Ergo design archtop from Victor Baker

**Jazzpunk** · 03-13-2012, 12:19 AM

I hope to get a custom guitar from Victor Baker in the near future but for now I am enjoying his blog. Lots of cool designs and I enjoy watching the build progress.

His newest build caught my eye and I thought it might be of interest to some of you as well. Apparantly it is based on the Klein designs but with an archtop vibe (custom specs from client).

Not something I'd go for but thought it was cool none the less! If you dig build threads, check out Baker's blog:

Inside Victor Baker's Shop

**kris** · 03-13-2012, 03:25 AM

nice.

**Jazzpunk** · 03-13-2012, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by kris

nice.

Yeah, should be cool. I can totally see Tim Miller rockin' this one!

**marcwhy** · 03-13-2012, 07:45 AM

Wow, very cool! And Dan Phillips is quite a player, so that will be awesome.

Marc

**kris** · 03-13-2012, 08:37 AM

Ebony fingerboard...great.

**Jazzpunk** · 03-13-2012, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by marcwhy

Wow, very cool! And Dan Phillips is quite a player, so that will be awesome.

Marc

Thanks for the heads up, hadn't thought to look Dan up.

Purchasing 'Destination Unknown' now and looking forward to giving it a spin!

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 03-13-2012, 05:23 PM

I love the headless neck + Steinberger (?) tuner-tailpiece combo, but I'm not loving the butt-cheek design it often gives the body. I wonder if you did this on a solid body guitar (say a Tele-style body), if you could get away with a doughnut hole design instead.

**whosgarethparry** · 03-13-2012, 09:39 PM

check out canton guitars, he built one for alan holdsworth using the the last designed steinberger trem (trans trem 3), anyways, that has no cutaway, a normal (within reason) rear end. rekon you could fit that onto a tele or another guitar.

Allan Holdsworth

also check out Stranberg guitar works. Ola makes lightweight headless trems, designed to retrofit a floyd cavity (or most tremolo guitars with a little work.) he's got a picture somewhere of a strat with one in.....

**whosgarethparry** · 03-13-2012, 09:42 PM

Strandberg Guitarworks 2009 May

here you go, not pretty, but ya get the idea.

**Bluedawg** · 03-13-2012, 11:21 PM

Here's the Koll version;

Koll RE 7 / 6

Koll Guitar Company

Cool design

**asoalone** · 03-14-2012, 12:06 AM

wow .... wonderful ergo style ... I ever listen to his old one that made from Thai luthier and it's great sound ...

But the new one " Victor Baker " !!

ps Dan Phillips is Great Player for me ....

**Jazzpunk** · 03-14-2012, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

I love the headless neck + Steinberger (?) tuner-tailpiece combo, but I'm not loving the butt-cheek design it often gives the body. I wonder if you did this on a solid body guitar (say a Tele-style body), if you could get away with a doughnut hole design instead.

I'm sure you could get any design you wanted. Baker built this one based on design specs from his client.

I'm a little more traditional myself so I'm leaning towards a laminate archtop or maybe something similar to what Hekselman is playing: