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Hey all

I’m toying with the idea of a Lowden-esq next project and wanted to see if anyone might have an outline (either pencil or digital), mold, or what have you, of their F model? I think Kenneth Michael had one, but he’s sadly no longer with us.


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You might ping John Parchem who I think was / is managing the KMG archive.


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I have a KMG Lowden template but it's for an "O" model, the largest one I believe.
I bought a set of 12 Martin and Gibson templates from him and he was kind enough to remember I had inquired about the Lowden template previously and very kindly offered to substitute the Martin Terz with the Lowden one.
I'm not aware of any other Lowden template he produced.
I believe he actually called it "The Irish One" rather than using the Lowden name.Same one as posted here
https://acousticguitarconstructionforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3025&start=7
Or you could find a frontal pic and scale it up to the dimensions.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

James I'm no help but wanted to suggest that you nix the double saddle slot. It's not very serviceable AND most pick-ups that use a UST will not work with this design. There are exceptions but it limits you to a small subset of the market.

Lowden has been recommending the Lyric because it's a mic and I do believe that there are now a few split saddle transducers but not many.

Hesh out

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Thanks, guys!


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