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Author:  letseatpaste [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:59 pm ]
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Some of you may remember that I got married in N. Ireland back in February. I got to tour the Lowden shop in Downpatrick, I posted pics of the shop tour here: link

While I was there, I ordered a new guitar and Fedex just delivered it on Thursday after a six month wait. It's EI Rosewood back and sides, and the top is an LS redwood top. This is sort of our honeymoon keepsake to remember our trip, one to pass on to a grandkid someday.

It's one of the less blingish models, so it doesn't have any abalone trim or fancier stuff. It's basically an S25 with redwood instead of cedar. I ordered it with Gotoh 510 (310 is standard on this model), and they are the nicest tuners I've ever used. It came with a Fishman Ellipse Blend system, undersaddle Matrix pickup and an internal condensor mic with controls just inside the soundhole.

Anyway, I'm having a blast with it and wanted to share some pics. I'll bring to the OKC gathering if I can make it to that.









Author:  James Orr [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:04 pm ]
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How cool!
Author:  Don Williams [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:07 pm ]
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Mmmmmmm....yummy.
Author:  Don A [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:25 pm ]
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Jon, your a lucky man. That guitar doesn't need any abalone trim distracting from that LS top.
Author:  KenH [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:46 pm ]
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Beautiful guitar!


I see that it is a pinless bridge but I dont see the ball ends of the strings or how they are so well hidden. Could I trouble you for one more closeup of the bridge?  They did a GREAT job on hiding the balls!
Author:  letseatpaste [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:50 pm ]
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The string ball-ends are just in a little recess in the end of the bridge. I found this pic on another site.

Author:  KenH [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:52 pm ]
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Thanks Jon!


That gives me all kinds of new ideas

Author:  Dave Anderson [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:14 pm ]
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That is a real beauty Jon!!Congrats That top
is so nice. Also ,love how the neck heel laminate looks!
Author:  Bruce Dickey [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:01 pm ]
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This is great Jon, thanks for the great pics.
Author:  James Orr [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:12 pm ]
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Jon, out of curiosity, what kind of camera did you use? I've been thinking
about the recent digital camera thread and your shots are super clean for
being taken indoors.
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:25 pm ]
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Wow, nice guitar, Jon.  What a great keepsake!  
Author:  Shane Neifer [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:34 pm ]
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That's awesome Jon!! Is that 'slash' in the heel of the neck an added lamination or just some colour in the wood? What is the neckwood?

Cool addition to what appears an impressive collection of strings on the go!

Shane
Author:  Sam Price [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:54 pm ]
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Shane, you are seeing a 5 lam neck from heel to headstock.

Jon: I love Lowden's guitars. I had a chance to play a significant number of them this year for the first time ever, and the F35 and S25 are the best to my ears. Congratulations, WELL worth the wait- and long may you strum!!

Can we have a sound clip, please?
Author:  martinedwards [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:23 pm ]
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Who needs bling when you have Goerge and beautiful wood?

Lovely guitar, hope your Grandkids enjoy it as much as you will!!
Author:  Arnt Rian [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:55 pm ]
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Congrats! That is a keeper.
Author:  letseatpaste [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:28 pm ]
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Thanks guys! I'm really enjoying playing it, the sound has opened up a lot just since Thursday, it's been fun to hear the changes. I'm leading music with it at church this morning.

The neck lam is mahogany, rosewood, walnut, rosewood and mahogany. The binding/purfling and rosette are made of mahogany, sycamore, walnut and rosewood.

James, my camera's a Fuji S5200. I bought it right before my trip to Ireland, and I've been very pleased with it. It works great as a point and shoot, but you can use it fully manually as well. It doesn't have a removable lens, but you can attach filters and wide angle lenses to it.
Author:  KiwiCraig [ Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:33 pm ]
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Wow ! That guitar is so beautiful Jon . Man, what a class act .

An absolute classic and a treasure to hand down.

What a Luthier .......

Congratulations !

regards Craig
Author:  Don Williams [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:19 am ]
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Jon, could you give us a shot of the front, straight on with no angle please? And, oh for the heck of it, maybe throw a ruler next to it, just for kicks. You could rest the ruler right on the top of the bridge, running the width of the bout. Centered on the bridge might look nice too....

Author:  Dave White [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:41 am ]
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Jon,

That's a lovely guitar that will bring you lots of pleasure!!

I have a couple of Lowdens that I bought back in 1994 - an F32C in sitka/EIR and an S25 in cedar/EIR. I love small guitars and the S25 just wouldn't put me down in the shop The sound is still very sweet today.
Author:  phil c-e [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:35 am ]
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jon,
what a stunning instrument!! i love the beauty in the simplicity. which only leads me to wonder why, when lowdens are so highly esteemed by nearly all builders, more are not imitating them. beautiful satin finish. beautiful, spare, rosette.
any theories on why lowdens are so widely reveared but so seldom copied?
jon, what a great gift for the grandkids. just don't baby it for them. looks like a real musicians instrument and deserves to be played a lot.
phil
Author:  Don Williams [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:39 am ]
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[QUOTE=phil c-e]any theories on why lowdens are so widely reveared but so seldom copied?
phil[/QUOTE]


Jon, could you give us a shot of the front, straight on with no angle please? And, oh for the heck of it, maybe throw a ruler next to it, just for kicks. You could rest the ruler right on the top of the bridge, running the width of the bout. Centered on the bridge might look nice too....
Maybe, if you don't mind, perhaps you would give us some idea what the size of it is.
Maybe...the upper bout, lower bout, waist, and perhaps the length of the body...

Author:  letseatpaste [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:42 am ]
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Ha, I'll see if I can do it sometime soon, Don. I actually plan on taking tracings and measurements and seeing if I can build one similar to it someday.
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