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Hello everybody,
Id like some help to Identify this vintage Archtop? Im sure that the pickguard and floating pickup isn't original. The body is pretty thick and has that belly on the back. Its pretty loud played acoustic.
Can anyone idenify the headstock. Id be really happy.
And is there some sort of adapter that can be used for plugging it into and amp? Ive used an aux cable 3.5mm and got to play it through my amp, but it feels that an ordinary guitar cable would give better sound.
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12-10-2025 02:46 AM
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What is going on with that F hole? Very cool, unusual, guitar.
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You tell me?
both the shape and location is different.
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I have no idea, it's like they missed with the stamp. Also, the best place to eat your picks.
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I was hoping that someone could identify the guitar, hard to tell really
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Given a minute. Somebody around here might very well have an idea.
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Godin 5th avenue used Cherry body. Maple neck and rosewood fingerboard.
Originally Posted by MDB85
Hello everybody,
Id like some help to Identify this vintage Archtop? Im sure that the pickguard and floating pickup isn't original. The body is pretty thick and has that belly on the back. Its pretty loud played acoustic.
Can anyone idenify the headstock. Id be really happy.
And is there some sort of adapter that can be used for plugging it into and amp? Ive used an aux cable 3.5mm and got to play it through my amp, but it feels that an ordinary guitar cable would give better sound.
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Yeah, chat GPT or whatever you used for that answer is wrong. Look at the f hole location. That's not a Godin.
Please don't blindly copy/paste AI slop.
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1910 era Weymann perhaps ?
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Maybe whatever guitar(s) they put that Kent pickup/pickguard on -- Vintage Kent WC53 Pickguard Archtop Guitar Pickup
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Kent Varieties
Yeah. Doesn't look like a Kent guitar though.
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Yeah, can see that now. Fretboard looks immaculate for a seemingly old instrument. Did you work on it? Originally Posted by AllanAllen
Do you know what the 2 screw holes at the 15th & 17th frets were holding, what it looked like?
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I also found that picture when searching for archtops with Fholes close to the neck, but mine is different in the body shape compared to that brand of guitars.
Its interesting that they are located there and not closer to the bridge.
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I havent really worked on it, I just fixed the tuners and changed strings. There is no truss rod in the neck. The bridge feels great. Action is pretty high, but Im not able to lower the action anymore because of the base of the bridge, its lowered as much as it can be. But I still play it, I really like the guitar, its also great for slide hehe,
The two holes on the neck near the 15th and 17th fret might have been an earlier pickup mount,( the hardware or "bar" holding the pickup) ike a rythm king type of pickup I guess. The low part on the neck does only have those holes on one side.Last edited by MDB85; 12-11-2025 at 01:24 AM.
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Yeah Ive looked around online, found some information that those pickups were japan made.
Found some information about Teisco and Kawai, but did not find an archtop that looked like mine. Im guessing that the two screw holes near 15 th and 17th fret had an other kind of pickup, like a rythm chief with only one "bar" holding the pickup in place.
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Does anyone know what kind of cable that can be used for that tiny input on the pickup? I was considering putting on an regular guitar jack. Like one of those mounted on the tail piece or something. (I would however like to find that type of cable for keeping it original) And i guess a lower bridge could lower the action. The neck is actually not that bowed even though the lack of an truss rod.
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Could you not reduce the height of the saddle by carefully sanding the bottom part that sits on the thumbwheels? Originally Posted by MDB85
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Can you take a close-up shot of that tiny input? Originally Posted by MDB85
I'll be in Tokyo and various other regions in Japan from Monday.
I might be able to find-out then and get back to you on that.
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That would be awesome!
I got this picture
Not at home at the momement.
An ordinary aux 3.5mm cable fits, ive used one but I guess the sound isnt 100% strong using it that way. The thin cable might not deliver that output.
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Got this pic online. I also found some guitar cable that had an smaller coonection one one end and the usual guitar input connection. Not sure if thats the way to go, or maybe i could switch the input out on the pickguard to a regular sized input jack.
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Might try something like this..
But still the brand of this guitar is unknown.....
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There is a load of meat on that saddle. Grab some 220 grit, a flat surface and lap that sucker. You might want to take some off the top too and cut some nicer groves. Those look kind of sloppy but probably dont creat problems.
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Ive done this to another guitar, a Gretsch. I believe I had the grit ontop of the guitar, the curve so it would get a better fit for the curved top.
Taking som of the upper part of the bridge would help I guess, where it rest on the wheels and base.
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Thats a great idea
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