On the MIMF a chap named Eric is rebuilding a water-damaged Epiphone Triumph from 1938. He's going to measure and plot the top and back, but initial measurements show that it was carved a lot heavier and thicker than current practice. So I would say that there is something to the idea that early archtops were meant for heavy comping, and not a light touch.
Brian
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Brian Evans
Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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