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LOWDEN WL-25 & S-23 12-FRETS BOTH £3,475
CONTACT Lowden Guitars PHONE 02844 619161 WEB www.lowdenguitars.com
What You Need To Know
1 So, 14 and 12 frets to the body. Not much of a difference, surely?
On the contrary. The principal difference is that the bridge is in a different position on a 12-fretter in that it’s situated at the widest point of the soundboard. George Lowden explains more in the review, but in a nutshell it results in a subtle shift in tonal response, making a 12-fretter a slightly different animal altogether.
2 Isn’t access to the upper fretboard going to feel a little limited?
Well, classical and flamenco guitars traditionally have a 12th-fret neck join and that doesn’t seem to have placed much of a restriction on the vast repertoire of music in that genre. If you spend a great deal of time above
