Lowden Guitars
S32 Indian Rosewood / Sitka Spruce
Listed at Round Hill Music Co. · Greenwich, CT
Tracked on Tonewood Atlas — view the full listing at Round Hill Music Co.’s site.
$4,671
Last seen 17h ago on dealer site
Photos hot-linked from Round Hill Music Co.’s site — never rehosted.
Specs
- Top
- Sitka Spruce
- Back / Sides
- East Indian Rosewood
- Neck
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Body shape
- Concert / Concertina
- Scale length
- 25.59"
- Nut width
- 1.77"
- Frets to body
- 14
- Strings
- 6
- Cutaway
- No
- Condition
- New
Lowden Guitars
Lowden Guitars are built in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland — the work of George Lowden, who turned professional in 1974 and has spent fifty years refining a voice unlike anything else in the acoustic world: shimmering, harmonically layered, with a long singing sustain. Much of that character traces to choices George arrived at early — his "dolphin" strut profiles and A-frame bracing, a five-piece neck, a soundbox designed from the physics up rather than after the American dreadnought — and the result is a guitar players recognise instantly. Lowden was fingerstyle shorthand long before Ed Sheeran carried one onto arena stages; Pierre Bensusan, Alex de Grassi, Richard Thompson, and Paul Brady are among those who've made a Lowden their own. Since 2004 it has been a family firm, with George's sons now in the workshop.
Round Hill Music Co.
Round Hill Music Co. is a Greenwich, Connecticut shop with an unusually wide remit — guitars, amps, and effects sit alongside its own Round Hill Records label and a deep vinyl and hi-fi catalog. The guitar side leans to electrics and custom-shop collectibles, including a "Dream Shop" program that specs one-off builds with premier makers. For acoustic players, the draw is top-tier factory work — Martin and Gibson Custom Shop, Taylor Custom and Catch limited runs — rounded out by handmade Lowdens from Northern Ireland.
