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Old 07-21-2011, 04:48 PM
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i have a '68 es335, '55 es225, '58 es125, '57es125t, '68 es125tc, '66 es125tcd. also additional es125t guitars. except for the 335, which has humbuckers, all have the p90 pickups. sometimes i am wholly smitten with these type of hollow or semi-hollow electrics as they have a sound of their own, and, other times i grab my strat, les paul or rks. depends upon my mood of the day.
sometimes it is a very hard decision as to what to play, depending upon the song. i guess i'm lucky!
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Old 07-22-2011, 09:21 AM
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I currently have three archtops. A Guild X-170 mini-Manhattan (http://westerlyguildguitars.com/guitars/x170.html), a Guild Artist Award (http://westerlyguildguitars.com/guit...tistaward.html) and a 1930s Metro B. I use the X-170 for general electric playing, the AA for mostly swing rhythm and the Metro B just for fun. I do wish the X-170 had a longer scale length as that's what I'm more comfortable with, but I make do.
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Old 07-22-2011, 09:40 AM
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I currently have three archtops. A Guild X-170 mini-Manhattan (http://westerlyguildguitars.com/guitars/x170.html), a Guild Artist Award (http://westerlyguildguitars.com/guit...tistaward.html) and a 1930s Metro B. I use the X-170 for general electric playing, the AA for mostly swing rhythm and the Metro B just for fun. I do wish the X-170 had a longer scale length as that's what I'm more comfortable with, but I make do.
Brad
I love that Guild X-170, cool guitar! Marshall Crenshaw uses a similar one when he's doing his solo thing.

Another suggestion to Cotton, DeArmond made some cool Guild copies around the late 90's early 2000's that are a good buy.
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Old 07-22-2011, 10:09 AM
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As my name indicates, I do.

Currently have a '46 L-5, a '77 L-5CN, and a '09 Trenier Classic. Something old, something new.

All are all solid wood, carved (not bent!) maple top and back. All are full acoustic guitars, with the volume to shout down a banjo, let alone a dreadnought. Only the '77 has any sort of pickup, a floating Johnny Smith.

They get 99.9% of my playing time. The Collings and the Strat get the rest.
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Old 07-22-2011, 10:36 AM
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I have Gibson L5 and L7 jazz boxes, as well as two Heritage models.
I prefer the body mounted full size humbuckers on the Gibsons compared to the floating pu's on the Heritages.
On the budget side I have a DeArmond X-155 which is a very nice jazz box for the price...
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Old 07-22-2011, 02:41 PM
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I have a Godin 5th Avenue, which I've added a floating pickup to (since this picture was taken). It has a very sweet, if somewhat quiet acoustic voice, but sounds positively chocolate-y plugged in. More fun than a basket of monkeys

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Old 07-22-2011, 03:07 PM
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Good to see this old thread revived--I like to see a little love for my favorite kind of guitar...

I have a few archtops, nothing fancy, a Godin Kingpin, and old Harmony Monterrey, and this beauty:



An Early 60's Master Cutaway. Wonderful guitar, and with the DeArmond, it's a sweet jazz box...definitely puts to rest the idea that Kay just made beginner's junk...

ANd not a deep bodied archie, but my main guitar is a Hofner Verythin, which is an archtop...just also semi-hollow and well, very thin. But it's a marvelous instrument, one I feel very lucky to own.

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Old 07-23-2011, 05:45 AM
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Only have one right now and it's a killer....
Heritage 575 Custom with Fralin Unbucker pickups.

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Old 07-23-2011, 12:21 PM
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I wouldn't really classify this as an archtop, but it's big hollow and has an archtop so here goes.

Gretsch G5122, great guitar. I don't use it for anything in particular but it's got a really good tone to it so I use it for what ever style is calling for it's sound.

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Old 07-23-2011, 01:17 PM
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Another Heritage fan here,

575 Custom fully hollow


Millennium Standard Ultra "Millie", semi solid construction


535, semi hollow with solid centre block


535 with Duncan P-Rails


Prospect Standard, semi hollow with floating centre block
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Old 07-23-2011, 02:14 PM
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Man, my next guitar just might be a 575 now...dang...that's about everything I like in a guitar right there...
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Old 07-23-2011, 07:51 PM
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I have a DeArmond Starfire 3. Its cool. I'm sure others have one here.
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Old 07-23-2011, 08:52 PM
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I have a 1967 Gibson ES-175... 2 pick-ups, but I only use the bridge pick-up when I'm comp'ing (a la Jim Hall); set the volume on that pick-up low and when I switch from 'board to both, the volume drops way down and I get a lot more string noise for comp'ing... I prefer playing her through a solid state amp, playing jazz standards and such. My 175 is a 'burst, but it's more subdued than many others I've seen; the red on the top is almost a "burnt" brown shade.

It's a lovely old guitar; I got it from a friend, back in 1985; he wasn't a guitarist, but got it in trade for an ocilloscope he sold... he gave it to me for $450... WOO HOO!!!! SCORE!!! (I even told him what it was worth and he still gave me that price...)

I keep her strung with 14's, flatwounds, the older the better! I want to hear it go "doink" rather than "ding"; no extra sustain for me, thank you very much! She has a rosewood saddle, rather than the "tune-o-matic"... action is VERY low and she has that AMAZING "old Gibson" neck...
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