“I discovered African blackwood probably around 20 years ago. The first guitar was paired with a cedar top and the volume blew me away”: How a $10K acoustic build put the loud into Lowden – with exotic tonewoods and faultless construction

The Lowden F-50C is a $10,000-plus acoustic with a blackwood top and a build that would make your drool.

Earlier this year we caught up with a new and (relatively) affordable Lowden guitar, the bolt-on F-12, which, along with the F-10, kicks off the acoustic range at £3,400 – approximately $4,500.

From the 12 models you move up in numbers and specification until you land here: the 50 Series, which tops the Lowden line (with the exception of the ultra-limited Master Series). Prices for the line start at around £8,000, or roughly $10-11,000 in the US.