Avalon Acoustic - Legacy L32

HarrySeven · April 2019

Any intel on these?

http://i.imgur.com/92aHO5Y.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ftiM4wZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/KlOgeZt.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0mN70xF.jpg

Funkfingers · April 2019

If we believe another recent Discussion, there is no room for it in yo' guitar stash. :-p Presumably, you are enquiring on behalf of friends or relations.

The published specification fails to state whether the top and sides are solid spruce and rosewood but, given the retail price, it is a safe bet that they are.

Probably on a par with my Stonebridge. (Can't remember whether you've played that one.)

HarrySeven · April 2019

Correct - not for me.

This guitar is apparently ex-Dennis Greaves (Nine Below Zero).

GTC · April 2019

I've just got a new left-handed Avalon Pioneer L2-20 (see my recent thread) - and I think it is basically the equivalent of what used to be the L32 in the Legacy series. Solid spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard with very high quality components and finish.

A fantastic guitar which complements my Lowden F23C and BSG A-Pro well.

myrman · April 2019

I own one. Lovely guitars. It has a warm mellow tone overall which I really like. It's the kind of guitar you can sit down and lose hours with.

GTC · April 2019

GTC said:

I've just got a new left-handed Avalon Pioneer L2-20 (see my recent thread) - and I think it is basically the equivalent of what used to be the L32 in the Legacy series. Solid spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard with very high quality components and finish.

A fantastic guitar which complements my Lowden F23C and BSG A-Pro well.

Just to confirm - the L32 Legacy model here is the predecessor to the Pioneer L2-20 in the current Avalon range. The Hiscox case my L2-20 came in even has "Legacy" on the label.

HarrySeven · April 2019

Thanks @myrman, @Funkfingers and @GTC - much appreciated. The guitar had arrived in as a PX at a local music shop literally just before the Easter break and a friend was interested.

TimmyO · April 2019

The Legacy models are basically the same guitar as the Lowdens that were being produced months before before George wrestled the name back to restart production in his own name.

for some time before that a "Lowden" was being made by people other than George Lowden, to great acclaim, then overnight apparently they weren't as good ;-) because they became called Avalons.

Lowden O32 became Avalon L32 etc

HarrySeven · April 2019

Cheers, @TimmyO

WindmillGuitars · April 2019

@HarrySeven L32's are great guitars .. as per the posts above they're now renamed. Avalon are in a constant state of being in/out of business so prices have fluctuated greatly. I've seen L32's sell for everything from £700 to £2k.

ToneControl · April 2019

HarrySeven said:

Any intel on these?

http://i.imgur.com/92aHO5Y.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ftiM4wZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/KlOgeZt.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0mN70xF.jpg

I have a cutaway version of it
It's a very good pro guitar, would be £3k new for that quality from any western maker
It was made at the same workshop in which 15,000 Lowdens were made during the preceding 14 years
PM me the price, and I will tell you if it's OK

ToneControl · April 2019

Anchorboy said:

@HarrySeven L32's are great guitars .. as per the posts above they're now renamed. Avalon are in a constant state of being in/out of business so prices have fluctuated greatly. I've seen L32's sell for everything from £700 to £2k.

AFAIK they closed down once for a few months in 2012

You do see some used bargains, I assume because the George Lowden took the name with him when he left them

HarrySeven · April 2019

@ToneControl - will do!

TimmyO · April 2019

ToneControl said:

Anchorboy said:

@HarrySeven L32's are great guitars .. as per the posts above they're now renamed. Avalon are in a constant state of being in/out of business so prices have fluctuated greatly. I've seen L32's sell for everything from £700 to £2k.

AFAIK they closed down once for a few months in 2012

You do see some used bargains, I assume because the George Lowden took the name with him when he left them

He sold the name and agreed not to build under his own name. Then years later he unagreed

ToneControl · April 2019

TimmyO said:

ToneControl said:

Anchorboy said:

@HarrySeven L32's are great guitars .. as per the posts above they're now renamed. Avalon are in a constant state of being in/out of business so prices have fluctuated greatly. I've seen L32's sell for everything from £700 to £2k.

AFAIK they closed down once for a few months in 2012

You do see some used bargains, I assume because the George Lowden took the name with him when he left them

He sold the name and agreed not to build under his own name. Then years later he unagreed

The story I've heard does not seem very fair on the Avalon guys after they built the Lowden brand with 15,000 guitars over 14+ years

HarrySeven · April 2019

Well, acoustics really aren’t my thing, but this did play and sound very nicely.

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