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My guess is that the archtop guitar market under $2000 is much healthier than the $10K and above archtop market is.
Lots of guitar players want an archtop in their stable, but not as their main guitar and they don't want to pay more than they paid for a solid body.
It's a nice niche that Ibanez can operate in at a profit with their Indonesian and other Asian factories.
Just a guess.
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09-04-2024 12:43 AM
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Tim Lerch made a video about the Ibanez PM3C:
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At the end there.. is that "Peel Me A Grape?"
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So, the natural sounds every bit as good as the black. Who would have thunk it. All kidding aside, that sounded excellent.
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Originally Posted by geese_com
What we've been all waiting for, thanks for sharing!
Arnie...
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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That Tim Lerch video is very nice.
I've been playing guitar with a jazz flavored group lately and my P-90 Les Paul seems to be fitting in best with this group.
So now I'm really interested in the Charlie Christian pickup on this thing.
Maybe after the Christmas bills are all paid off next year I may think about one. My wife likes the black.
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Originally Posted by geese_com
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Nothing wrong with the pickup in Tim's clip; sounds nice and clear with depth to it. He's playing pretty laid back here and I'd be interested to hear how the notes pop out when digging in a bit more. I was also impressed by the acoustic tone and projection (with the roundwounds he put on).
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Originally Posted by garybaldy
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"jazzloverfat" - is that a Philip K. Dick reference?
Um, let's see, what was the name of that book, Horselover Fat was a character in it.... VALIS
“Men and the world are mutually toxic to each other." - Philip K. Dick, VALIS
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Tim definitely indicates that it is not an endorsement .
Beautiful demonstration .
Reminded me of Jim Hall's famous live rendition :
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The guitar does seem to have a thin bright nature, BUT the single notes sound great and seem to nail the Matheny vibe very well. Tim is a top notch player and it can't get much better than what you hear.
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Well, it's a single coil so that's the nature of the beast. Play it through a Fender tweed Deluxe and you'll get a warm fat tone.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
Much easier to fatten up a single coil than to "clarify" a woofy neck humbucker on a hollowbody guitar.
The sound of a pickup does not exist in isolation. Tone is a product of the pickup, type of strings, amp, volume being used, size of room being played in, crowd noise in room, the touch of the player, construction of the guitar, etc.
There are some shitty pickups that can ruin your tone no matter what, but this guitar does not have a shitty pickup.
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Originally Posted by Mick-7
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Speaking of CC archtop pickups: is there any brand/maker that does a "noiseless" version? I know, I know, not for the purists. I once had an archtop with a p90 and I replaced it with a Fralin noiseless p90 which sounded really great and solved my problem I had then (playing in orchestra pits and noisy stages).
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Pete Biltoft has made at least one for a forum member.
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A new video! Ok, this may very well be the poorest excuse for a guitar demo ever. Its actually kind of funny.
Last edited by Brian859; 09-08-2024 at 07:02 AM.
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Originally Posted by Brian859
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just play the bloody thing
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
Doug
My friend is selling his Aria Pro II PE 180
Today, 03:40 AM in For Sale