The Martin HD-35 is a sound I know. It's very similar to my old '67 D-35 but with a little more bass. For me, this is a very good sound.
Archtop guitars, at least acoustically, have a very thin sound in comparison. This is just not a sound I identify with at all.
But I like the sound of a well played jazz guitar. The difference is amplification. Take a good archtop with a good pickup and run it through a very good sounding clean amp and you can get what I think is a great sound.
This is how I use my Eastman archtop. I plug it into my good tube preamp and then run it through my very good PA system in my studio, and voila! I have a very cool jazz sound. I have an Eastman AR910CE, a really beautiful guitar.
I should play it more!
- Glenn
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