What could be more fitting than an original Giacomo Fiore composition titled “Kilkenny” to showcase this made-in-Ireland 2016 Lowden S50 guitar, one of 27 instruments offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021? Learn more about this exciting event, which benefits guitar education in public schools and…
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Northern Ireland’s Lowden Guitars recently celebrated the production of its 20,000th guitar with a commemorative model called Genesis. This instrument marks over 40 years in lutherie for George Lowden, whose journey has brought him to the upper echelons of guitar makers worldwide. Working with a small crew that includes members…
Irish luthiers Lowden Guitars were busy at NAMM, showing several newly crafted models, among them an F-25 Fan Fret, part of the company’s famous line of acoustics with angled frets. The beauty shown in the video by George Lowden has a cedar top, Indian rosewood back and sides, and a…
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During a Thomas Leeb set at the Lowden Booth, our resident videographer joined the crowd and recorded him playing “Fishbowl” and a cover of Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up” on his Lowden Thomas Leeb Signature model: a beautiful instrument with walnut back and sides, sitka top, and walnut scratch plate. Lowden also…