Original series Lowden, Sitka Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back and sides.
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Condition: Used, Excellent
The body style that started it all for George Lowden! The 'O' model has gone from a stepping stone to a well-established foundation of the Lowden name and here's the proof. This guitar has everything you'd expect and want from George and his team! It's just fantastic to see what a master Luthier can do with one of the most common tonewood combinations, Sitka spruce and Rosewood. Unsurpassed clarity and resonance are the immediately recognizable qualities, but projection and note-to-note balance aren't far behind. A guitar this responsive makes you feel like you're having a conversation with a world class listener--you give even the slightest indication as to tone, volume, vibrato, etc. and the guitar is right there giving it back. As a fingerstylist, it's hard to think of a design from the last 50 years than can compete with what this model offers.
SP Luthier Notes: Refret, Tidy Up the Wiring
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.
Handmade flattop acoustic guitars by renowned luthier George Lowden.
Model: O-32
Serial: 24555
Tonewood Grade: AAA
Soundboard: Sitka
Bracing: "Dolphin" Profile / Lowden Voicing
Back and Sides: Rosewood
Rosette: Rosewood/Sycamore/Walnut/Mahogany
Binding: Figured Sycamore
Purfling: Mahogany/Walnut/Sycamore/Rosewood
Tuners: Gotoh SG381 Gold with Ebony Buttons
Bridge: Rosewood
Neck: 5-piece Mahogany/Rosewood
Fingerboard: Ebony
Fingerboard Binding: Ebony
Nut & Saddle Material: Bone
Neck Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
Neck Width at 14th Fret: 2 1/4"
Soundbox Width: 420 mm
Soundbox Depth: 125 mm
Scale Length: 25 1/2" (650 mm)
Electronics: None
Case: Lowden Hardshell
Thomas Leeb, Acoustic Fingerstyle master, plays "Jump" by Van Halen live at the Lowden Guitars booth at Winter NAMM 2010. Check out our other Lowden video from NAMM for more details on George Lowden's latest guitars.
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