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02-15-2010, 05:04 PM
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That is a beauty! Very cool concept. How do accoustic archtop sounds? Never heard one - is it a jazzy sound or what?
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02-16-2010, 12:02 AM
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Hey Jimmy,
Thanks for checking out my website. It is sadly out of date, and I will be updating it soon, but the model is a Imperial SC (soft cutaway) with modern style headstock, it has a walnut burl headstock and walnut binding, but otherwise did not have any special options. Cost as shown is $6200. I see that you are a southpaw, and I am now making 1 in every 10 of my guitars for lefties. I have several left handed clients (and friends) and have been made aware of how bad the left handed guitar situation is these days. Even Gibson quit making left handed guitars recently. I do not charge extra to make a lefty. I am currently working on a LH guitar, a standard 16" cutaway, F-hole Lefty with European spruce top and mahogany back and sides. Erich Solomon www.solomonguitars.com
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02-17-2010, 10:08 PM
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Sorry to the OP for the partial hijack, but I thought you would enjoy this photo of my lefty 1997 Bill Comins "Classic". Jimmy 
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07-23-2010, 01:08 PM
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I recall playing one of your archtops when Larry Pattis and I visited your shop a few months back. It was a stunning guitar and I believe your work will also leave a lasting legacy. John Sorell
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07-24-2010, 09:13 AM
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My Solomon was the easiest playing and one of the most wonderful toned guitars I ever owned. Congratulations! I can't say I am done with Solomon ownership.
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07-28-2010, 01:15 AM
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Beautiful guitar! If anyone's interested, Fretboard Journal has a great interview with Erich uploaded to iTunes (type "fretboard journal" into the itunes store). It's about an hour long and completely free. Check it out!
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08-06-2010, 11:07 PM
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I like the bridge that's a bridge concept!
I once owned a solid spruce topped Kay archtop,...that i got at a good price because one of the parallel braces was cracked. I took the back off and repaired the crack,....and also thinned and sculpted both braces a bit thinner as i was only planning on using "lights" on it. I refretted it also,....that baseball like thick neck! ,.....but the most interesting change i made was working the bridge thinner and lighter,.....and although not one piece like your Solomon has,.....i got rid of the metal adjusters and replaced them with a pair of solid maple "washers",.... of proper thickness to be at the string height i prefered. Between the lighter bridge and the solid wooden washers i made,.....it had an unbelieveble sound! It was big bodied and the solid spruce top was well aged and played in. The harmonics,...even at the 5th fret,....just rang loud, clear,... and long. Probably the laminated sides contributed to the projection also.... Sadly,....when in my tougher days i needed funds for the kids weekend out with dad,......i sold it at a guitar show in Saratoga Springs, NY.... maybe 10 or 12 years ago. i got around $550.00 for it as i recall. (only paid $250.00 for it because of the brace problem) .....but it was my 1st and only major overhaul of a guitar, and i put my heart into it. About the only things i didn't like were the very long scale,.....around 26' or a bit more,......and the thin width neck for fingerstyle work. Anyway,....the bridge on your Solomon got me thinking i might at least do the maple washer thing again on my new Bill Gagnon 15" archtop i just recieved this week. If i get the time and energy might even make a solid one piece bridge for it! .....seems to me a solid wood transfer of the sound vibrations to the top maximizes the transfer, and a light wooded bridge all the more, perhaps. Those metal adjusters and post,...while handy,....possibly serve only to dilute and deaden the full potential of a nice archtop.  [QUOTE=cy2989;2122126] 
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