GEORGE LOWDEN SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY 4.00PM McGRORY’S RESTAURANT George Lowden is Irelands most famous guitar maker / luthier based in Downpatrick. He constructs acoustic guitars, steel and nylon strung. George has resisted the temptation to invest in ‘lean manufacturing’ techniques (which include extensive use of computer controlled machines) and have instead, built a team of real craftsmen who build Lowden guitars by hand using Japanese chisels, planes, knives and spokeshaves. It would have been much more economical to make guitars with assembly workers and machines, but our choice is to build skills and understanding of wood, and in so doing the guitars feel and sound like individual ‘works of art’. George’s guitars have found their way into the hands of many famous and accomplished musicians including Eric Clapton, Richard Thompson, Joan Armatrading, Pierre Bensusan, Alex de Grassi, Ricky Skaggs, Nanci Griffith and many others www.lowdenguitars.com

5 - 7 February 2010
CULDAFF, INISHOWEN

CO. DONEGAL

GEORGE LOWDEN

SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY

4.00PM

McGRORY’S RESTAURANT

•George Lowden is Irelands most famous guitar maker / luthier based in Downpatrick. He constructs acoustic guitars, steel and nylon strung.
•George has resisted the temptation to invest in ‘lean manufacturing’ techniques (which include extensive use of computer controlled machines) and have instead, built a team of real craftsmen who build Lowden guitars by hand using Japanese chisels, planes, knives and spokeshaves. It would have been much more economical to make guitars with assembly workers and machines, but our choice is to build skills and understanding of wood, and in so doing the guitars feel and sound like individual ‘works of art’.
•George’s guitars have found their way into the hands of many famous and accomplished musicians including Eric Clapton, Richard Thompson, Joan Armatrading, Pierre Bensusan, Alex de Grassi, Ricky Skaggs, Nanci Griffith and many others