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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I want to buy this one on looks alone. It has incredible looking wood!
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I bought my Martin Norm Blake from this guy. His descriptions are dead on and and he was a pleasure to deal with. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Nice...(and expensive) |
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Location: CT | Needs some gloss. Lots of gloss... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I don't know about all Lowden's (I would imagine there are some dogs, as with any brand, ovamas included), but to this day Jeff's cedar top Lowden is one the very finest guitars I have ever heard.
Stephen, there is a big blue button the middle of the ebay screen. Just go ahead and click on it. Consider it your duty on behalf of all of us.
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Location: South of most, North of few | I really like the wood on the body of that one, but the neck looks out of place (wood tone wise not end of the guitar. I know soneone would come up with that...) |
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Location: Thailand | I do love the sound of Lowden O35.
Does anybody know Mcilroy guitar? I won the bid ebay item # 200147035305 She looks like a Lowden guitar. Sound? Thank you. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Thanks Dave.....always good to have an enabler around to help you with rash decisions.
I bought the S23C Lowden and it is so cool that I am not sure my heart could take on another one!
However, it would go nicely with a Martin/Collings/Tak/Original Slothead.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Come on T28, that would be stupid. We can only play one guitar at a time, right?
Actually my favorite passtime is to set up a bunch of stands in a semicircle and place guitars on theme and just go from one to the other inhaling the fine smells. Mahogany, cedar, rosewood, spruce, etc. It's all good. "Honk, honk", Oh the wife must have just gotten home from soccer duty in the Rover ...
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | You are one sick puppy.
Scuze me while I go sniff some cedar........... |
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Location: ms | You forgot the smell of plastic... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by gulfcoast:
You forgot the smell of plastic... I actually included "plastic" but then deleted it. Why rub it in.
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| Myrtlewood is fantastic. I have a Breedlove Northwest and the sound is...is...it makes your loins quiver. And I suppose if that's what you're after it's a good thing.
http://www.folkwood.com/page719.htm |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Call me shallow but the sound is always better when your loins are quivering.
And that is not up for discussion. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I just spooed. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | This shot alone did it for me!
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I don't see the 1/4 and XLR jacks or the on-board space shuttle electronics. How could this guitar have any useful purpose at all?
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ..... sorta like a bull without tits. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | You guys are making me think about trying to freeze and polish you....... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Moose poop pendent.
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| What slacker strung that guitar? The ball ends aren't aligned. |
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Location: ms | JEFF W. wash your hands before you pick up any guitars. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Stephen, you know you want to.... GET IT! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Sorry Jim, I am done for a while. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Still available....
I'm not drinking for the three days, to avoid the possibility of an impulse buy... At $3500 (though worth every dime) I can't afford to have my inhibitions lowered. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | They can get LOWER?!?! |
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| I never played a Lowden, But this guy http://www.petermayer.com/ plays one and that's good enough for me. |
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Location: GA USA | I have a Lowden. Unfortunately it's just a Lowden case that I use to tote my Yamaha. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Weaser P:
They can get LOWER?!?! ... you've obvioiusly never seen me drinking rum. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The fellow selling the guitar will negotiate.
I am willing to bet he would go for $3000 and that would be damn near a steal at that price. The Lowden's are really special and sound spectacular. |
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| Not to rain on anyone's parade, but for $3000 you can get a hell of a lot of guitar, some better than the Lowden IMHO.
..and hey, I like Lowden guitars. But 3 grand is some serious cash. |
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Guess I do too |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'll just say (again) that between the sound, woods, flawless hand-built craftsmanship and playability that, this guitar is worth every single farthing the asking price...
Would I like to pay less for it? Sure. But comparatively, it's worth the asking price.... IMNSHO |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | +1 with Jeffy
I think ya gotta own a good one to be able to appreciate the incredible built and sound.
Nick, maybe you played some lemons or some of the Avalons (ex Lowden)
If Tuppy grabbed this one, I am afraid some others would go back into the case from lack of use....and then some lucky OFC members would get great deals on some of Dave's guitars. |
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| Oh don't get me wrong. I think it's a beautiful guitar and I love the Lowden sound. Richard Thompson is one of my guitar heroes and if it's good enough for him, well who am I to say otherwise. Every Lowden I've played has been an excellent guitar. I wasn't trying to say that this guitar isn't worth it, but you are creeping into pretty rarified air at that dollar amount. To me any guitar is worth what you are willing to pay for it. What I was trying to say is you suddenly have a bunch of options: McIlroy, Collings, Santa Cruz, Dana Bourgeois, Goodall and custom made for instance.
You might try them all and find that Lowden is for you. I think I'd just have a hard time choosing.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by stephent28:
If Tuppy grabbed this one, I am afraid some others would go back into the case from lack of use....and then some lucky OFC members would get great deals on some of Dave's guitars. I was very close to jumping on this but he does not take paypal. His loss. No, seriously this is a supeb instrument and worth every nickel he's asking. I would definately have considered it, but I'm working on something else right now that's tying up my funds.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Dave, the paypal thing is a drag.
Seems like when I bought my Lowden from him (earlier I had a brain fart and said it was my Norm Blake), I paid him through paypal via a credit card......
yep...just went back to my June cc and found where it says I paid him via paypal....I believe we worked it out over the phone and I picked up the Paypal fees. The guy was a real pleasure to work with and very reasonable when we negotiated the price down from his original asking.
I felt that paying the fees to get the non-existent paypal protection along with my credit card protection was a pretty safe deal. Guitar came in exactly (if not better) than described. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Stephen, put yourself out of this misery and BUY IT! I would, but...well...there's this paypal thing.(no money in the account) :rolleyes: |
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| Jim, you are right....I'll have to fix it now. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Much better. I kind of covered mine with a blanket statement. When you want to give the Breedlove away (cheap), let me know.... :D |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Tis a fleeting misery because I have a Lowden (which means I REALLY know "like Jeff" what amazing instruments they are.)
Jim, YOU should buy it....then we can trade! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Stephen, I already got in a trading match with you, and am still kicking myself over that one. :D Besides, since I bought the Martin, my resources are a little dry right now. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hey, I resemble that remark!
and didn't you trade that one for another and another and another???????
Sounds to me like you got to try out 3-4 guitars based on our original trade.....
+ if I decide to let the 1681 back out into the wild, you want first crack at it? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Stephen, you're killin me... but maybe... |
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Gorgeous Lowden