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Originally Posted by MC5C
You have to play them and hear them to know. I absolutely love vintage instruments - but I don't like the sound of a whole lot of vintage acoustic archtops. They sound nasal, thin, mid-rangey to me, I can't come to grips with that. Yet I keep looking, and I own a couple of them that I cherish for other reasons. when I made my first archtop, in a light modern style of construction, I started to hear the sound I wanted. My last two nailed it for me. My goal is very balanced and even from top to bottom, oddly more like a flat-top sound. Someone who cherished the sound of a 1930's Gibson or a small body Epiphone Olympic like Rawlings plays might not like mine at all.
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MC5C, What are the least "nasal, thin, mid-rangey" vintage acoustic archtops you are aware of? Any modern acoustic archtops that are preferable to you? Juan, sorry to hi-jack your thread!