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Originally Posted by ChuckS
Describing tone in words is difficult, and even more difficult is for the other person to interpret your words in a way that the tone you are describing is the same as the tone they are envisioning: we have no common understanding of our descriptions of tone.
When I was in the process of commissioning a build with Alan Carruth we had several exchanges of information regarding the tone I desired. However, the most useful thing was when Alan sent me one of his demo guitars to try. From that point on we used the demo guitars tone as a reference point. I told him what I liked, and what I would like changed, of that guitar's tone. This was much more useful, again because we had a common reference point. Have you had access to one or more wood combinations in a Lowden jumbo that you have played? If so, maybe you could explain to Lowden what you liked in that guitar(s) as well as what you would like to be different.
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Hi Chuck, I live in Singapore, access to such guitars is quite difficult. The only Jumbo Lowdens available here in Singapore is an O22 (Cedar Mahogany), O32 (Sitka EIR) and a Thomas Leeb Signature (Sitka Walnut). The TLS had old strings on it so any conclusions drawn from that particular guitar isn't too accurate. Given 2 different tops and 2 different B&S, I couldn't decide whether it was the tops I preferred or the B&S.
From what I could recall, the O32 was really nice in standard tuning and DADGAD while the O22 lacked quite a bit in standard tuning but was MAGICAL in dropped tunings. Now I'm not too sure if this was due to the top or B&S. My best guess is that the O22 sounded better in dropped tunings was because it had a Cedar top which was more open sounding while the O32 had a tighter Sitka top and possibly the same reason why the O32 sounded better in standard tuning as well. But like I said, it is really hard to draw any conclusions with just 2 guitars...which is why I am resorting to you guys ><