New acoustic day, the underdog is king

Strangefan

I currently have covid and the offer of buy now pay next year interest free was just too much,  so after a fair bit of research I got a dowina, 
 I didn't know anything about Dowina, I had seen one to two about and just assumed they were another far eastetn brand, until I saw a used vintage  series which looked great ( guitar guitar) after some research and seeing the reviews and build quality from other players online I thought I would give it a go. These are all made my hand, all solids woods in Slovakia. 
The attention to detail is akin to any of my 2k guitars 

Impressions:How is this made for around 1k it honestly beggars belief, the feel playability and tone are better than some of the high end guitars I have owned.This is definately a keeper.

Nice little touches like the makers signature on one brace and the tap tuned tops note on the other, 

Yes I am saying this in the honeymoon period how'ver my relationship with the guitar has changed over the last few years, I don't dream of the one or spend hours researching any more, what now gets me excited is how it will compliment me as a guitarist, and I can say with no bias this dowina has the tone and playability of a 2k guitar, if anyone wants a sound clip just say and I'll pop one up 
     

Strangefan

     

BigPaulie

Very nice indeed. Enjoy.

Strangefan

BigPaulie said:

Very nice indeed. Enjoy.

I really am  

bertie

frets look almost like s/s 

malcolmkindness

They are excellent guitars, enjoy. 

bertie

had a quick look at the website ( s )  the .co.uk one appears to offer different models to the .com,  also the .com is a little confusing,  it doesnt  state specifically what the top is  - but appears to offer 3 variants ?  do you chose which at "order" time ?

Mellish

She looks lovely mate. Well done and get better soon

Strangefan

bertie said:

frets look almost like s/s

To be fair they do feel like ss 

Strangefan

Mellish said:

She looks lovely mate. Well done and get better soon

Thank you  

Strangefan

bertie said:

had a quick look at the website ( s )  the .co.uk one appears to offer different models to the .com,  also the .com is a little confusing,  it doesnt  state specifically what the top is  - but appears to offer 3 variants ?  do you chose which at "order" time ?

I "believe" it's all custom? So you can choose what you want... But im not 100 percent sure, I got it for 700 2nd hand, so I didn't go through the new purchase procedure.





what I will say tho is : I would consider a total bargain this really is Lowden quality, that's not some silly throw away remark, I have been an acoustic player for 20 years, and the tone is really somethig special, 

BigPaulie

It would be interesting to get a price for a cedar topped, maple back and sides dreadnought

Kittyfrisk

The Dowina's look to be lovely instruments at a variety of price points. Enjoy  
I do wonder if Gibson are aware of the use of the copyrighted open book headstock design though?
Maybe Gibson have done what they stated a couple of years ago & moved “from confrontation to collaboration” with other builders & are collaborating with those who are doing really cool things?

Vinylfan

That does look lovely. Happy NGD.

Strangefan

Kittyfrisk said:

The Dowina's look to be lovely instruments at a variety of price points. Enjoy  
I do wonder if Gibson are aware of the use of the copyrighted open book headstock design though?
Maybe Gibson have done what they stated a couple of years ago & moved “from confrontation to collaboration” with other builders & are collaborating with those who are doing really cool things?

Damn good point to be fair, it's a lot more flared and very reminiscent of the first guild headstock they used, it def tapers out more on the sides so I wonder if that's enough to negate the legality as head on it does look different 

ditchboy

I prefer open tuners but that finger board sure is pretty. 

Strangefan

ditchboy said:

I prefer open tuners but that finger board sure is pretty. 

You cant beat grovers for precision and reliability tho  

Tannin

Dowina have been going for a fair while and I've heard nice things about them. Sadly, they are not distributed in this country,  save for a single dealer in Melbourne who has two of the cheapest ones in stock. Nice guitar, excellent NGD post Strangefan.

BigPaulie

Kittyfrisk said:

The Dowina's look to be lovely instruments at a variety of price points. Enjoy  
I do wonder if Gibson are aware of the use of the copyrighted open book headstock design though?
Maybe Gibson have done what they stated a couple of years ago & moved “from confrontation to collaboration” with other builders & are collaborating with those who are doing really cool things?

The Dowina headstock's top line is reminiscent of the "open book" design.

However, the headstock design overall is sufficiently divergent from Gibson's to avoid copyright issues.

bertie

Strangefan said:

I got it for 700 2nd hand, so I didn't go through the new purchase procedure.

wow !! that is a lot of box for 700 sovs

Kittyfrisk

BigPaulie said:

Kittyfrisk said:

The Dowina's look to be lovely instruments at a variety of price points. Enjoy  
I do wonder if Gibson are aware of the use of the copyrighted open book headstock design though?
Maybe Gibson have done what they stated a couple of years ago & moved “from confrontation to collaboration” with other builders & are collaborating with those who are doing really cool things?

The Dowina headstock's top line is reminiscent of the "open book" design.

However, the headstock design overall is sufficiently divergent from Gibson's to avoid copyright issues.

You think so? Really?
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-opposes-collings-headstock-trademark-registration