Archtop Photo Thread
 

Archtops are the most elegant of guitars. The organic flow is musical even when the guitar rests on a stand. I hope you will share your photos even if they have been posted elsewhere previously. We all enjoy seeing them.

here is one, more to follow http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8074/8...1c02acbb_b.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r...GP2392-001.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R...GP2396-001.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-r...0/IMGP2540.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...0/IMGP2537.JPG

A size comparison of my big archtop with a dread cutaway and an auditorium sized guitar.

http://www.marcellis.net/music/image...rop_front3.jpg

Rear shot

http://music.marcellis.net/archtopback.jpg

View from the side showing depth.

http://music.marcellis.net/guitarjack.jpg

For recording electric guitar parts, it's my 'go-to' guitar.
I record with it more than any other.

http://www.marcellis.net/music/archtopalone.jpg

http://www.marcellis.net/music/humpb...eupreduced.JPG

You can hear it on my youtube channel. It's used in several songs there,
including this one. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6oKwsKR2c

This is my Ibanez, 2471NT archtop, I bought it new in 1978. These guitars were handmade, and are somewhat rare.

It started out without a pickup, but I added the Johnny Smith. It features a carved spruce top, with laminated maple back and sides. Very good acoustic tone, especially with the D'Addario Chrome flats, light gauge. Electrically it sounds very much the same as it does acoustic, but with deeper bass and crisper trebles available. It's a dream to play and sounds fantastic through my BF VibroluxReverb. However, it will feed back if pushed too loud so I generally use it for non-drummer gigs. I like it for R&B, blues, folk, country, or pretty much anything you could think of. Works well finger style or flat picked.

I have also been using it for solo work, combining an external mic with the Johnny Smith pup to add little more acousticness to the mix. I run the pickup through a RedEye DI, sending direct to the board and also to the Vibrolux. Very usable sound, and a nice way to escape the UST quack blues.

http://newsom.ca/ibanez/Ibanez 2471NT -1.jpg
http://newsom.ca/ibanez/Ibanez 2471NT -2.jpg
http://newsom.ca/ibanez/Ibanez-2471NT-3.jpg

Hey JR, that's pretty cool!

Monteleone?

IG

Comins Classic
 

carpathian spruce top/western bigleaf maple back and sides, 16" lower bout x 3" @ rim with a 25" scale


http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...psc925fe45.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...psa8ec0a19.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...psa8c9f992.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...ps03fa77d2.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...ps12b308f4.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1d279fda.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...ps63c7f0d4.jpg

No, it's not mine!

Gibson Chet Atkins Super 4000


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That Comins is beautiful..

My wife bought me this one for our 10th Anniversary in July this year. Its a limited edition White D'Angelico Excel. Its a cheaper Korean made model but it looks, sounds, and plays great!!!

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps4c95035d.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...psa73199c0.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps6d723ea3.jpg

My personal guitar. 16" body, 24-1/2" scale.

http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL362.../187509606.jpg

What's the one in the middle? It's as if they purposefully didn't try to hide the fact that it's a knock off.

How's it play and sound? Specs?

Beautiful guitars! Love the flame on the Comins and the cool old Ibanez!

Howard, what is the stick on the bridge of your beauty?

My Eastman AR610, mahagony B/S...

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/...ps21de584c.jpg

It sounded & played great. Cambodian Rosewood B&S & Cedar top. I'm very partial to the Rosewood/Cedar combination. Very warm & velvety strum sound.

I gave it to a client about three years ago though because I had too many guitars sitting around. I bought it new. I didn't know it was a knock-off of anything. What guitar does it knock off?

I bought it because of the sound. I asked for the flying Goose to be inlaid on the head stock when I bought it. I think I paid $400 for it. That was maybe 5 years ago.

I put a Baggs active pick-up in it.

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Just remeasured my archtop. It's no knock-off. I've never seen one like it. 4 inches deep binding to binding. Add another 1/2" maybe for the rear hump.
Anyone who plays it falls in love with it. It's hanging in my wife's restaurant right now.

In case Howard doesn't see this, the stick is the bridge height adjuster. It is a tapered strip of wood, and slides in/out under the saddle to raise/lower the action. The design is credited to James D'Aquisto, who called it the Accutone.

Works pretty well, but the stick can poke your wrist depending on how you play. Also, the treble-to-bass height proportion is fixed by the angle of the taper (unless you sand something to compensate).

Sorry for the delay. It took a little while to organize them.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/9...92997c18_b.jpg

Beauty! Watch your step, eh?

Getting my dog in the hunt
 

http://i.imgur.com/9FBfWLV.jpg

Eastman AR605

Thanks or posting those Roger... Wow.

Some of my wife's Gibsons:

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2289.jpg

An L5 size by a Michigan Luthier named Paul Newson:

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1379122390

It has quite a nice birdseye Maple back and rims:

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1379036115

My custom Holst archtop
 

http://s23.postimg.org/e02bvded7/holst.jpg

I must say again Steve work is just amazing, and he's super nice. It's a real treat working with him, I recommend him to anyone who wants a custom guitar.

As I said over in the Vintage Corner - wow, what wonderful guitars. Thank you for sharing. I gotta get done to New Jersey sometime, but my playing isn't nearly as strong as my love of archtops ;).

I have a 1954 L-7c and a 1938 Kalamazoo Kg-31; love 'em both for different uses.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb...g8bo1_1280.jpg
Some of mine ......Ibanez Artcore, Peerless and Heeres.

I don't have an archtop. This thread is making me weep. Keep them coming.

My first attempt to post a picture here:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f...enier+_+02.jpg

I try not to let my guitars feel overdressed!

Gorgeous guitars, guys and gals! Here are my contributions - a reverse chronological photo essay of every archtop I've owned. I've included both electric and acoustic archtops, but my preference these days is definitely for acoustics:

Collings AT16 - the only one that I currently have:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ps96ac9d9b.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...psa37307db.jpg

1958? Epiphone Century - this is my Grandpa's, but it's on loan with my dad (who doesn't play), so I play it a lot. Sounds phenomenal with flat wounds through a low wattage tube amp!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...psb8fe41de.jpg

Eastman AR810CE:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ps2e6d4804.jpg

Thorell Frank Vignola model:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...psc908badc.jpg

Benedetto Frank Vignola Standard:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Picture246.jpg

Eastman AR371:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Picture196.jpg

Gretsch Setzer Hot Rod:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Picture170.jpg

1933 L-7, full (gorgeous) refinish, which was required due to a past owner trying to refinish it in natural and doing a hack job! This guitar was amazing, and is one of the few ones that I truly miss!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...s/IMG_8087.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Picture146.jpg

Too many photos for one post! Here are the rest:

Custom Benedetto Bambino:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Picture093.jpg

Bourgeois LC-4:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...s/IMG_5121.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...s/IMG_5122.jpg

Eastman AR904:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Picture016.jpg

Martin CF-2:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...s/IMG_8460.jpg

Gretsch Brian Setzer:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Picture069.jpg

Benedetto Bambino - the first guitar I GAS'd over in probably 15 years. I blame it on the crazy 6 years of GAS that have followed!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...s/IMG_4265.jpg

It's been a fun ride, that's for sure!!! :D

Here's my Artist Award (pictures from Archtop.com where I bought it):
http://imageshack.com/a/img145/4261/aa01w.jpg
its back:
http://imageshack.com/a/img10/439/saqk.jpg
and its headstock:
http://imageshack.com/a/img691/6038/aa06.jpg
and me playing it:
http://imageshack.com/a/img195/6956/aamilford1copy.jpg
I have three other archtops, but none as photogenic as the AA, and I don't have any photos anyhow.:)
Brad