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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I bought a snazzy F50 once (saw it pass through the forum last year) but always had some remorse about not getting a slightly plainer walnut/cedar 'O' instead.
I'm not a big fan of extras like cutaways and electronics but I guess that depends on your budget and what you want out of the instrument.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I do know I like Adirondack (spelling ?) for some reason.
I have been impressed with the Martin re imagined too
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Walnut is kind of like Mahogany, quite crisp sounding like mahogany but walnut has a touch more bass and treble. I find rosewood backs can get a bit dark with a cedar soundboard, but walnut works beautifully with cedar.
For Irish voiced guitars like Lowden, the ones I like the most are often the Cedar/Walnut ones. Not entirely sure but those woods and their bracing work beautifully.
I'm not the biggest fan of bigger bodied acoustics but for Lowdens, the O size is my favourite
A lovely warm and balanced sound.
I tried a few different models over a few weeks but when I got my grubby mitts on this O25 I knew after a couple of minutes that it was going home with me. That was over 20 years ago.
It sounds amazing every time I pick it up and I have never suffered from GAS since. I know there are other good guitars out there and that different instruments suit different people/styles and each to their own.
45mm nut, 645mm scale length, probably better suited to finger style rather than heavy strumming.
Good hunting & hope you get whatever you're looking for!
Not for me. Good guitars no doubt but not the sound I want.
This could provoke a bit of a sale !
Looked great but honestly the worst playing acoustics I have ever played.
Never again
And I was right. Various shops all over the country got them in, and they sat there and sat there and sat there, the last of them eventually being heavily discounted a year or more later to get rid of the damn things. Someone in my village had one listed on Facebook for sale second-hand a while back, and was very sensibly asking not much for it. I was a little tempted to go and see her just to sample one again but the reality was that was never going to buy it so I didn't.
(Hmmm ... come to think of it, another chap nearby recently had a Maton 808 with a cedar top advertised at a decent price and I didn't go and see him just to have a look sat it because the reality was that I was always going to buy it so I didn't. Makes sense to me.)
Actual Lowdens are of course a different thing. They are rare here in Oz and very expensive. The Acoustic Centre in Melbourne (700 kilometres north of here) always has a few in stock alongside their many, many other guitars. One of these days I'll pop over and try a couple out. They usually sound good on You-tube though possibly a little lush for my playing style. But an iconic brand, I must go there one day.