The best LOOKING guitar you own......

[ThatRhythmMan]

Okay, I feel like I need to drop the Zeidler in here. The tailpiece really puts it over the top for me.






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[Max405]

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Wow, that looks just like a piano!
JD

[D'Aquisto Fan]

Okay, I feel like I need to drop the Zeidler in here. The tailpiece really puts it over the top for me.







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Wow. That's beautiful, Chuck!

[iim7V7IM7]

Buscarino Monarch


Comins Zelig


Thornton Professional


Trenier Artifex

[Greywolf]

Rosewood neck PRS DGT

a rare PRS 1980 West St LTD Santana 1 of 300 Quilted Sapele top and neck , braz fb dragon inlay

Jaros Gatlinburg custom built by Tony Nagy of Gruhn's. Low wind Fralins with coil tap

[ArchieHollow]

My '42 Gretsch New Yorker

[Ukena]

Here are my two Triggs guitars: the New Yorker and the St. Croix.

The St. Croix has a more traditionally-beautiful back, but I think the NYer is beautiful as well:

[jim777]

My Emerald Wood Veneer Guitars.

I'd love to hear your impressions of the Virtuo; I have an older X-20 Artisan I got at the factory in '17, and it gets the most play of any of my guitars and by quite a lot.

[ThatRhythmMan]

Buscarino Monarch


Comins Zelig


Thornton Professional


Trenier Artifex

The trio of the Buscarino, Comins, and Trenier is kind of mind blowing.


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[DMgolf66]

The trio of the Buscarino, Comins, and Trenier is kind of mind blowing.


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[AKA]

The back of the Comins Zelig is stunning! Is that mahogany?

AKA

[Artichoke]

Cameo #11 and '64 Tal Farlow.

[deacon Mark]

Cameo #11 and '64 Tal Farlow.

As beautiful as the Cameo is and wonderful guitars the Tal is no slouch it equally is appealing from another aspect. Nice.

[Oscar67]

Rosewood neck PRS DGT

Ah, a DGT. Wonderful solidbody guitars. Dave and Paul really hit it out of the park with that one. Will never part with mine.

[Oscar67]

And who says there’s no money to be made in jazz…? Based on this thread jazz guitarists seem to be the best paid bunch in music ;-).

On the one hand, I’m grateful that I can afford a few nice guitars in this stage of my life.

On the other hand, it saddens me a bit that I can only afford them because I’m not a musician.

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

I don't know what's more beautiful to me so I'm showing them both off to you.
The Godzilla is radio controlled, has a cool mist blast ray mouth, sounds and walks and swishes his tail.
The guitar plays music.
I'm still deciding which is more cool.

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Godzilla I recognize. But what’s that 7 ? I assume there’s a story behind having a floater and a set p/u - is it just to have both tone options? I assume the DeArmond picks up all 7 strings - I’ve seen these used on other 7 string archtops (eg a Carl Barney on Reverb).

Are you saying in your next post that you repair dings etc when they happen?

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

It kinda looks like a monster of scars, but Godzilla likes it and it's something well exceeding anything it was originally built as……Ugly Beauty.

Now that’s truly special - I love it! For years, I’ve been tempted to build one of the 7 string archtop kits I see on the web and work it like you did this one.

I don’t have your luthier skills, but I have 60+ years of fabrication experience building and maintaining vintage and race cars (which entails both gross and fine wood and metal work). My shop space stayed in the house when we downsized to an apartment, and I sold my big shop tools (lathe, mill, press, brake, MIG, TIG, bandsaw, drill presses etc). But I kept all my hand tools (manual and power) plus my woodworking stuff (chisels, clamps, etc), And I have a small bench in our storage area.

I’ve been maintaining and modifying my own guitars since I started playing, so I have basic knowledge and skills. And I’ve accumulated a fair collection of tools for guitar maintenance and repair. You inspire me to try making and optimizing a guitar. Thanks!!

[iim7V7IM7]

Yes, fiddleback, quartersawn mahogany. It is not a carved back but a ladder braced back like a flattop.

[omphalopsychos]

[Rickco]

Because theres a Lombardozzi thread heres my new L, I love the looks of all my guitars but this one is very unique and the only one like this hes built. All solid beautiful carved Sepele pomele back and sides (very rare figure in solids) Sitka top, Gabon ebony with beautiful stripe on tailpiece and fretboard and Gabon binding on the fretboard! (subtle things like that to me are the mark of a top craftsman) I was gonna show my Heritage G.E. which I think is gorgeous but with all the show stoppers Ive seen here the uniqueness and workmanship of Seans guitar was something we old guys have been talking about. 13/1/2" 1/7/8" 25" scale A smaller lighter guitar that sounds like a very good full size (17x3?) archtop plugged in and nice tone and volume for practicing unplugged.

[Paulie2]

Alright I will join. Probably has to be one of these two Buscarinos. Take your pick!

[Paulie2]

Although this Tele isn't a shabby choice either for best looking of the bunch

[marcwhy]

Alright I will join. Probably has to be one of these two Buscarinos. Take your pick!

I'll take the one on the left, please!

[Stringswinger]

Although this Tele isn't a shabby choice either for best looking of the bunch

That Tele is off the charts beautiful. Did you ever do a NGD thread on that one? I for one would like to know more. And I bet others would as well.

[Paulie2]

That Tele is off the charts beautiful. Did you ever do a NGD thread on that one? I for one would like to know more. And I bet others would as well.

Thanks for the kind words. I don't think I did! Here are the specs on it. It was a limited edition run of Artisan Teles back in 2020. Bought it off Reverb new as soon as it was released that year:

The woods and craftsmanship on this model are stunning. My terrible picture skills could not do it justice. Here are the specs and quick audio clip straight into the amp just recorded with my phone:

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Artisan Thinline Tele Aged Blue Ice Metallic

• Aged Blue Ice Metallic Top
• Roasted Ash Body
• Herringbone/Tortoise Top Binding
• Roasted AAA Birdseye Maple Neck
• African Blackwood Round Lam Fretboard,
• Nitrocellulose Neck and Body Finish
• 21 Sanko 6105 Frets
• Bone Nut
• '63 Strat Style "C" Neck Shape
• 9.50" Fingerboard Radius
• Neck Thickness at 1st Fret .810"
• Neck Thickness at 12th Fret .970"
• Single Ply Tortoise Pickguard
• Hand Wound Loaded '51 Nocaster Pickups
• Vintage Style Tuners
• Vintage Style Bridge with RSD Brass Saddles (G String Compensated)
• Limited Edition Engraved Neck Plate
• Limited Edition Custom Shop Decal
• NOS Finish
• Full Silver Foil Shielding (Internally)
• 3-Way Selector, 1 Volume, 1 Tone