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Originally Posted by PFDarkside
What is the "D-28 of Archtops" or the "J45 of Archtops"? Basically is there a brand and model that is seen as one of the standards of the style? Or are they all made by small luthiers?
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There is no such a thing. You can buy archtops made by contemporary luthiers for tens of thousands of dollars on one end of the spectrum, and you can buy a vintage archtop that was made as a mail-order catalog, student instrument costing 35 bucks at the time on the other, as I did last month. To me, the sound of that little Epiphone Olympic blows all the D-28s and J-45 away.
It's all subjective and dependent on what sound you're looking for.
