest model after the LR model and it has the larger SiC guides. Thanks for clearing up my concern about the tight fit of the ferrules I am used to having rods that the sections butt hard up against each other and now that I know that this is not the case with the veritas I am now happy to take it out fishing knowing that it is in fact correctly put together , I was originally going to buy through you and when I got told to go home for the day by the boss I thought here is my chance to get a new rod without having to wait for the courier to drop it off.