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Old 04-21-2019, 01:23 PM
chippygreen chippygreen is offline
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7 View Post
There are very few non-flatop guitar builds chronicled here in the AGF Custom Shop. I am happy to have shared a few builds here because while archtops are slightly different “animals” than steel stringed flat tops, they acoustically do certain things particularly well, are beautiful and to me represent the pinnacle of guitar lutherie. Here’s a family shot of my three archops: my 16” Comins Classic Archtop (humbucker + Barbera); 17” Trenier Artifex Archtop (single coil); and 3) 16” Comins Zelig Slope Rimmed Archtop (acoustic).

Bob, you have IMMACULATE taste in wood selection!
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