Of course, nylon-string guitars aren’t used just for classical music, and guitars such as this encourage you to break the rules in terms of musical and playing style. This is a guitar that takes moments of playing to feel very comfortable, not least that while a classical is usually totally devoid of position markers here we at least get some very handy side dots. The cedar top has surprising volume hit hard – yet, importantly, remains very balanced between the basses and trebles Typically, too, the string action is higher than a steel-string (2.3mm on the treble side, 2.8mm on the bass side), but it’s lower than many classicals – helped by in-building a little more relief on the bass side of the fingerboard – and for the style it frankly feels very slinky. The pared down width of the neck – not to mention that it’s a 14-frets not 12-frets- to-the-body design – will again take more adjustment from a typical concert classical than if you’re a steel-string player. But it won’t feel that way to steel-string players, or the many of us who use more modern crossover-style nylon-string electros. If you’re coming from the classical guitar world this may feel a little alien with its relatively deep body and chunkier feel. This new-for-2022 model is far from an entry-level guitar, though it is the lowest-cost model in the Jazz Collection, along with the existing S-25J (East Indian rosewood/red cedar). The hand-rubbed satin finish is silky to the touch and the neck feels superb, as it should do. “This was always a part of the Jazz design,” offers Alastair, “but it was refined further about four years ago and it was inspired by the through-string Lowden method we use on the steel-strings.” There’s also a single- piece bone saddle that appears very slightly compensated, as opposed to Lowden’s usual two-piece design, unnecessary here with the nylon strings – which incidentally mix Savarez Red Alliance trebles with D’Addario Pro-Arté basses. Typically, we have a slotted headstock with a set of Gotoh Classical tuners with engraved muted gold-colored plates and polished ebony buttons, while the bridge is made from Honduras rosewood and uses a 12-hole string attachment, rather than a classical’s six-hole tie-block style. There’s virtually zero decoration, simply finely flecked and lightly figured maple binding around the top and back edges with a trio of Rocklite (a product that’s engineered from real and sustainable wood), maple and mahogany purfling on the top only. Once we buy it, it goes into stock and we don’t actually differentiate: it’s one or the other.” “We alternate between Claro and Bastogne walnut, but they look very similar and it just depends on what’s available – we take the best of what there is. “We do use American walnut, although we have dabbled with using English walnut on a few occasions,” offers Alastair. This new-for-2022 model is far from an entry-level guitar In the flesh, there’s an elegant simplicity to Lowden’s style that never fails to impress, and at this 23 level it pairs a stunningly fine-grained red cedar top with equally attractive walnut sides and back, the latter of which is beautifully striped.
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