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Seen lots of Tennesseans but only two Concert amps in my lifetime (one brown, one an extremely rare early blackface) - what a fantastic rockabilly setup that must have been...
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I'm in the market for a "cheap archtop" meaning a fully carved 17" guitar with cutaway and floating pickup. Unfortunately even the Eastman's will set you back $2k now. There are no more real cheap archtops I'm afraid.
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You should be able to get a used 16" Loar LH350/650 in the $1k+/- range if you look around...
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For us, "MOR" meant standards and softer pop tunes. Of course, that was around 1976-78, but from what I hear, that kind of thing isn't viable anymore. Tony
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Maybe it's a matter of location, but there's still a small but steady audience for that type of material - in fact, here in S.I. there's a guy well into his 70's who's also a hardcore techie, playing the supper-club/private-party circuit as a one-man band with a guitar and a rackful of equipment, while still maintaining an active teaching schedule and hosting a weekly TV show. If you're located near a retirement village, assisted/independent-living facility, and/or large senior day center with strong social programs, there's also a ready-made audience - and IME social directors are constantly on the lookout for potential entertainment; while the numbers of those who grew up during the Brill Building/Phil Spector, British Invasion/Motown, and Woodstock periods is increasing, there are still those who know and appreciate the softer sounds of American Songbook, postwar pop, even Prohibition-era jazz - and if you cut your musical teeth anytime during the 1957-1972 period, when live bands were standard fare at every social gathering, the styles and repertoire should be pretty much second nature. FWIW I've played and sung at a couple venues of this type, and seeing the light return to the eyes of some of these folks - knowing many of us here are not too far-removed in terms of age and/or state of physical health - is a priceless experience in itself, one that cannot be measured strictly in dollars and cents, and I can't think of a better way to "give back" after a lifetime of pursuing one's musical passion; just be prepared (true story) when you've just gotten through doing "Sunny Side of the Street," "Bill Bailey," and a chord-solo version of "Once In A While", and some octogenarian calls out from the back of the room, "Hey - you know any Willie Nelson...?"
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Ideally I'd love a Gibson L5 but that's not gonna happen. I'm looking at the range of Carve tops from Eastman and the 900 series looks to be the closest to what I'm after. The Jazz elite series seems to have a more focused sound for chord coming.
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Those models have carved tops, as do the LH-600 and LH-700.
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...by definition, wouldn't the 'cheap archtops' be the chinese like the grote ?
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I suppose technically, a person could establish what "cheap guitar" refers to. For somebody who typically buys guitars over $15k, the definition "cheap guitar" could refer to instruments under $10,000. In other words, "cheap guitar" is really a relative term. Tony
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Prices are always on a sliding scale - over time and over differing personal benchmarks. I thought the original post by "drive-south" post was odd because "cheap" seemed out of sync with the premium features requested. Regardless of the era, it seems to me that carved tops were never a feature of "cheap" archtops. That was the realm of pressed tops at best.
That said, we have been living in times where Asian offerings like Michael Kelly and The Loar have those features at what I considered pretty cheap prices (with compromises in quality or detailing). I never put Eastman in that group - I considered them more "affordable" than "cheap", personally. Quote:
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Here’s the Rare first Recording/Album featuring the Great Glenn Campbell. He appears to be holding a Cheap—1950s Gibson L-50? But the F holes are are segmented— so maybe it wasn’t a L-50? . I know album covers are not always indicative of the Guitar the artist used— but knowing Glen—I bet it was! Now would that Gibson Arch top be considered Cheap? Well if it was a L-50 they we’re definitely Gibsons entry level A-Top—- standing just above the lowly L-48 of the time period.
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The question becomes what does one really need to make music with? That doesn't address the quoted post directly, but instead just gives us pause to consider what we really think we need. Tony
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