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Yes it`s AMAZING!!!! around 30G`s! and a long wait.....
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And I will bet it sound`s as good as it looks...
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I was hoping this thread would give me some direction regarding my intended purchase of an electric archtop, possibly a Gretch or similar, but it would appear these types have no cred here at all sadly?
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Quite the contrary - post a second thread over in the Electric Guitars forum detailing specifically what you're looking for and at what price, and we'll be more than glad to help...
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So, if you're looking for a one-man-luthier-made version of that coveted early L-5, try finding one of those Snakeheads.....if you can. I'm fortunate enough to own a 1935 Snakehead and it's my most prized guitar. |
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It was a time when the guitar was as yet not considered a "lead" instrument. Think Freddie Green. |
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The "Holy Grail" to use the OPs term simply has to be a 1925 -1935 16" Gibson L-5.
2. An early ('40s?) 17" pre-Gibson Epiphone Emperor. 3. Stromberg ('50s) 17 3/8" Master 400. 4. D'angelicos (master grade instrments - Excel or New Yorker ('30s-'60s) Modern versions: Collings AT-16, Slaman "1923 Project", Dana Bourgeois, Then there is the electric stuff - don't know much about them - not my area of interest. |
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Sorry, James D'Aquisto needs to be on the very short list. His guitars were played by the greatest musicians of the time and have influenced every archtop made since then.
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I could die happily with a John Monteleone creation. I'm a fan-boy, no apologies. I just may commission one someday. I'd have to sell everything else, but it would be worth it. .... And he is local to me.
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I like the work of several contemporary builders: Campellone, Solomon, Thorell, Benedetto, and Thornton to name a few. There are several others I've seen at the Woodstock Invitational; all great builders, none yet (with perhaps Benedetto) having achieved the fame and acclaim of Monteleone. I do hope you achieve your dream. |
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Thanks. Every builder you listed has my sincere admiration. We live in a lucky time. I am particularly fond of the 3 dominant Italian, NY builders you listed. Grail guitars, for sure.
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They're all gorgeous...
Monteleone (Mountain Lion in Italian?) certainly has some incredibly artistic ones, Benedetto has some beauties mostly in a traditional style, but he carves a little 'outside' at times. Claudio & his wife Claudia Pagelli in Switzerland make some pretty artsy instruments too...no idea what they play like...saw one was $35k, so if I see liner notes on CD citing one was used, I'll get to hear one. I just looked at the Pagellis again, and I was reminded of some modern artist - I actually started thinking Matisse, Picasso, etc. I'm not sure if I've already said this (here), but in 1988 I saw a Picasso exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Museum, 13 rooms, 500 works. I lost count of how many Cubist guitars there were, shuffling along with the crowd. They began to appear humorous to me, or perhaps I was hallucinating by then. |
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I'm about a month out from getting a Greg German 7 string. That's holy grail material for me.
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I don`t think there is a "Holy Grail" out there.
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