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  Randy S. Bretz February 2, 2014 at 7:56am

  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.
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  Rand Moore February 2, 2014 at 6:50am

  Thanks for the video link, Randy.  Definitely worth a few thousand words.
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  Randy S. Bretz February 1, 2014 at 7:20am

  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/reso-1    Here`s Lowe using his thumb slide I made him many years ago.
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  Rand Moore January 31, 2014 at 8:42pm

  So the thumb slide is kind of being used like a noter on a mountain dulcimer (not being familiar with lap guitar playing).
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  Uncle John January 31, 2014 at 7:53am

  Yup.  Randy the detail and scales are amazing.  It is so scary real that I don't like it but still admire it. 
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  Frank Neal January 31, 2014 at 7:33am

  Awesome work Randy.
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  Uncle John January 31, 2014 at 7:18am

  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.
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  Randy S. Bretz January 31, 2014 at 4:00am

  It`s for lap steel playing, Old Lowe got me into making these originally back in the day.
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  Rand Moore January 30, 2014 at 11:22pm

  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.
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  Randy S. Bretz January 30, 2014 at 10:10pm