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Originally Posted by tbeltrans
Another advantage of at least some archtops is that they tend to play very easily, much like a typical solid body electric. This is true of my Citation, for example. I have not found that to be true of any acoustic I have played, though with a good setup they can get close. My aging fingers seem to fare better on such an archtop, and having found one that gives me the acoustic sound and volume I want has been a real treat
Tony
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It seems like maybe the reason you’ve experienced acoustic archtops being easy to play could be the same reason they sound bad to you—the wrong strings. For an acoustic archtop to sound good, you should be using medium gauge PB strings, or monel. They are simply not going to sound that good acoustic with electric guitar strings.