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06-24-2013, 05:46 PM
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Affordable Archtops?
I'm looking for a good affordable archtop, preferably in the $500.00 range, does anyone know of any? And if anyone owns an archtop acoustic please post pics, thanks!
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06-24-2013, 05:54 PM
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I played a Loar recently. I was very impressed. I don't remember the price, but it was not at all expensive. Actually, their knock-off of the Gibson L-0 flattop was one of the nicest sounding sub-$2000 guitars I've ever played -- and it was only $450 or so!
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06-24-2013, 06:05 PM
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They may be a bit more expensive than your range, but the Godin Fifth Avenue line has gotten a whole lot of good reviews. Part of the reasons I ought one a year or so ago. Definitely worth a look!.....
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06-24-2013, 09:44 PM
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I've got this one listed in the classifieds. Basically in brand new condition:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=286376 Cheers, Mark
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08-31-2013, 12:10 AM
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08-31-2013, 02:32 AM
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Washburn J6 ia good guitar for the money but my favorite is Peerless but they are more expensive.
videos Peerless journeyman around 1000$ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ZoGtl6ZnI Washburn j6 around 600$ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eayOYKI9D3Q Last edited by Paikon; 08-31-2013 at 02:40 AM.
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09-01-2013, 03:51 PM
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While there are vintage Harmonys and Kays to be had if you look, many of these are a crap shoot; if you're not well-experienced in evaluating older instruments - and from your screen name I'm tending to think not - I'd steer clear. Simply put, they were mass-produced student guitars in their day, produced with the mass-market quality control standards of their day (which is why you'll probably see a few dozen Gibson L-48's/L-50's for every Harmony Broadway or Montclair still in circulation); if (more likely when) the neck geometry - the Achilles' heel of nearly all of the old jobber-house jazzboxes - goes south, you'll either be spending as much for a neck reset as you paid in the first place or starting a new career as a slide player. That said, your target figure pretty much limits you to either the non-cutaway Godin 5th Avenue or Loar LH-300 - there's nothing else in this bracket with any kind of real tone; be advised, however, that there are benefits and drawbacks to each. While the Loar sports a fully carved top (and thus more potential for tonal development with time), its neck dimensions are true-to-Eddie Lang, 1927-accurate - thick, chunky, and strongly V-shaped - which may be a deterrent to a player with smaller hands or more accustomed to contemporary neck profiles; the all-laminated (not the minus it would be on a flattop instrument - Epiphone, Kay, and Engelhardt all produced many fine-sounding laminated double basses, and Gibson's L-48 and Guild's A-50 archtops boasted similar construction) Godin has IMO a more player-friendly, wide-flat profile but far less potential for tonal development. Bottom line: assess your own needs and goals, both short- and long-term, and go with what suits you...
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09-02-2013, 01:47 PM
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Sheraton II Epi? Less than 500 on SH...
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