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 Post subject: Lowden F tracing
PostPosted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:43 pm 
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Hey all

I’m toying with the idea of a Lowden-esq next project and wanted to see if anyone might have an outline (either pencil or digital), mold, or what have you, of their F model? I think Kenneth Michael had one, but he’s sadly no longer with us.


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 Post subject: Re: Lowden F tracing
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James Orr wrote:
Hey all

I’m toying with the idea of a Lowden-esq next project and wanted to see if anyone might have an outline (either pencil or digital), mold, or what have you, of their F model? I think Kenneth Michael had one, but he’s sadly no longer with us.


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You might ping John Parchem who I think was / is managing the KMG archive.


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 Post subject: Re: Lowden F tracing
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James Orr wrote:
Hey all

I’m toying with the idea of a Lowden-esq next project and wanted to see if anyone might have an outline (either pencil or digital), mold, or what have you, of their F model? I think Kenneth Michael had one, but he’s sadly no longer with us.


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I have a KMG Lowden template but it's for an "O" model, the largest one I believe.
I bought a set of 12 Martin and Gibson templates from him and he was kind enough to remember I had inquired about the Lowden template previously and very kindly offered to substitute the Martin Terz with the Lowden one.
I'm not aware of any other Lowden template he produced.
I believe he actually called it "The Irish One" rather than using the Lowden name.Same one as posted here
https://acousticguitarconstructionforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3025&start=7
Or you could find a frontal pic and scale it up to the dimensions.


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 Post subject: Re: Lowden F tracing
PostPosted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 6:55 am 
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James I'm no help but wanted to suggest that you nix the double saddle slot. It's not very serviceable AND most pick-ups that use a UST will not work with this design. There are exceptions but it limits you to a small subset of the market.

Lowden has been recommending the Lyric because it's a mic and I do believe that there are now a few split saddle transducers but not many.

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 Post subject: Re: Lowden F tracing
PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 1:34 pm 
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Thanks, guys!


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