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Awesome Lowden F50c in George Lowden‘s favorite wood combination: African Blackwood combined with mastergrade Sinker Redwood. With soundbox bevel and cutaway. Grand guitar displaying the typical Lowden understatement.This Lowden F50c is built with mastergrade African Blackwood for the back and sides. African Blackwood is an outstanding tonewood. It has long been recognized by classical guitar builders as the “holy grail” of tonewood. With a strong responsive tap tone that surpasses even Brazilian Rosewood, it contributes great volume, power, and brilliance to this phenomenal guitar. Because of its structural stability, it provides an incredibly strong basis for any top and provides clarity and sustain. George started using this powerful wood about five years ago and the combination with any top is superb. Combined this wood with Sinker Redwood and you get magical notes all over the fretboard with a superb sustain. Very well-balanced, gentile, and responsiveSinker Redwood is known for its good balance from bass to mids to trebles. The sound of Sinker Redwood is ‘complex’ because of the richness of its overtones. Pluck a string in a quiet room and listen carefully. It is as if a choir shows up and is singing along. It has rich and strong overtones similar to Western Red Cedar and crisper, punchy treble frequencies reminiscent of Spruce. Because of its light weight, this magnificent tonewood is very responsive. Including Lowden Limited Lifetime Warranty. Specifications Back & Sides: Master grade African BlackwoodSoundboard: Master grade Sinker RedwoodOption: Cutaway & Soundbox BevelRosette: Figured Tasmanian Blackwood and Abalone soundhole edge rosetteBinding: Figured Tasmanian BlackwoodBevel: Figured Tasmanian BlackwoodPurfling: Rosewood, Maple, MahoganyTuners: Gotoh Gold/Ebony 510Back centre seam: Highly Figured Tasmanian BlackwoodBridge: RosewoodNeck: Mahogany/RosewoodFingerboard: Ebony with Ebony/Maple bindingHeadstock overlay: Ebony (front and back)Fret markers: sideBody size: FNut Width: 45 mmSerial #: 25990Frets to body: 14Cutaway: YesPickguard: clearDocumentation: warranty certificate and provenance documentCase: Lowden branded Ameritage black/greyPickup: Optional