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Old 08-05-2018, 07:00 PM
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I favor cedar and redwood tops, having made both, and I think that guitar is absolutely stunning. Recurve just means the curve of the arch returns towards the edge, it goes down and comes back up again. Mechanically it is perhaps the most important part of both the top and the back. It's thin thickness is critical to freeing the top and back - archtops have what is called a "live back" that vibrates with the top to produce the tone - and allows them both to respond to the strings. When you hear of tuning and tap-tuning an archtop, what you are doing is carving and finessing that recurve to release the tone of the guitar.
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Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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