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All very good Archie! Fun to watch the progression. I want to see some guitars! Preaching to the choir on vacuum pressing here, as you may remember. Here's a little story: I worked in a shop that...
X brace double cut. Those braces are put in there as an integrated part of a carved top, and it's a deadly compromise on intended design and structural integrity to rout a top like that...ESPECIALLY...
A guitar like that has to be sold at a garage sale price. That means no risk and that price is mighty low I might add.
Brian thanks. There is also a huge sawmill out in Germany where I hope to acquire my spruce plates. They also do pre pressed solid arched plates but that’s not suitable for what I’m trying to do....
I was thinking of buying it and taking it apart for R&D but even at that price, I’m not interested. Who would you sell it to at £4k? I could buy a Guild Artists Award for that.
I know. Really complicated. Only for heavyweight techies :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcR6VYJj4bY
Is the back carved and if so, why didn’t they book match it?
House of Guitars has had a few new Gibson archtops in the last few months. It's probably for real. They have a new L5CES as well. Attention Required! | Cloudflare
(why didn't I buy a Colling's back when? I even toured the factory and met the man himself)
I for one appreciate the tip, but I'm not motivated enough to drive 5+ hours (round trip) to see if it's worth buying. I have a Japanese 1970's "lawsuit" copy of that model which is just fine....
I think my 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” 17” acoustic archtop plays and sounds as good as many American vintage archtops I have played and heard. I think it’s a great instrument. Leo Fender never...
I love it when I’m working on more than one area at a time.
I wouldn’t get stewed over it. As far as solid body electric guitars go, Leo Fender, Ted McCarthy, Les Paul, Wenzel Rossmeisl were all chasing Paul Bigsby. Built his first solid body in 1948. Here is...
I think people get too caught up in originality. Might work as a nice CES
Modified Johnny Smith
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