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Podcast: The Ireland Podcast
Episode: 91. George Lowden: Guitar Luthier
Description: Episode 91 is a walk through the rollercoaster timeline of George Lowden’s life of making of guitars for the likes of Eric Clapton, Paul Brady and Ed Sheeran to name but a few. Introductions: early years; first guitars; Tony Zemaitis; Eric Clapton; ‘Making A Folk Guitar' by John Bailey published by Cecil Sharpe House; making the best guitar from early on; early successes; LEDU (INI); hitting recessions; bringing production to Japan; the Japanese story; Damien Rice; bringing production back to Ireland; the slow 80s for acoustics; hard business lessons; selling the licence to a local outfit; getti...