Lowe Shop Notes

wellREDman · April 06, 2025, 08:16:13 AM

beautiful,
when i win the lottery i will be hitting you up for a riddler bass VI

BTL · April 06, 2025, 10:38:44 AM

Quote from: Pilgrim on April 05, 2025, 11:32:53 AMThat's one of the most visually striking basses I have seen. Part of it is the colors, but it really shows off the design.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

Quote from: Ken on April 05, 2025, 07:29:41 PMBeautiful, Brad. Is the paint job supposed to be reminiscent of the Ford GT40?

Yes, it's the Gulf livery, but may actually be Porsche paint codes.

Quote from: wellREDman on April 06, 2025, 08:16:13 AMbeautiful,
when i win the lottery i will be hitting you up for a riddler bass VI

I'll be standing by...

BTL · April 06, 2025, 12:25:33 PM

Weekend vibes.

Basvarken · April 07, 2025, 05:44:49 AM

Quote from: BTL on March 29, 2025, 01:32:43 PMI sold this Ridler IV a while back, but forgot to take photos before I shipped it. It showed up on the resale market, so I grabbed these photos from the listing after it sold again.

Looks mighty clean!
The photographs as well.

BTL · April 07, 2025, 06:38:21 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on April 07, 2025, 05:44:49 AMLooks mighty clean!
The photographs as well.

Thank you so much!

BTL · May 05, 2025, 06:26:31 PM

Day to day life at Lowe Custom Guitars requires skills in multiple disciplines. I don't consider myself a "luthier", but I'm 100% comfortable with the terms "designer" and "builder". Although they're not widely adopted in the guitar world, I feel like "creator" and "producer" might be the terms that fit what I do the best.

Over the past few weeks, I have been focused on updating my website. It runs on a Wordpress platform, and I have a few graphic-artist and programmer friends who have helped out with various aspects of the design and implementation over the years. The images are a mix of photographs and renderings that give people a reasonable sense of what they can expect to see when a complete build or a stand-alone part ends up in their hands.

I'm very proud of the current iteration, which is very much a product of my own work as well as the creative input/output of several others. It's a real team effort.

www.lowecustomguitars.com

BTL · May 05, 2025, 07:00:44 PM

As he does, Morrell Roberts finished the newest batch of 32" scale conversion necks, now with updated headstock shapes. 🙂

BTL · May 11, 2025, 02:02:42 PM

Recent guitar time has been dedicated to updating visual content. These builds go back a few pages.

BTL · May 11, 2025, 02:47:09 PM

8-string build #1.

BTL · May 11, 2025, 05:49:10 PM

32" scale conversion neck build from Zack Rettoun.

BTL · May 16, 2025, 03:47:16 PM

Comboluxe IV prototype:

BTL · May 16, 2025, 05:04:42 PM

32" scale conversion neck build from Rafi Kirder.

BTL · May 16, 2025, 08:14:10 PM

Comboluxe IV prototype:

morrow · May 17, 2025, 07:07:22 AM

I like the Barth influence in the Comboluxe IV.

BTL · May 17, 2025, 11:23:01 AM

The Comboluxe is my personal favorite so I really hope it gains a following.

I posted newly completed instruments for sale on Reverb.com.