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I had the stage cutaway version of the Lowden F32, but check out the similar body shapes...
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Some noodling on both guitars. Felt like playing (attempting) some Julian Lage for some reason.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xo5479c3xn...20Age.m4a?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqwuixdxux...20Age.m4a?dl=0 |
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Martin 000-28EC '71 Harmony Buck Owens American Epiphone Inspired by Gibson J-45 Gold Tone PBR-D Paul Beard Signature Model resonator "Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart." -Andrés Segovia |
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I’m with Eric on this.... When I bought my 717e at Easter, one of my first comments was something like it was, to me, very Lowden. A balanced sound across the strings, but louder than a small fingerpicker, and this is what made some very famous Lowdens. People should state their guitar playing ‘status’ a bit more on forums before we take their advice.....you know..’fingerpicker 50 years’, ‘flatpicker 15 years’, ‘guitar player 2 weeks’, ‘drummer 3 months’... I mention this because Eric has been fingerpicking and playing a long time and I have been fingerpicking a long time, so I have some strength and calluses in the ole digits and can trundle along on my 717e with Medium strings quite happily while a newer fingerpicker’s fingers would possibly be bleeding after a tune or 2...... So to me, the Lowdens are a great guitar for an experienced fingerpicker who wants a bigger, louder but balanced sound. That is also my approach to my Taylor 717e, but it is a very versatile guitar open to lots of styles from country to jazz to blues to pop, where MY Lowdens are not. And my Taylor came with electricity! BluesKing777. |
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So the finish issue is a masking line. It runs about 10” along the binding on the lower bout. Barely visible but you can certainly see it. My gut is telling me to return it because I can feel it. Technically shouldn’t be this way, but doesn’t bother me other than the fact that it is there.
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I finally played the 717 and 517 at NAMM today. Great looking, feeling and sounding guitars. If I were going to buy, the 717 would be the one for me. The rosewood just seemed to have more life to it than the 517 I played. Really nice guitars and blow away the other V-braced models I’ve played. I thought they both had lots of bottom end and were extremely balanced sounding. Taylor has done it right with the GP model.
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Education is important! Guitar is importanter!! 2019 Bourgeois “Banjo Killer” Aged Tone Vintage Deluxe D 2018 Martin D41 Ambertone (2018 Reimagined) 2016 Taylor GS Mini Koa ES2 |
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Compared to the 717, I would say that the 517 isn’t necessarily a special one. I played a lot of 717s before taking the plunge and the one I own what’s like WHOA. The 517 just sounds pretty close to the 2 others. For me it’s that I love the wood grain on this one, but if I can get a pic of the replacement first, that might be the way to go. |
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I have to let them know Monday. I’m going to see if I can get a pic of the new one. If I can’t see it before I get it, then I won’t take the risk. This one looks great which is why I chose it from the dealer. |
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Nice guitars!!
Best thing I learned so far this year about my Taylor acoustic guitar. I have some non-Elixirs on the way.
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