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Hi all,
I am looking to build my next guitar (For me, YAY!) and I love these Irish guitars sounds. I want to build it into my next guitar. If anyone can help me accomplish this, I'd be grateful. I have a basic understanding of the LOWDEN brace patter, from 2 internet pics (shot at an angle, so that's not real accurate...) So I know that at least one model from somewhere in the the last 30 years has 3 tonebars, etc.
Please post your thoughts, pics, etc.
Lowden, Avalon, Mcilroy guitars
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Bob Connor
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Re: Lowden, Avalon, Mcilroy guitars
G'day Terry
I'm not sure which models are represented in the pics that I posted over at the OLF. You can, however, see that George is trying to distribute the stiffness quite evenly throughout the lower bout. The other features of his tops are a spruce or cedar patch around the soundhole and the A brace which ties in to the neck block.
Before anyone mentions the weirdly shaped bridge plate George does pinless bridges.
Quite different from the standard Martin bracing pattern which leaves large swathes of the lower bout unsupported. (nothing wrong with this mind you. Martin have been very sucessful with this style of bracing for a long time and so have a load of imitators)
You would just have to adapt Georges bracing to whichever style or shape of instrument that you want to build and also how you want it to sound.
It'll probably take a few guitars to refine what you see here and get it to sound like you want. I don't know that it would be possible to change the bracing radically from what you have been doing and 'crack' that sound in one guitar.
Most of the Lowden's have Cedar or Redwood tops.
That's about the limit of my Lowden knowledge. Hopefully some others will chime in.
Regards
I'm not sure which models are represented in the pics that I posted over at the OLF. You can, however, see that George is trying to distribute the stiffness quite evenly throughout the lower bout. The other features of his tops are a spruce or cedar patch around the soundhole and the A brace which ties in to the neck block.
Before anyone mentions the weirdly shaped bridge plate George does pinless bridges.
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You would just have to adapt Georges bracing to whichever style or shape of instrument that you want to build and also how you want it to sound.
It'll probably take a few guitars to refine what you see here and get it to sound like you want. I don't know that it would be possible to change the bracing radically from what you have been doing and 'crack' that sound in one guitar.
Most of the Lowden's have Cedar or Redwood tops.
That's about the limit of my Lowden knowledge. Hopefully some others will chime in.
Regards
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Re: Lowden, Avalon, Mcilroy guitars
Thanks Bob! I do appreciate it.
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