Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Carruth
...I'll never forget the time my first archtop came in for some setup adjustments before the owner went in for a big studio gig. Every fret was worn the same under every string, all the way up. I said: "I've never seen anybody play all the notes like that!", to which he replied: "Well, they're there...".
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The mark of a
musician, rather than a "guitar player"...
Probably real clean to boot - just some handwear along the entire length of the neck and age-related tarnishing of metal parts, minus the scratches/scrapes/gouges/divots/impact cracks/buckle rash
etc. some folks like to call "mojo" - and I'll bet it had that elusive archtop "tone you could eat with a spoon" as well...
