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Post by grayn on Feb 19, 2024 7:00:28 GMT
Shame it's been treated so poorly. It looks really nice, in the first picture. Financially, it wouldn't be worth sorting out but for an enthusiastic amateur, it could be a good project.
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Post by grayn on Feb 15, 2024 9:29:01 GMT
Love East European music and Klezmer. It can be a bit over showy, with extended scale runs etc but overall has a lovely vibe. Better with groups though, IMO. Thanks for the vid.
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Post by grayn on Feb 12, 2024 9:32:42 GMT
I guess I kind of dislike the elitism that can be discerned from people who are skilled musicians and have the money and patience to buy very "high end" boutique guitars. Saying some folk will see a Lowden as a holy grail, kind of insinuates that they don't know any better. I have owned Brook, Goodall and Fylde guitars but am not sure that they are considered up there, with the super pricey boutiques. Probably not but I have played some Martins and some Taylors that were easily the equal of the 3 small makers I have owned. It would be a lot of fun to go to Forsyths, with a big wad and try a load of Lowdens and other pricey makes and find one that rings one's bell. Ding dong!
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Post by grayn on Feb 11, 2024 9:13:21 GMT
The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
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Post by grayn on Feb 11, 2024 9:10:31 GMT
I great guitar is a great guitar and I think the term " mass produced" doesn't really apply to Lowden. Whether a maker produces 5 or 500 guitars a year is no guarantee of quality. I owned an F35 many years ago and loved it. Forsyths is, as someone said, a fine old shop, but it's staff are a mixed bunch. They vary from knowledgeable and friendly, to snooty and annoying and even a couple of "Tim, nice but dims". They did give me my best Christmas Eve ever, about 15 or 16 years ago. I rang them up saying I wanted to trade a Hawaiian made Goodall acoustic for a Rickenbacker 12-string electric. They were very keen on acquiring the Goodall. The Ricky had a couple of annoying design flaws, so I ended up with a Fender Precision bass, a Fender Tele, a Burns 12-string electric and a small Fender valve amp. And I only had to chip in £18. It was my return to the dark side.
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Post by grayn on Feb 1, 2024 8:24:15 GMT
Nice one delb0y. Let us know how it goes and perhaps a recording?
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Post by grayn on Feb 1, 2024 8:21:30 GMT
Love that Yammy. Love to hear that, tuned down to D-standard, on a big, open chord.
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Post by grayn on Feb 1, 2024 8:15:54 GMT
I remember him at Hebden. Lovely guy. Great guitarist and a very decent voice, too. RIP Paul.
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Post by grayn on Jan 29, 2024 19:04:06 GMT
Looks like a shredding machine for sure grayn I was getting a bit worried and was beginning to wonder if we would have to wait until February before you popped up with a NGD thread Phil It is getting a bit ridiculous. One thing I have learnt is that I enjoy these low-mid priced guitars as much as the high end stuff I used to buy and the the quality difference is a lot less than you'd think.
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Post by grayn on Jan 29, 2024 16:07:23 GMT
About 4 weeks ago I acquired a Cort G300 Glam, from Reidys in Blackburn. I am super impressed with it and have been playing it every day. I had been wanting to get a guitar for Drop-C tuning but I liked the G300 in standard so much, that I decided to keep it there. So I was still looking for a down tuner and had remembered playing the Cort KX500, whilst trying the G300. So I went back to Reidys today, to have another go on this hard tail, metal style guitar. I'd rung ahead, as they'd sold the one I had tried before and had to get one into the shop, from their warehouse. It was being opened, as I arrived and it went straight from the cardboard box, into my hands. And a big thumbs up to whoever set this guitar up. Unbelievably it was in tune and set up beautifully. Nice low action and good intonation. Well, I had a play at the shop and wanted it, brought it home and had another good session, through my set up. I'd not previously been overly impressed with Fishman Fluence pickups, but on this guitar, they do sound really good, pushing high gain very nicely indeed. Clean, they sound pretty good, too. You get 1 volume knob, 1 tone and a 3-way selector switch. But the volume knob is push/pull, to change the humbuckers from classic to modern sounding (these are active pickups) and the tone push/pulls to give you single coil options. The design and build quality is good on the KX500. The mahogany body, with burl ash top and maple/purpleheart, 5-peice neck are very comfortable and very solid. Very fast playing and all nicely balanced. I do like the matt/satin finish and etched, violet top. The only thing that lets the guitar down a tad, is the finishing is a bit scrappy, here and there. Just above the nut, on the front of the head, it is poorly finished, as are the indents, where the pickups are sunk into the body, with some bare wood to be seen. Overall though, this is so much guitar for not a lot of cash. Reidys were doing a good sale price too. It is lovely to play, with a great feel. Looks pretty cool and sounds just as I'd hoped. Yes, it's a guitar aimed at the hard rockers and metal players, for which it is spot on. It can do a fair bit more though. Worth checking out.
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Post by grayn on Jan 22, 2024 7:32:32 GMT
Any chance of a pic or 2?
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Post by grayn on Jan 11, 2024 7:00:26 GMT
What a beauty. The low strings sound really nice.
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Post by grayn on Jan 8, 2024 9:13:09 GMT
Cool instrument. I remember reading, when a kid, that the Rickenbacker "Frying Pan", steel guitar, was the first ever electric guitar.
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Post by grayn on Jan 7, 2024 18:11:39 GMT
Not a big fan of Phil Collins, he turned Genesis from a musical adventure into a middle aged pop band.
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Post by grayn on Jan 6, 2024 17:57:17 GMT
good looking wee guitar, bit of heft to it with the mahogany wood?--was it much cheaply? & presume 3 way selector? Guitarguitar Glasgow had them in for about £700 jimmys but seen them 2nd hand, minted for around £500 Not a heavy guitar at all. 5-way selector, 2 & 4 being single coil options. I got it new for a good chunk less than £700. Playing it a lot and it really is a top class "super-strat" style guitar. IMO it's a lot nicer than the G300 Pro. They do a G300 Raw, if you prefer a more satin, natural wood look.
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