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08-05-2021, 09:03 AM
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For $6000 I would buy an Eastman, then take a nice vacation.
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08-05-2021, 10:59 AM
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I have the great good fortune to have a nice Eastman and a classic Epi Broadway and a modern handbuilt (none of which, arguably, I deserve), but six grand will buy a lot of guitar. I hear that 1930s walnut Epis can be pretty nifty, and I've always been curious about non-Artist Award A-model Guilds (and never seen one in person in 30 years of looking). But actually, I wouldn't know until I had a guitar in my hands whether it should join the herd.
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08-05-2021, 07:48 PM
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Campellone 17" Standard, built to order for $5200 - either he's living in a tent in a junkyard somewhere, or the other archtop makers are charging way too much (BTW, anyone else remember that guy from a few years back who said he couldn't build a plain-wood, dark flat-finish, unbound, L-37 size archtop for less than $6-7K
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08-05-2021, 10:51 PM
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Mark Campellone and Jim Triggs both turn in very highly regarded archtop instruments in that price range. The right Eastman could also fit the bill, at a savings as someone said, though I suspect it would be optimal to try out several in a major city and settle on the best among them. I played a Gary Zimnicki archtop a few years back, up for sale here, that was quite terrific! https://zimnicki.com/instrument/orchestra-archtop/ though at $9K it is above the range.
Someone also had a Dana Bourgeois archtop posted here with a clip that sounded great, and I believe had originally sold for around $4-5K, assuming you can find one. Wait, here’s one! (no financial interest): https://reverb.com/item/12180000-bou...xoChD4QAvD_BwE Last edited by Richard Mott; 08-05-2021 at 11:11 PM.
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08-09-2021, 10:40 AM
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My 1953 Gibson L4C is a sweet guitar and has gone up in value since I bought it for $800 back in the 90s. For about the current price of an old L4C you could also get one of these Waterloo archtops but it won't appreciate in value like an old Gibson––my $800 archtop is now worth about 4K. And in terms of enjoyment it's priceless
 https://www.waterlooguitars.com/wl-at/ Last edited by Al Acuff; 08-12-2021 at 09:59 AM.
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08-12-2021, 01:21 PM
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Much will depend on how you want to use it. Freddie Green or Django agressive pumping? Chord melody like Joe Pass?
Help us to help you with relevant suggestions. Daniel Slaman in the Netherlands has a wide range on offer
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08-14-2021, 07:34 AM
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While $6,000 while a fair sum of money, it is the very lower realm of a luthier made archtop. Mark Campellone makes wonderful archtops. They are derivative of a 1950s, parallel braced Gibson L-5. He has different levels of decoration and wood qualities that are used, but they are all have the same bones. His focus, building in batches vs one at a time, and having a shop on his own property have kept his prices sub-market. Personally, I find Mark’s instruments to be better electric instruments than acoustic instruments as I do with Gibson L-5s (except 1920s/1930s 16” models). Alternatively, you might consider buying a used archtop from reputable builders like Steve Andersen, John Buscarino, Bill Comins, Steve Grimes, Tom Ribbecke or Bryant Trenier.
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08-16-2021, 05:47 AM
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I only play acoustic instruments, and have three archtops. I have three but can't justify them as I'm really not that good in playing them in the style they should be played. In 2007, i started jazz guitar lessons and my teacher had a '34 Gibson L-5 that i fell in love with, so I started to look at old Gibsons. I found this one in Seattle (a long way from London) and at a specialist archtop dealer. -cost me a lot - It really sounds like he ideal 16" rhythm box for the dance band music of the time. A year before that I found a '64 Harmony Monterey in showroom condition. I know it is a pressed top but still works very well for what it was designed for. My most recent purchase was an Eastman AR805 I'd had an Eastman AR805 e - but as I didn't want an electric, and it arrived is a very rosy finish, it wasn't quite what I wanted. This one is beautifully finished in all over sunburst, and has a far more open tonality, almost like a flat top.
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08-16-2021, 11:02 AM
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Im a purist when it comes to Archtops and only an acoustic qualifies for that title imo.
the 1929 Stewart Archtop i restored meets all my archtop dreams. have had it appraised by 3 different places: $2000/ $8000/ and unable to assess. Probably not worth more than 2or 3 the highest intrinsic value is probably the birds eye maple front and back. but ive put close to $1500.00 total into now and its priceless to me... it will go to my Grand Daughter once im unable to enjoy playing it or looking at it. now... if i had $50,000 id get a signed L-5 Lloyd Loar 1924.
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