What would it take?
It would take a compelling business case to convince guitar makers to believe they can turn a profit building lower cost acoustic archtops. It ain't rocket surgery.
We've got The Loar starting at $750. Eastman archtops run from $1000 to $3000. It wouldn't take much effort for a would-be archtop builder to find out how many of these are selling, what they could sell theirs for and decide if there is a valid payoff.
Those of us who love archtops are interested for sure. But I question the purpose in trying to build an archtop to appeal to those that prefer flattops.
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