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Yes, it really is....
Hmm - If I sold all of them, could I afford one like that? Would I still be around when the delivery time finally came?
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Jazzer here, as you might guess by my Username. I love good music of all stripes though, so there are a lot of influences that enter into my playing.
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And I just love the classic shape of that guitar. Somehow the proportions are just right. |
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The Zenith is the most comfortable archtop I have mainly because the upper body width seems just right.Love the vintage woody tone too.
To answer Jeff's question, the archtops are definitely part of my journey (or should I say attempt) into jazz! |
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Most of my friends and music colleagues think of me as the jazz man, or sometimes the man of a thousand chords, but I don't actually think of myself that way. I am just a musician who loves lots of kinds of music, and I like to bust the stereotypes with an occasional country, folk, or blues tune.
OTOH, jazz is so stimulating and exciting, I guess I do work on it quite a bit! Here's my Trenier Excel, x-braced modern style archtop in the spirit of D'Aquisto, but certainly no copy. It's Bryant's work and inspiration through and through. |
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Here is a 1923 L-2, and a 1947 L-7, I'm a big fan of the round hole archtop!
a 1940's Kay all mahogany 1934 Washburn 5250 1933 Martin R-18 |
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Love that Washburn.
Now there's one I would call a hybrid! |
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I was going through my photos of guitars past and I just found more/better photos of the 1933 L-7 I owned. Sigh... why did I let this one go? Suddenly kicking myself. In fact, I even emailed the new owner to see if he's bored with it yet!
Pretty easy on the eyes for a 79 year old, wasn't she?
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Will a tonerite work on an archtop?
Wow, some real eye candy here!
Not meaning to hijack this thread, but I'm just wondering has anyone here tried using a Tonerite on an archtop? If it works for flat tops, it should also work for archtops, no? |
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There is a Tonerite ad in which Bob Benedetto says, "The ToneRite is amazing! Within five days of using my ToneRite the voice of my Cremona magically matured." That's enough for me to try it!
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Right on their homepage
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Here's mine
I play this every day:
It's a wonderful guitar. Made by R.S. Williams & Sons. Circa 1944. I love the built-in reverb and the great ergonomics. Only thing I'd like to do is figure out a way to lower the action. There appears to be no trussrod. (Edit: I remembered the name by accident. I was checking out guitars on Top Shelf Music's site, and saw the listing for the Hensel Artist 00, where he says it was made by R.S. Williams & Sons. It is a great guitar.) Last edited by IanS; 03-14-2012 at 04:28 PM. |
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Try sanding down the bridge a bit...
I can't tell from the pic, is it a one piece bridge or two...if it's two, it's an easy job. I have a special place in my heart for the old american "cheapo" archtops. More mojo than just about anything to me... Man, this is possibly the best thread for pics ever. |
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It's Friday and I need an archtop fix (since my Benedetto is still out of commission, and probably for another week or two ).
I've often dreamed about what I would get if I could have only one archtop, and price was not an issue. Of course the names like Monteleone, D'Aquisto, and D'Angelico immediately come to mind. My answer changes on a daily basis, but right now I'm leaning towards a Benedetto Sinfonietta. Here are a few that I like: Flamed maple with roswood insert: Beautiful myrtle burl: And an amazingly unique guitar - Il Teredo. The top is made from a piece of wood that was attacked by the Teredo worm. The "sound holes" are burrows from where the worms ate the wood. How cool is that! This is probably the one that I would ask Bob to copy if I ever found myself with a huge chunk of change that I had to spend on a guitar. Look at that walnut!
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