I haven`t made one of these in a while, got an order from a customer who`s getting a lowebro made by Old Lowe. Lowe has the very first one I made years ago.

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Comment by Randy S. Bretz on February 2, 2014 at 1:56am

The customer who ordered the thumb slide didn`t like the way I carved it. So I started another one, showed him the progress pic and he luv`s it already.

Comment by Rand Moore on February 2, 2014 at 12:50am

Thanks for the video link, Randy.  Definitely worth a few thousand words.

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on February 1, 2014 at 1:20am

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/reso-1    Here`s Lowe using his thumb slide I made him many years ago.

Comment by Rand Moore on January 31, 2014 at 2:42pm

So the thumb slide is kind of being used like a noter on a mountain dulcimer (not being familiar with lap guitar playing).

Comment by Uncle John on January 31, 2014 at 1:53am

Yup.  Randy the detail and scales are amazing.  It is so scary real that I don't like it but still admire it. 

Comment by Frank Neal on January 31, 2014 at 1:33am

Awesome work Randy.

Comment by Uncle John on January 31, 2014 at 1:18am

That's kind of the same way I am surmising, Rand.   A couple of things lately have made me want to build a Lowe Bow.   Too cold in the shop for now.

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on January 30, 2014 at 10:00pm

It`s for lap steel playing, Old Lowe got me into making these originally back in the day.

Comment by Rand Moore on January 30, 2014 at 5:22pm

Hi, Uncle John.

Maybe (my best guess) is that LoweBow players wrap their thumb around the neck to "fret" (with the slide) the bass string while playing the treble string with a more traditional pinky or ring finger slide. I don't have access to You-Tube in China, so I can't verify it easily, but I've seen videos of Russian balalaika players fret with thumb from the other side of the neck. If I'm wrong, I'd like to be corrected. Why the thumb slide?

-Rand.

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on January 30, 2014 at 4:10pm

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