Sound Pure's Take
This Lowden is an absolute cannon, just projecting out bold and articulate tone. The Cedar top is responsive to the touch and responds brilliantly to the smallest nuances in your playing. The Rosewood back and sides are packed full of lush and harmonic mojo and like all Lowdens, this guitar holds a down tuning especially well. DADGAD is only the beginning! This guitar is nice to the heavy-handed, has great note to note definition and, with that Maccafferi-esque cutaway, offers easy upper fret access.
From Lowden Guitars
The Original Series was the very first Lowden range from 1976, just as the ‘O’ model is George’s original Lowden body design. Although the medium sized ‘F’ and concert sized ‘S’ have been added to the range since then, the Lowden standard of passionate commitment to no compromise was well and truly set.
The 25 was often thought of as THE Lowden. Nowadays with many more new models it is not possible to say which would be THE Lowden, but the 25 has character in bags. It is rich, full-bodied, warm and powerful. In the O version it has complexity as well, in the F it is very loud and more focused. Both are great for percussive strumming, flat picking and fingerpicking.
Serial Number: 22440
Back and Sides: East Indian Rosewood
Sound Board: Red Cedar
Neck: 5 Piece Mahogany - Rosewood
Fingerboard: Ebony with Ebony Binding
Neck Profile: GL Standard
Scale Length: 650mm
Binding: Figured Mahogany
Purflings: Sycamore-Walnut-Rosewood-Mahogany
Rosette: Rosewood-Sycamore-Walnut-Mahogany
Strings: Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze 12 - 53
Tuners: GOTOH 381's Gold with Ebony Buttons
Free 3-Year Warranty
Sound Pure stands behind our products. Free three-year warranty on this item. Coverage exclusions live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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Returns
This item is not eligible for the Try-Before-You-Buy 48-hour audition. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.
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