My new Archtop Tribute and the visit to Walkin in Tokyo

[Vic Bulbon]

Hey all,

Taking the suggestion from many on this forum, I visited Masaki-san's shop, Walkin in tokyo in my latest trip to Japan. He was super nice indeed. I walked out with a used At105JR in amazing condition with a hard case for 145k yen. Its a really cute guitar, like the ES140, but slightly bigger. Now at home, I'm even more impressed, especially by its acoustic volume. Being a ply wood set pickup 13in jazz box meant for electric playing, it has no business sounding this good. Please excuse my sloppy playing, I don't think I do this guitar justice, but I think you'll be able to hear that it really sounds good acoustically, especially compare to other typical sub $1k jazz box many of which are much more bulky.

Also pictured is me trying Masaki's D Aquisto onced owned by Jim Hall, truly an amazing and resonant guitar. I'd really recommend anyone going to Japan to visit his shop.

Archtop Tribute AT105JR noodling - YouTubeAttachment 119297Attachment 119298

[skiboyny]

Don't underestimate the plywood sound. Some of my favorite are plywood. Yours sounds very nice acoustically. Enjoy!

[Boze]

That does sound nice acoustically. Now I want one; I'd never heard of those!

[D'Aquisto Fan]

Masaki is a true gentleman. I hope to meet him someday.