New acoustic day, the underdog is king

BigPaulie

Kittyfrisk said:

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?

  

Lawyers gonna lawyer.

It's funny to think that their argument against Collings' design is that someone might buy a Collings guitar in the belief that it's s Gibson  

bertie

Kittyfrisk said:

You think so? Really?

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-opposes-collings-headstock-trademark-registration

 "Gibson's Dove Wing design"     really ?  never heard it called that before,  always considered Gibbo to be "open book" 

and the Collings is nothing like it....................

Kittyfrisk

BigPaulie said:

Kittyfrisk said:

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?

  

Lawyers gonna lawyer.

It's funny to think that their argument against Collings' design is that someone might buy a Collings guitar in the belief that it's s Gibson  

Completely agree, but as you say, lawyers... 

Tannin

Pretty good thought, really. Suppose someone offered to give you a Gibson and when you opened the parcel it was a Collings! Oh happy days!

TheMadMick

For £700, you simply can't go wrong. Enjoy.

malcolmkindness

Tannin said:

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.

An excellent Australian/Irish guitarist called Steve Cooney plays Dowina guitars and gives a very good review on YouTube. 

Strangefan

TheMadMick said:

For £700, you simply can't go wrong. Enjoy.

You couldn't even get an entry level usa made Taylor or Martin 2nd hand for that due to historical relevance and "mojo" , which is a bonus for me as it means I get top notch guitars for less  

Shadow

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 ?

 The Pomona, Sol and Ceres on the UK website are the same models as the Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Cabernet on the .com website. Presumably they think us Brits drink too much and don't want to encourage us.

bertie

Strangefan said:

TheMadMick said:

For £700, you simply can't go wrong. Enjoy.

You couldn't even get an entry level usa made Taylor or Martin

or want to 

BigPaulie

I hadn't figured out the correlation. You're quite right.

What's the equivalent of the Acero range?

Shadow

BigPaulie said:

I hadn't figured out the correlation. You're quite right.

What's the equivalent of the Acero range?

Looks to be the same on both sites.

TheOtherDennis

Nice bargain, lovely looking guitar, well done on finding that

Strangefan

TheOtherDennis said:

Nice bargain, lovely looking guitar, well done on finding that

Thanks Dennis 

artiebear

I would love to get my hands on one of these. A great ethos and passion being displayed by the maker. The use of paler hues of ebony for the boards is a lovely touch. Congratulations on a fabulous guitar. In a way it reminds me of a very early Lakewood I picked up before they were better known ( I still have it nearly 30 years later ). At the time I was looking for a nice Martin smaller bodied guitar, I played it and had to have it. 

Strangefan

artiebear said:

I would love to get my hands on one of these. A great ethos and passion being displayed by the maker. The use of paler hues of ebony for the boards is a lovely touch. Congratulations on a fabulous guitar. In a way it reminds me of a very early Lakewood I picked up before they were better known ( I still have it nearly 30 years later ). At the time I was looking for a nice Martin smaller bodied guitar, I played it and had to have it. 

I totally agree, they seem to be on the ball and doing their own thing, I also had a lakewood, it's the one acoustic I would buy back in a heartbeat, you can't beat leftfield brands  

Nitefly

Wow, that's a real looker!  Spruce on mahogany?

Glad that you're happy with it. 

Strangefan

Nitefly said:

Wow, that's a real looker!  Spruce on mahogany?

Glad that you're happy with it. 

Thank you nitefly, i thought I would take a chance with the 0 percent interest option and glad I did, stunning guitar 

Soupman

That is one seriously good looking guitar. I'd also have assumed far east from the name. However, Fursch do some lovely guitars and they're Czech, worth keeping an eye out for Dowina then. Looks really well made. Well spotted, congrats - keep enjoying it.

Strangefan

Soupman said:

That is one seriously good looking guitar. I'd also have assumed far east from the name. However, Fursch do some lovely guitars and they're Czech, worth keeping an eye out for Dowina then. Looks really well made. Well spotted, congrats - keep enjoying it.

I am a convert, honestly if you can try one.