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Also, I agree with weirdone - there are plenty of other archtops I would own if I hit the lottery. I had a great experience at Gruhn one time playing multiple archtops including a 1933 Gibson L-5, a 1987 Benedetto Cremona, a new Tom Bills, a Gibson Super 400 (can't remember the year), and a few amazing flat tops. The Tom Bills was my favorite, and was a sublime instrument. The others were all great as well. My memory plays tricks on me, but off hand, I can't remember any of them sounds THAT much (as in $10,000) better than my Eastman. Do they sound better? I'm sure they do, but not enough to justify the additional price for me and my needs.
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Andy Reiss of the Time Jumpers has an archtop with a set of La Bella's on it.... they're 8 years old!!! and he gigs with it regularly.... Frank Vignola's tone is vastly different depending on what vignola album you're talking about.. He used to play a regular archtop... then a benedetto gypsy guitar... now another maker's instrument.... they're all vastly different in construction and tone... |
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You can find some 30's gibson L-4's on the internet for about the price of a new Eastman... to me... those guitars are archtop guitar's best kept secret.... I LOVE the roundhole L4's... |
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In my opinion, there is nothing greater/cooler/more beautiful than an archtop. They have their own sound and I am always amazed by the skill of their makers. As far as Eastman, I think they do an amazing job. Their archtops are very well built, wood selection is nice, and the prices are amazing for carved solid wood archtops. A friend of mine had a 910 and I thought it acounted for itself nicely compared to my Comins Classic.
So, speaking of archtops, here's my 1997 Comins Classic (never pass up an excuse to show your archtops!) Jimmy
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jimmy b - your Comins is beautiful! I bet it sounds sublime! |
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Stroup
A completely different animal. More wild, less refined, but sounds great, built like a tank, and much more affordable than any other solid wood hand carved archtops. Gary's a very nice guy too. I got mine used, and the only things I'd change are the color and the neck- I'd like a slimmer one. |
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Kindly, Danny |
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http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-Bob-Benedet...#ht_500wt_1182 |
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i've been drooling over that puppy for a long time now.... they've actually got a vintage selmer too... i just don't have 36 g's... |
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I think I've got some recordings of my Stroup in my Garage Band library, but it'll have to wait for another night. It's a very bright, cutting guitar- I think of it as the Telecaster of my acoustic collection. I've never owned another archtop though, so I don't have much to compare it to.
Speaking of djangobooks.com, I just bought an L.R. Baggs Feedback Master from them (him?) for a great price. It actually shipped direct from Baggs. In any case, a positive buying experience. |
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I have an Eastman Pagelli, 17" archtop. Its great, X braced and has a very full accoustic sound. It has a unique, offset body design that makes it feel like a 16" archtop. Its finished in Eastman's signature classic, (violin) finish, which curly maple binding, pickguard and tailpiece. A real looker. Several Eastmans archtops are X braced, Ive read that Eastman utilized Bob Benedetto's How to Build an Archtop book when designing their archtops.
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