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Guys you will not believe this!!!

Last Night my Mrs phoned me white I was at the guitar building class to tell me that there was a message on the answering machine.





From none other than .........





Mr George Lowden!!!!!!!!





Someone had forwarded the text of some discussion or other on the web and he's invited me down to the factory (next week maybe) to have a lookaround and a chat about the truth of the history of the guitar companies.

To say this was a bolt from the blue doesn't come close to describing this!!! This is the equivelent of Ansell Adams calling up a guy who takes the odd pic to say come over & look at a few snaps I've taken!!!!!!!!!

Who knows, I may even let y'all know how it goes!!!!

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Martin, if you're not aware, there is now an OLF LAW that stipulates that you MUST provide details of any event that you participate to in regards to lutherie and you MUST also show MANY pics of the event!

Congrats buddy, that is great news, i'm really happy for ya!

Wow, I can appreciate how neat this is, I got to spend a day at the feet of Ansel Adams back in '81. (and in his darkroom).

Good for you Martin, take a spy camera.

Ron

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Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Wow, I didn't think I had it in me to be this envious...but I am!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

very cool!

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Jim Watts
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Well, that's mighty cool, Martin! Have fun.

Martin, you do understand that you MUST invite Mr Lowden to the OLF.

Congrats buddy! Have a great time and well be waiting to hear the details!

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

That is awesome Martin, Congrats
Lots of pics would be greatly appreciated!
Have a good time

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

[QUOTE=LanceK] Martin, you do understand that you MUST invite Mr Lowden to the OLF.
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But then I'll feel all embarressed to talk about his guitars with such drooling!!!!!

I have told the new starts at the guitar building evening class...... will that do?

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[quote]Martin, you do understand that you MUST invite Mr Lowden to the OLF.[/quote]

You MUST invite the OLF to Mr. Lowden!!!!

Field trip! Field trip! Field trip! Field trip!!!

Billy Dean

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Billy Dean Thomas
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"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

/\ Yeah, as if George would appreciate the whole of OLF to turn up at his small shop...

Martin, you MUST give us every little detail. Get your wife to come along and take loads of pics....in fact, hire a camera crew and film a documentary!!

You'll love every minute of it, take a note book and camera and record everything the man says. This is like a theoretical physicist getting to visit Albert Einstein. It's just not possible to meet a better and more knowledgable guy. The best guitar builder on the planet, possibly any planet!

ColinColin S38983.4139467593

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[QUOTE=Colin S] The best guitar builder on the planet, possibly any planet! Colin[/QUOTE]

So Colin, you mean you think he is like really really good?

Congrats on the invitation. I'm looking forward to the full report!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Can we teletransport yet? i also want to be there!

[QUOTE=Colin S] You'll love every minute of it, take a note book and camera and record everything the man says. This is like a theoretical physicist getting to visit Albert Einstein. It's just not possible to meet a better and more knowledgable guy. The best guitar builder on the planet, possibly any planet!

Colin[/QUOTE]

I recently heard that God put in an order recently, he's THAT good...

Lowdens are very thin on the ground in my vicinity, and I was pretty stunned to see one being used for the Children's work at a Christian Festival in N.Ireland I went to recently.


I've yet to lay hands on one.
Sam Price38983.6369907407

Martin, that is awesome! Congratulations! Take copious amounts of notes and don't forget to tell us all about your visit!


(I like the idea of an OLF field trip )

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Joe Breault
Merrimack, NH
Perpetual novice

Oh my! How cool is that?!

Martin, remember to breath, and take pictures or notes or both.

Good on you! Have a great time.

It's Charlie in the Chocolate Factoryall over again.

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Aoibeann

[QUOTE=Aoibeann]It's Charlie in the Chocolate Factoryall over again.[/QUOTE]

you really think that at the end of the tour he'll invite me into a glass elevator (called a Lowdenvator)and we'll shoot through the ceiling and he'll say "all this is yours"?












Naw, I didn't think so either!!!

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