Archtop Tribute Custom ATC350BK clip

**telephone** · 11-10-2024, 11:31 PM

I’ve referenced this guitar in a couple of posts recently. Almost sold it a while back during an extreme GAS attack. Glad I didn’t. Here’s a clip I did of Barney Kesssl’s solo on Let’s Cook. Please pardon the clams. It’s a work in progress! Guitar is strung with TI Jazz Swings 13-53, playing thru a Bartel Starwood.

**Little Jay** · 11-11-2024, 03:29 AM

Well played and a very nice guitar. I hear a lot of it’s acoustic sound in the clip and it sounds very good to my ear, which leads me to suspect AT is well built, uses good woods and has a thin finish? Is the finish nitro?

What kind of CC pickup does AT use? A true copy with the big magnets?

Very interesting guitar! Nowadays my GAS makes me look at CC-pickup guitars. This is a nice candidate perhaps….. ;-)

**telephone** · 11-11-2024, 09:25 AM

Thanks. AT uses their own in-house pickup. It doesn’t use big magnets like the originals, but it sounds the part. I swapped it out for a more accurate repro from ccpickups.co.uk Honestly, both pickups sound quite similar. I’d be happy with either.
It’s a very well made guitar. Fit and finish are top notch. Yes, finish is nitro.

**callouscallus** · 11-11-2024, 10:57 PM

hey telephone, nice job and the guitar sounds great. Didn't I see someone list one of these on here a few months back?

**Little Jay** · 11-12-2024, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by telephone

Thanks. AT uses their own in-house pickup. It doesn’t use big magnets like the originals, but it sounds the part. I swapped it out for a more accurate repro from ccpickups.co.uk Honestly, both pickups sound quite similar. I’d be happy with either.
It’s a very well made guitar. Fit and finish are top notch. Yes, finish is nitro.

Thanks! Didn’t cure my GAS though….. want one even more now ;-)

Enjoy the guitar!

**2bornot2bop** · 11-12-2024, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by telephone

I’ve referenced this guitar in a couple of posts recently. Almost sold it a while back during an extreme GAS attack. Glad I didn’t. Here’s a clip I did of Barney Kesssl’s solo on Let’s Cook. Please pardon the clams. It’s a work in progress! Guitar is strung with TI Jazz Swings 13-53, playing thru a Bartel Starwood.

I should have purchased that guitar when you advertised it for sale. I went back to look for it, but poof, it was gone!

**telephone** · 11-12-2024, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop

I should have purchased that guitar when you advertised it for sale. I went back to look for it, but poof, it was gone!

Ha! I can't tell you how relieved I am to have kept it. It almost fell victim to a one-in one-out policy of mine...

**JeanSut** · 11-13-2024, 03:33 AM

Very nice sounds and playing!Bruce Forman is raving about that guitar in this podcast: Jazz Guitar Life Podcast: Ep 2 – Jazz Guitar Life Podcast – Apple Podcasts

From Minute 32 on.

I own an AT 105 which is their version of the 175.
Still like it.

**telephone** · 11-13-2024, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by JeanSut

Very nice sounds and playing!Bruce Forman is raving about that guitar in this podcast: Jazz Guitar Life Podcast: Ep 2 – Jazz Guitar Life Podcast – Apple Podcasts

From Minute 32 on.

I own an AT 105 which is their version of the 175.
Still like it.

Thanks! It really is a fantastic guitar. I see that BF now has one of his own. He's been playing it on his "first chorus of the day" clips on IG.

**JeanSut** · 11-14-2024, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by telephone

Thanks! It really is a fantastic guitar. I see that BF now has one of his own. He's been playing it on his "first chorus of the day" clips on IG.

Interesting, so he already got one?! How ist the neck profile on your ATC 350?

**JeanSut** · 11-14-2024, 08:03 AM

I just checked Instagram and couldn’t find your ATC guitar. Just the red one from Stefan Sonntag and the Barney K guitar. Funny, even his L5 now has a Charlie Christian pickup?!
I didn’t check all the clips though…

**telephone** · 11-14-2024, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by JeanSut

I just checked Instagram and couldn’t find your ATC guitar. Just the red one from Stefan Sonntag and the Barney K guitar. Funny, even his L5 now has a Charlie Christian pickup?!
I didn’t check all the clips though…

Ah, I forgot to mention his is a little different from the others. This pic should clear things up.