Quilted Maple

Alex De Grassi

It was back in the early eighties that Alex de Grassi first started playing Lowden guitars and our relationship has grown through various new guitars since then. I’ve designed this new signature model for Alex with the aim of matching his wish list in terms of playability ( slightly wider neck with comfortable profile, and a deeper cutaway for the upper registers) The tone is slightly “jazzy” – warm and full with slightly accentuated upper mids.
“Alex has been playing Lowden since the early eighties and it is befitting of his exceptional talent that we mark this relationship with his signature model. This beautiful guitar has a full, round, ‘jazz like’ tone and yet it has much more sustain, clarity and sensitivity than an arch top guitar.”

– from George

Specs

Back and Sides

AAAA Quilted Maple

Soundboard

Selected AAAA Sitka

Rosette

Abalone, Rosewood, Sycamore, Mahogany, Walnut

Binding

Rosewood

Purfling

Sycamore, Rosewood, Mahogany

Tuners

Gotoh Gold/Ebony 510

Bridge

Rosewood

Neck

5 piece: Mahogany / Rosewood / Walnut

Back Centre Seam

Pear & rosewood

Headstock Overlay

Indian Rosewood (book matched front and back)

Strap and Button Inlay

Pear & rosewood