Nut, neck, scale, gauge (important?)

malcolmkindness

bertie said:

malcolmkindness said:

Definitely not, Avalon are very similar to Lowden but owned by different people, while Waterloo are owned by Collings but a completely different guitar type. They are loosely modelled on old Gibson guitars.

I know Avalon is the ex-lowden factory/workshop  after George went his separate way and (rightly) took the (his) name  

but I "thought" they were still connected in some way   

I'm fairly confident that they are not connected, although if you were to play a new Avalon and a new Lowden blindfold, I doubt if you could tell them apart soundwise.