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Old 07-24-2016, 09:16 AM
Steve DeRosa Steve DeRosa is offline
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Originally Posted by Hot Vibrato View Post
...I do feel that an archtop is more sensitive to picking velocity and position. It takes a more aggressive attack to get a good sound out of an archtop, and heavy strings are imperative for good tone. IMO, if you want an archtop to sound good, you have to use .013"-.056" gauge strings or heavier. It takes some time to adjust when switching from flat top to archtop, but if you finesse the strings just right, you can get a good archtop to sound fantastic even in the open chord positions.
The old Big Band players used to call it "coaxing the velvet out"...
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