Lowden Announces New WL-35 “Wee Lowden” Acoustic Guitar

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Nylon-string model is designed for both classical and steel-string players.

Lowden has announced the release of the WL-35 “Wee Lowden” nylon-string, an acoustic designed to be comfortable for both classical and steel-string guitarists.

The new Wee Lowden model boasts an alpine spruce top and Guatemalan rosewood back and sides. There’s also a five-piece neck crafted from mahogany, rosewood and walnut, as well as a cambered fingerboard to facilitate a variety of playing styles.

Other features include Gotoh gold/ebony 510 tuners, a rosewood bridge and a maple back center seam. The guitar comes fitted with an LR Baggs Session VTC pickup.

For more information on the WL-35, head over to Lowden Guitars.

Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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