Thank you, Steve, for a thoughtful, excellent reply. You re right in that my experience is only with flattops...and that has been a long time for this amateur. (I sometimes say that I have been playing for 60 years...my problem is that I have played one year 60 times!) In my retirement I have been playing much more with friends, and practicing a bit more. In the process of that I have wanted to expand my horizons and learn a new set of chords and a new style. Hence, the archtop.
When my favorite local music shop opens Wednesday I am going to get a set of flatwound 13's, put them on it and give it more time. As far as an amp goes, the only thing I have here at the house is a Roland AC 33. Since I play mostly for my own amusement and amazement, I will probably hold off on getting another one for a while. Oh...too bad my old tube amp from the 60's is no longer around. Might have been fun to try it.
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