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Old 02-19-2019, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ozarkmac View Post
What actually drew me toward archtops was a guy playing a Vega with a Dearmond pup similar to this one in the link below.

https://reverb.com/item/18279504-odell-vega-1950-s

Anyone had any experience with these or an opinion?
If the one in that ad plays well, it looks like a great price for an archtop that should do well for what you want to do. I'm a blues guy and I like the little Olympic Archtop reissue by Epiphone for acoustic blues. They have a midrange heavy sound that has a resonator quality. That said, the archtop bridge pickup in them isn't that great and, they would benefit from an after market magnetic pickup like a clip on DeArmond.
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