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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:29 am
by BTL
Badabababa wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:22 pm
Would you consider making Mustang bass mute? It’s a folded thin metal sheet with holes. With your skills and resources, it shouldn’t be too hard. I know there is a market for it.
Thanks! I did some looking around, and while I agree it might be a fairly easy piece to fabricate, I'm not certain there is much of a market. Your best bet might be to post a feeler thread and see who might be interested and go from there. :)

Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:49 am
by marqueemoon
BTL wrote:
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:32 am
I always get a kick out of seeing my designs used in a build, whether it's a conversion neck or an 8-string bridge. :)

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8 string fretless is wild.

Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:00 am
by BTL
marqueemoon wrote:
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:49 am
8 string fretless is wild.
Yeah, that's pretty cool! Launching the 8-string bridge has introduced me to people with dreams I would never have imagined. :)

Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:58 pm
by BTL
I mocked up the standard 2+2 with machines and a logo in MS Paint. I really like it.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:38 pm
by Shadoweclipse13
That looks classy as hell. Nice design Brad!!!

Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:05 pm
by BTL
Thank you so much! :)

Here's my take on the 4+4.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:24 pm
by BTL
Good things take time.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:04 pm
by BTL
The final configuration for the Bahama shutters on the patio-cover.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:56 pm
by BTL
It was a good day.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:24 pm
by BTL
Opening up the pipeline.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:56 am
by BTL
Behold, the only commercially available 10-string bass guitar bridge in the western spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 2:20 pm
by BTL
I've been busy on the supply chain side of the business, focusing on getting materials back in-stock. This weekend is the first concentrated bench-time I've had in a while.

It feels good getting back to things. I finally have enough 8-string bridges in-stock to build out this Jayluxe.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 1:42 pm
by BTL
From a business perspective, my conversion necks and 8-string bridges have been a success. By contrast, my complete builds with traditional finishes have been loss leaders. I enjoy the building process, but the return on investment has been disappointing.

With that in mind, I'm going to discontinue offering complete builds with traditional finishes to all but existing customers and return to where I started, graphic finishes. I plan to build these on spec for myself as stand-alone pieces and price them at a premium. If they sell, they sell. Otherwise, I'll keep them as art pieces.

These will be the first bodies in a new series of graphic finishes. I'm excited about the possibilities. :)

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 2:20 pm
by BTL
How it started, how it's going.

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Re: Lowe Guitars shop notes

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 9:40 pm
by Shadoweclipse13
Brad, I really admire that you've tried a number of different things, and continue to change the business in order to succeed. You make lovely guitars, and it's a bummer that they aren't selling as well as you'd hoped, but I love the idea of a slight adjustment to make it better for you :)