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Originally Posted by MC5C
K&K and Fishman pickups for archtops sound completely different than an archtop with a magnetic pickup (and different than a mic'd acoustic archtop). You need to decide what sound you are after, get that guitar, then solve the amplification issue. Direct to a board sounds different than into a mic'd amplifier, so again you need to decide what sound you are after. There is a third way - direct into a board through a box designed to emulate an amplifier. Remember - once you are looking at "electric guitar", the amp is at least half and often a lot more of the sound.
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I’ve only just begun playing my Godin 5th Ave, after using my ‘43 Epiphone Blackstone acoustically for ten years, but it’s true the amp has a huge influence on sound of an arch top.