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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:07 pm

Thank you so much!

I really love and respect your work, so that means a lot.
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by clef051 » Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:54 am

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Here's a fitment mockup of the Ridler VI with most of the parts sitting loose on the body.

Also shown is the Lowe "chopped" bridge that allows for a Bigsby to be retrofitted to a Lowe or any other guitar with a vintage 6+4 string through bridge.

I haven't experimented with it yet, but I'm curious to see if this configuration would allow the Bigsby to serve as a B-bender if one were to string the other 5 strings conventionally.

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this looks great, i imagine it black with binding looking especially amazing.

Great work!

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:14 pm

clef051 wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:54 am
this looks great, i imagine it black with binding looking especially amazing.

Great work!
Thanks clef051!

The Lowe Universal Ring and Rout allows any instrument to be fitted with a wide variety of pickups by Lindy Fralin Pickups, Lollar Pickups, and TV Jones:

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:46 pm

I love Allparts day:

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by Embenny » Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:52 pm

BeeTL wrote:
Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:14 pm
clef051 wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:54 am
this looks great, i imagine it black with binding looking especially amazing.

Great work!
Thanks clef051!

The Lowe Universal Ring and Rout allows any instrument to be fitted with a wide variety of pickups by Lindy Fralin Pickups, Lollar Pickups, and TV Jones:

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Now that's a good idea right there.
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:36 pm

Thanks mbene085!

I've been busy finishing up a bunch of builds.

At times I feel like Dr. Finklestein.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:14 pm

So, here are the next five coming together, and a gallery shot:

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Sun Dec 03, 2017 1:48 pm

Joe Sanders dropped by to demo the new guitars.

I didn't know there would be photos...wishing I had tidied up a bit! ;)

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by Deed_Poll » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:40 am

Dang, that grey guitar! Stunning!

I don't know whether you can do anything with this idea but I feel like it would really work with your aesthetic style. I definitely don't have the pickguard right just yet, maybe it would be better off without it on there at all!

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:59 pm

Deed_Poll wrote:
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Dang, that grey guitar! Stunning!

I don't know whether you can do anything with this idea but I feel like it would really work with your aesthetic style. I definitely don't have the pickguard right just yet, maybe it would be better off without it on there at all!

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That's definitely something I could work with, and your renderings are spectacular!

If you haven't noticed, other than the Mighty Mite builds I did, my world is a pickguard-free zone...the only plastic on my builds is the nut.

:D

That said, I'm now at a point where I offer five guitar shapes and five bass shapes:

Ridler IV and VI, Chromasonic IV and VI, NR Fireluxe IV and VI, Fireluxe IV, Primaluxe IV, Teeluxe VI, and Comboluxe VI.

People who know better are telling me I should scale back vs. adding more shapes.

I'm going to finish building out what I've got in hand, then queue up the next round.

Going forward, and until clear favorites begin to emerge, I'll probably build in lots of ten with two of each of the five body styles, alternating between guitar and bass.

I'm hoping to connect with a couple of retailers and sell 2/3 at retail and 1/3 direct.

We'll see how it goes, but the reception has been very good so far, and I feel like momentum is building.

Fingers crossed...;)
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:15 pm

Another shot from Joe Sanders' visit, this time with the red Fireluxe NR.

This guitar is currently fitted with Fralin high-output humbuckers and coil splitting Bourns 500K volume and tone pots.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:08 pm

It's possible this might be the coolest picture ever.

I've known these two guys since...forever.

This is the first time we have hung out and jammed.

Just one of those things.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:31 pm

I know some folks were losing sleep over the seeming lack of basses in my current production run.

;)

Have no fear, another first is here.

Satin white with matching neck and headstock face with faux binding on the body.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

Post by BTL » Tue Jan 30, 2018 7:48 pm

I'm looking forward to the Orlando International Guitar and Music Expo this weekend.

I'll be showing eight guitars and two basses.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes

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