D'Aquisto Jazz Line, anyone tried one?

**Chimera1to1** · 02-20-2013, 10:09 AM

I might take a day out to London to Maraints as they have a couple of D'Aquistos in. Is it true they are made at the same factory as Sadowsky? Any of you guys got a Snog, marry,avoid opinion on them?

**kris** · 02-20-2013, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Jabberwocky

No experience but here's what Tim Lerch has to say:

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This one sounds very good. Pickup is great.
I/ve used Fender D'aquisto a lot of years but this one on video sounds really beautifull.
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**Bill C** · 02-20-2013, 07:06 PM

Sadowsky and Jazzline comparison ... https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?f...zz/9F8QxSajmZE

**2bornot2bop** · 02-20-2013, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Jabberwocky

No experience but here's what Tim Lerch has to say:

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J-Wock, thanks for sharing that. Love the tone of that combo...A Lollar CC drop in...how kewl! Isn't Tim Lerch in Seattle?

**JPMike** · 02-20-2013, 09:22 PM

I have the same guitar, it's an amazing instrument. I totally recommend one, maybe the only thing it lacks it's the pickup.

**HighSpeedSpoon** · 02-20-2013, 11:11 PM

Who is currently manufacturing the D'Aquisto guitars please?

I own and love a Fender D'Aquisto Elite, and I am trying to figure out who is making the current D'Aquisto
models.

**JPMike** · 02-20-2013, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by HighSpeedSpoon

Who is currently manufacturing the D'Aquisto guitars please?

I own and love a Fender D'Aquisto Elite, and I am trying to figure out who is making the current D'Aquisto
models.

They are not made anymore I think, but I think Aris had the brand's name copyrights, etc.

**GNAPPI** · 02-21-2013, 12:01 AM

"I own and love a Fender D'Aquisto Elite, and I am trying to figure out who is making the current D'Aquisto
models."

I also have a Fender D'Aquisto, that's one really unique guitar, and those pups are just about the best I've heard.

**Jazz_175** · 02-21-2013, 10:05 AM

Isn't Aria making the DAquisto Jazz Line?

D'AQUISTO

**HighSpeedSpoon** · 02-21-2013, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Jazz_175

Isn't Aria making the DAquisto Jazz Line?

D'AQUISTO

@JPMIke, @Jabberwocky, @Jazz_175 ...

Thanks all. Apparently, Aria is the current brand name. I see these on Amazon now, priced between roughly $3,800 and $4,400 and eligible for Amazon Prime.

**Jazz_175** · 02-21-2013, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Chimera1to1

I might take a day out to London to Maraints as they have a couple of D'Aquistos in. Is it true they are made at the same factory as Sadowsky? Any of you guys got a Snog, marry,avoid opinion on them?

If you go to Mairants try the Eastside LC as well, they should have one with ebony fretboard.

**Jazz_175** · 02-21-2013, 12:38 PM

I mean Collings EastSide LC

**Chimera1to1** · 02-21-2013, 01:15 PM

Cheers, maraints have 2 jazz lines. I like it when there is one to compare against

**2bornot2bop** · 02-21-2013, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by GNAPPI

"I own and love a Fender D'Aquisto Elite, and I am trying to figure out who is making the current D'Aquisto
models."

I also have a Fender D'Aquisto, that's one really unique guitar, and those pups are just about the best I've heard.

that's interesting. Every knock I've heard against the 80's Fender Elite's has always been against the pickups...and the comments are always 'the pups too bright'. Which of course made me resistant to sample one...well that and I no longer buy 16" archtops. There's at least a few folks that feel the pup is an asset...interesting.

**HighSpeedSpoon** · 02-21-2013, 02:34 PM

I really don't know about pickup comparisons - just that I love my Fender D'Aquisto. I got it in 84/85 - I don't recall precisely when - but at a time when I couldn't tell an archtop from a brick. I actually went to buy a Strat, but when I picked up the one that looked like a cello, I fell in love with it. -- Sometimes we are more lucky than smart.

**kris** · 02-21-2013, 02:48 PM

There is short example how my Fender D'Aquista sound.I did this recording in 2005.
Best
Kris

**GNAPPI** · 02-21-2013, 10:08 PM

"that's interesting. Every knock I've heard against the 80's Fender Elite's has always been against the pickups...and the comments are always 'the pups too bright'. Which of course made me resistant to sample one...well that and I no longer buy 16" archtops. There's at least a few folks that feel the pup is an asset...interesting."

BRIGHT??? Wow, I'd call them ANYTHING but bright. To put them in tactile terms...

They're both as soft as a negligee covered derriere, as smooth as a stocking covered leg, silky as a....a ... My GF just walked in the room, you get the picture, gotta sign off :-)

**HighSpeedSpoon** · 03-02-2013, 03:53 PM

My wife and I celebrated our anniversary last night with dinner and live jazz. As luck would have it, one of the guitarists was playing this Aria D'Aquisto Jazz Line ...

He said he kept scanning eBay and picked it up for $2,000 - and he liked it better than some other D'Aquisto that he had previously owned and regretted selling.

**2bornot2bop** · 03-02-2013, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by HighSpeedSpoon

My wife and I celebrated our anniversary last night with dinner and live jazz. As luck would have it, one of the guitarists was playing this Aria D'Aquisto Jazz Line ...

He said he kept scanning eBay and picked it up for $2,000 - and he liked it better than some other D'Aquisto that he had previously owned and regretted selling.

happy anniversary to you and yours. I actually saw that archtop sell. It sat there for too long before he bought it. I thought about it more than once, but in the end I've moved on to carved tops. Gorgeous archtop though and a real find!