Lowe Guitars shop notes

[BTL]

Would you consider making Mustang bass mute? It’s a folded thin metal sheet with holes. With your skills and resources, it shouldn’t be too hard. I know there is a market for it.

Thanks! I did some looking around, and while I agree it might be a fairly easy piece to fabricate, I'm not certain there is much of a market. Your best bet might be to post a feeler thread and see who might be interested and go from there.

[marqueemoon]

I always get a kick out of seeing my designs used in a build, whether it's a conversion neck or an 8-string bridge.

8 string fretless is wild.

[BTL]

8 string fretless is wild.

Yeah, that's pretty cool! Launching the 8-string bridge has introduced me to people with dreams I would never have imagined.

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I mocked up the standard 2+2 with machines and a logo in MS Paint. I really like it.

[Shadoweclipse13]

That looks classy as hell. Nice design Brad!!!

[BTL]

Thank you so much!

Here's my take on the 4+4.

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Good things take time.

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The final configuration for the Bahama shutters on the patio-cover.

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It was a good day.

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Opening up the pipeline.

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Behold, the only commercially available 10-string bass guitar bridge in the western spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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I've been busy on the supply chain side of the business, focusing on getting materials back in-stock. This weekend is the first concentrated bench-time I've had in a while.

It feels good getting back to things. I finally have enough 8-string bridges in-stock to build out this Jayluxe.

[BTL]

From a business perspective, my conversion necks and 8-string bridges have been a success. By contrast, my complete builds with traditional finishes have been loss leaders. I enjoy the building process, but the return on investment has been disappointing.

With that in mind, I'm going to discontinue offering complete builds with traditional finishes to all but existing customers and return to where I started, graphic finishes. I plan to build these on spec for myself as stand-alone pieces and price them at a premium. If they sell, they sell. Otherwise, I'll keep them as art pieces.

These will be the first bodies in a new series of graphic finishes. I'm excited about the possibilities.

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How it started, how it's going.

[Shadoweclipse13]

Brad, I really admire that you've tried a number of different things, and continue to change the business in order to succeed. You make lovely guitars, and it's a bummer that they aren't selling as well as you'd hoped, but I love the idea of a slight adjustment to make it better for you