Lowden Pierre Bensusan, 2013, Honduras & Adirondack Spruce, Bevel, MINT

Recent- 2012/2013 Lowden Pierre Bensusan, due to circumstances returned to us in completely unplayed and therefore Mint condition. Amazing looks and tone, at a great discount.

The first guitar George made for Pierre was back in 1978 and that 'old lady' battered and bruised but much loved and played still sings beautifully today. Over the years since then Pierre and George have worked very closely together and Pierre has made many recordings with that first Lowden guitar. George also remembers adding a Cutaway and making the neck a bit wider to Pierre's first Lowden in 1999. Therefore, designing and building a new guitar for Pierre in 2009 was a project which George approached with special expectations and hope. His challenge was to design a new guitar with many of the attributes of the old one but with more comfort to allow Pierre to play and compose for many hours each day.

Pierre asked George to include a sound-box "bevel". To make sure the new guitar had plenty of brilliance and warmth at the same time, George choose Honduras rosewood and Adirondack spruce, also among my favourite tonewoods. Honduras rosewood is the nearest wood in character and (tone)colour to good quality Brazilian rosewood - it has the same texture, density, hardness - and most of all -the same tap tone. Adirondack spruce was the wood used on the famous pre-war Martin (and Gibson) guitars, it is only available again since approx. 1995 because during WW2 all supply was used up for building boats and planes. The tonal clarity, warmth and rather 'three dimensional' powerful tonal quality is unique and it's no wonder Adirondack topped pre-war Martin guitars ar so sought after. Adirondack and Honduras Rosewood are a 'golden couple' and i'm very pleased to present this wonderful guitar to you! Features: 

• Back and sides: Honduras rosewood
• Top: Adirondack Spruce
• Neck: Fingerstyle low profile 45 mm / 61 mm
• Back of the neck, Flamed Canadian Maple
• String spacing at bridge: 61 mm
• Soundbox: F size cutaway, with * soundbox bevel faced in mottled ebony
• Soundbox voicing: Bracing - bass bias 'dolphin profile' bracing with soundbox geometry also bass bias
• Soundbox depth: 130 mm at tail block
• bridge: Madagascar rosewood
• Split two piece saddle for accurate tuning
• Fingerboard: Madagascar ebony bound with ebony and maple
• headfacing: Bookmatched front and back with ebony
• Bevel: 25 mm wide at widest point faced with mottled ebony with bracing voicing compensation
• machineheads: Gotoh 510 series gold / ebony
• Case: Hiscox Deluxe Liteflite

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