Personally I'd not be not particularly interested in recreating the old sound - in fact, what I'm really dreaming of is a nylon-stringed archtop and/or a contemporary instrument that builds upon the strengths of the archtop design but isn't intended to be used for 1 or 2 particular styles or techniques only (I like the sound a heavy, esp. wooden pick can give but in my heart I'm a fleshy-fingerpick person.)
(I'd just have to win the lottery, or maybe ask what's the name of that Chinese company again that makes "cheap" but good (enough) archtops..)
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Pickle: Gretsch G9240 "Alligator" wood-body resonator wearing nylguts (China, 2018?)
Toon: Eastman Cabaret JB (China, 2022)
Stanley: The Loar LH-650 (China, 2017)
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