A gorgeous and dramatic sounding fan-fret Lowden O-50!
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Condition: Used, Very Good
This custom built O-50 combines fine tonewoods and construction with modern ergonomics in a perfect balance! The fanned-fret design is an immediate boon to your left hand technique, placing the notes exactly where you want them and adding tension in the all the right places for exceptional low end clarity. The arm bevel is perfectly cut, allowing easier access around the big-bodied shape and sound of the O model. Complex, clustered chords ring out in perfect balance and fingerstyle passages cut through with wonderful ease on this expertly crafted instrument!
SP Luthier Notes: Fret dress and setup
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.
Over the years, the 32 has become more sought after especially because of its full bodied and yet very clear defined tone. The Sitka spruce top help to balance the rosewood’s warm fullness. The O version is warm, full and clear, the F is the same but with a more focused projection making it ideal for flat-picking and fingerstyle. The S version has been a bit of a surprise in that it has a large body sound in a concert sized instrument!
Handmade flattop acoustic guitars by renowned luthier George Lowden.
Model: O-50
Serial: 21958
Year: 2018
Tonewood Grade: AAAA
Soundboard: Master Grade Adirondack
Bracing: "Dolphin" Profile / Lowden Voicing
Back and Sides: Master Grade Ziricote
Rosette: Figured Wood & Abalone
Binding: Highly Figured Tasmanian Blackwood
Purfling: Rosewood/Maple/Mahogany
Tuners: Gotoh Gold 510 with Ebony Buttons
Bridge: Rosewood
Neck: 5-Piece Mahogany/Rosewood
Fingerboard: Ebony
Fingerboard Binding: Ebony/Maple
Nut & Saddle Material: Bone
Custom Options: Soundbox Bevel
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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