NGD - Lowden

WafflesOnHorseback

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Gmd85

That is one incredible looking guitar, and being a redwood Lowden I'm sure it sounds amazing. 

TheMadMick

That look delicious. I'm jealous. Hope it plays as well as it looks.

Health to wear.

WafflesOnHorseback

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digitalkettle

Cor...saw these pop up just the other day.

That ebony is a bit streaky...get your name down on this thread and sort it:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/194963/montys-ageing-wax-snake-oil-or-good/p1

Tannin

Oh wow.

And no, you don't need to learn to play it. Just hit an open Am7 and let that sound wash over you. 

Look, I'm Australian and have all these wonderful (and to you) exotic Australian woods available to me as of right in any local corner guitar shop, but this one .. oh wow ... I'm going to dream about that guitar tonight. Seriously. 

Roland

Streaky is good

WafflesOnHorseback

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WafflesOnHorseback

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PC008

Wow - congrats! I have an O-22 and it's my absolute fav. That ebony is stunning though.

bertie

love the ebony,  I guess that constitutes to the "extra weight"  ? 

One thing Ive noticed, its very deep

WafflesOnHorseback

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bluechargeboy

Nice! Lowdens are all-conquering, never heard a bad one!

thomasross20

Sweet Lord............. Looks KILLER

Looking forward to listening to the above video later 

Epsilon

That really is a stunner. Congrats.

Vinny

Absolutely gorgeous. HNGD.

S56035

Wowsers. I'm guessing that was in the "less than 300" range?

PCT57

Stunning looking guitar!

Shadow

What Incredible woods!

digitalkettle

S56035 said:

Wowsers. I'm guessing that was in the "less than 300" range?

Yep...days' wages.

Tannin

I had never heard of Royal Ebony until this thread. Is it just a marketing name for normal streaky ebony? (My first thought.) No! Well it is a marketing name, but there is more to the story.

In fact Royal Ebony turns out to be a different species and not any sort of ebony at all. It comes from Mexico and places nearby and is more properly known as Katalox (Swartzia cubensis). It is unrelated to the ebonies and belongs to the huge pea family (Fabaceae) which also contains the Acacias (Blackwood, Koa, Gidgee, Mulga, many others), Black Locust,  and mimosa - not to mention peas, beans, soybeans, chickpeas, broad beans, lucerne, peanuts, and gorse.

It is uncommon and overharvested. It has very interesting mechanical properties: it is heavier than any of the ebonies, and heavier than any commonly used tonewood other than Gidgee, Mulga, and African Blackwood. It is harder than anything except African Blackwood or Gidgee. And it is stiffer (higher MoE) than anything else listed. 

Here we are pairing it with a redwood top. Katalox is more than twice as stiff as redwood, almost three times heavier, and an astonishing 7 times harder! 

(PS: 100% of the one Lowdens I have played have been wonderful.)