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Old 03-03-2018, 03:38 PM
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If you were get a custom acoustic built what would you get done and why . I’d go a vintage 30s style archtop acoustic . They are classy and look good and fun guitars to play.
My specs would be

Body: 17” acoustic archtop
layered maple back and sides with a solid Sitka spruce top .spruce bracing ,bound vintage sunburst high gloss finish .
An combo of x and fan spruce bracing

The neck :
I’d like a silver leafs maple neck ? (What is on the seagull mini jumbo performance model ,
12” radius
Bound Ebony or rosewood fretboard ,
A vintage soft v neck profile (were your neck profile is between a v and a big chunky c),
Medium jumbo frets .
And graphteck new bone nut .

Electronics :
Godin qit acoustic pickup in the bridge (if possible ) .

Hardware:
Standard tuner machines.
Standard strap pins ,
And a trapeze tail piece ,
Archtop style movable bridge .

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Old 03-03-2018, 09:39 PM
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Jim Triggs 19" Stromberg Master 400 tribute, blonde, no modifications; MandoBros had one years ago, and I should've withdrawn the $7100 from the bank and bought it - one of the finest four or five archtops I've played in the last 55+ years, and unquestionably the finest new one...
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Old 03-03-2018, 09:41 PM
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What about bracing?
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Old 03-03-2018, 09:43 PM
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What about bracing?


I see what you mean . I’d have to go an x bracing but add the fan bracing style of a classical guitar on the bottom half of the top
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Old 03-04-2018, 12:09 PM
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I have a pretty good L-4 - see pic below, but the only place i know where yuo can get an original style L-5 would be a guy in the Netherlands.

1st step get LOTS of money!

1nd step - get lots of time to wait.

I have neither.

I'd very much like an Eastman AR805 - 16" is as wide asI'd want to go.
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Oh, I have this one too : tend to forget about it as it sits on a shelf in the lounge ;
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Old 03-09-2018, 11:46 AM
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Steve, that Triggs you played at Stan`s was a great guitar,I played it,a year before Stan passed he had a Deluxe Campellone no electronics,I bought that Campy. It`is a wonderful archtop.....
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Old 03-10-2018, 04:58 AM
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If you were get a custom acoustic built what would you get done and why . I’d go a vintage 30s style archtop acoustic . They are classy and look good and fun guitars to play.
My specs would be

Body: 17” acoustic archtop
layered maple back and sides with a solid Sitka spruce top .spruce bracing ,bound vintage sunburst high gloss finish .
An combo of x and fan spruce bracing

The neck :
I’d like a silver leafs maple neck ? (What is on the seagull mini jumbo performance model ,
12” radius
Bound Ebony or rosewood fretboard ,
A vintage soft v neck profile (were your neck profile is between a v and a big chunky c),
Medium jumbo frets .
And graphteck new bone nut .

Electronics :
Godin qit acoustic pickup in the bridge (if possible ) .

Hardware:
Standard tuner machines.
Standard strap pins ,
And a trapeze tail piece ,
Archtop style movable bridge .
Jim Triggs built a guitar for me last year; almost identical to what your are looking for. It’s an excellent instrument!
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Old 03-10-2018, 05:44 AM
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I have a pretty good L-4 - see pic below, but the only place i know where yuo can get an original style L-5 would be a guy in the Netherlands.

1st step get LOTS of money!

1nd step - get lots of time to wait.

I have neither.

I'd very much like an Eastman AR805 - 16" is as wide asI'd want to go.
That's a beautiful guitar. I would love an Original style L-5 myself or possible an old Epiphone Emperor from the 30's or 40's. Eastman makes a lot of great Archtops. I used to have one with an oval sound hole and a mini pickup. Beautifully made guitars.
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Old 03-10-2018, 05:57 AM
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Jim Triggs built a guitar for me last year; almost identical to what your are looking for. It’s an excellent instrument!

Overall quality what are they like . They are China made after all . Woops that was suppose to be for about Eastman
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:50 AM
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Jim Triggs 19" Stromberg Master 400 tribute, blonde, no modifications; MandoBros had one years ago, and I should've withdrawn the $7100 from the bank and bought it - one of the finest four or five archtops I've played in the last 55+ years, and unquestionably the finest new one...
That sounds like an amazing guitar. If I was looking for a fully acoustic archtop that is the one I would get.
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Old 03-14-2018, 05:14 AM
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The solid wood carved and tuned back of an acoustic archtop is an incredibly important part of the tone production. I cannot imagine specifying a laminated back on a dream ultimate acoustic archtop guitar.
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Old 03-14-2018, 07:37 AM
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That sounds like an amazing guitar. If I was looking for a fully acoustic archtop that is the one I would get.
It was (and still is, for some lucky owner ) an amazing guitar, as Kayakman can attest - even after playing several thousand guitars over my lifetime this is one you're not likely to forget...
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