2pods Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Nor bass related but sad. Just seen this: [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18207130"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18207130[/url] It's a shame. I had a Lowden F25C made there when they were still in partnership with GL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Very sad indeed. I have an Avalon A12 Legacy Series - a stunning guitar. These were listed at £2850 and maybe that's the problem? Not that they aren't worth the money, just that it's a lot of money in these hard times and maybe people just aren't buying? Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 My Lowden F25C came from there towards the end of the Lowden licience thing. I got it for £1495. New Lowden price is £3K or thereabouts. I wish I could have kept it. Funnily enough I was on Avalon's website recently, and their prices were fair for the guitar, but I think if people are going to spend £3K or thereabouts, It's always going to Lowden, Atkin, Brook, Taylor, Gibson, and Martin, because there was never enough PR about the brilliant guitars they made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I remember trying George Lowden's No 4 guitar back in the 70s and not being impressed at all. I think he was selling for £65 at the time. Being self taught, it took him a while to learn to build such great guitars - only a couple of years later and his instruments were stunning! I knew, and am still friends with, two of his original four employees. One of them built a replica about 5 years ago and it's for sale in a guitar shop near Belfast. George's legacy is that there are a number of quality guitar builders in N Ireland as a result of his pioneering design work. It's sad to see one of them, Avalon, going down. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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