My Three "Mr Wu" Archtops

[RealDavidW]

[Cunamara]

Those are sure nice looking guitars. I notice no magnetic pickups on any of them more obvious indication of a bridge-mounted pickup. Are you a strictly acoustic player? And how do the instruments sound in their own rights and in comparison to each other? I would imagine that the blond on the left and the once in the center sound more similar than they do to the oval-hole one with the F5 style upper bout, but is the blond a 16" and the ebony one a 17"?

[Woody Sound]

What am I missing?

[Mick-7]

What am I missing?

Well, the relevant theme song, for one thing....

[Rickco]

clearest finish ever...so clear you cant even see the guitars

[RealDavidW]

16", 17" & 18"... Left is quite petite, right is loud. The black & gray middle one is closest to traditional in sound. No electronics in any - the Chinese don't supply very good electronics so I jope to add transducer pickups over time.

[nyc chaz]

clearest finish ever...so clear you cant even see the guitars

Claude Rains would love those guitars.

[DMgolf66]

Claude Rains would love those guitars.

Hahaha

[teeps]

16", 17" & 18"... Left is quite petite, right is loud. The black & gray middle one is closest to traditional in sound. No electronics in any - the Chinese don't supply very good electronics so I jope to add transducer pickups over time.

The photo(s) don't show ... at least not to everybody.

[RealDavidW]

[teeps]

No photo. Maybe this issue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoo...ly_using_this/

[Woody Sound]

Even this can't compete with invisible.

[teeps]

That was better
Nice looking guitars. Modern meets classic.

[Jimmy blue note]

[QUOTE=RealDavidW;1385593][/QUOTE
I'm almost afraid to ask after the ordeal of merely getting the photo to show, but how about a little video of you, the player, bringing these beautiful guitars to life?
Without a player, a guitar is just something pretty in a photo. Can you show us what these guitars can do?
Thanks!

[2bornot2bop]

Oh, the scroll sunburst is 18”, not the black one in the center?

Exceptionally nice guitar collection! I remember when Mr. Wu was doing these by their Montellone style fretboard markers nearly a decade ago. How time flies! There’s another member on this forum who has I believe a blonde version of Wu’s scroll guitar. I of course prefer your sunburst.

[2bornot2bop]

[RJVB]

And how do the instruments sound in their own rights and in comparison to each other?

+++, Inquisitive minds want to know!

[Spook410]

I have an 18" like yours. Probably the first one they made as Wu was departing Yunzhi. Lots of complaining around this forum at the time about it being a knock off. Meh. It's kind of a remarkable guitar. It is loud but the harmonic content is probably the best among my archtops. It is a pretty big guitar by I'm OK with 18" guitars and the extended upper bout doesn't get in my way. As this was an early one only has a small side port. Could be bigger. That and I've never found anyone that could make a bigger bridge for me which I think it could use. And, as this was one of the first, there's the odd looking maple blocks where the neck meets the body. Not sure what they are covering up. In the end, kind of a flamboyant guitar that's a good acoustic archtop and was pretty inexpensive back in the day.