A good laminate spruce top electric archtop

**louistopat** · 11-23-2015, 08:35 PM

Grez reached out to me. He's not too far from where I live and has a guitar at a nearby store that I plan to check out. Thanks

**floatingpickup** · 11-23-2015, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by Greentone

The Borys B120 is an EXCELLENT sounding archtop guitar.

I agree. I owned a beautiful blonde B-120 for a while. It was fantastic, but I ended up selling it because I couldn't quite handle the neck dimensions (25.5" scale with a 1 25/32" nut). If it had been a more standard neck, I would have kept it forever. The OP, however, seems to want a laminated spruce top, so a B-120 would not meet that requirement.
Keith

**Hammertone** · 11-23-2015, 08:41 PM

Oooooh, is that a FUMA pickup I see on that little Grez RC-G1?

**neatomic** · 11-23-2015, 08:54 PM

yeah grez will use some cool oddball stuff..think he had a build with a klira pickup..and of course he has the rc allen gear...

i believe he's a luthier to watch

here's tim lerch playin his

cheers

**2bornot2bop** · 11-23-2015, 10:27 PM

I was a "spruce" only fan...then I played a Tal Farlow...I was amazed! Good luck with your search.

**2bornot2bop** · 11-23-2015, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Greentone

It's hard not to be spoiled by a carved body archtop. I have three: a 16", a 17", and a 18". However, I still regularly play my laminated spruce top Matsumoku copy of a Gibson Super V. The guitar has an outstanding tone and plays incredibly well. Here is Robert Conti playing the same guitar:
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4 real! Those are the cats meow...or anything Aria from that vintage too!

**Greentone** · 11-23-2015, 10:48 PM

Yeah, boy. The Matsumoku-made guitar that Conti is playing in that photo is an Aria Pro II PE-180. It's a copy of the Gibson Super V, but with a laminated spruce top instead of a carved spruce top. It's the "CES" version of the "Robert Conti" model, which was called the Aria Pro II PE-180. It featured the same guitar, but with a floating DeArmond 1100 Rhythm Chief in place of two set in Aria humbuckers. Both guitars are great.

Some day, I will track down and purchase a PE-190 Conti model.
A good laminate spruce top electric archtop-conti-model-jpg

A good laminate spruce top electric archtop-conti-model-jpg

**2bornot2bop** · 11-23-2015, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Greentone

Yeah, boy. The Matsumoku-made guitar that Conti is playing in that photo is an Aria Pro II PE-180. It's a copy of the Gibson Super V, but with a laminated spruce top instead of a carved spruce top. It's the "CES" version of the "Robert Conti" model, which was called the Aria Pro II PE-180. It featured the same guitar, but with a floating DeArmond 1100 Rhythm Chief in place of two set in Aria humbuckers. Both guitars are great.

Some day, I will track down and purchase a PE-190 Conti model.

Like the PE-190 Conti in my avatar you mean?

Hey, talk about a poor man's axe! That floater seems the real deal too...it was a toss up with a Gibson BJB pup...splitting hairs....and the BJB was on an acoustic Super Eagle.