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For many years I was a hardcore archtop electric-acoustic guitar player and would not even consider having any other type of guitar. I have owned and played many, many different guitars, most of them archtops, many of them vintage Gibsons. For vintage instruments, I had a TD 330, Super 400, L5, Johnny Smith, D'Angelico Excel and several other lesser known guitars. ALL of them had feedback issues at higher volumes except the TD 330. Make no mistake, I dearly loved every one of them especially in more intimate low volume settings. But, I must admit my Sadowsky "Jim Hall" model is without a doubt the best of them and has the sweetest neck I have ever played. It has no feedback issues and can be used for many different tone qualities in addition to the "Jim Hall" sound. I think if you have never played a Sadowsky, you should try one out and see for yourself what a high quality modern instrument sounds like. Actually, I believe each instrument has its own personalty and each individual player has his own identity in terms of the music from an instrument. At this time I have My Sadowsky, my home-built Tele and a Benedetto copy made by Gary Stroup. The Sadowsky is my work guitar, The Tele is my backup and the Stroup will probably be sold soon (I don't need it).
wiz
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09-15-2009 05:12 PM
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09-15-2009, 05:23 PM #27Jazzarian GuestEver play a GB10?
Originally Posted by wizard3739
Most times I say to myself, this thing is great why do I need a better archtop? Then I break out the Super V CES when I'm ready to record, and I realize the true value of carved spruce.
GB10s are great guitars. Good about feedback, nice pleasant tone, fantastic neck/action. They're not L5s though.
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what is a cardboard top?
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Well my 2cents opinion, The Suhr is extremely different from the Sadowsky guitar in many ways. Scale length.bolt on neck,neck angle, woods, thickness of top and back, etc.etc. You should first decide between Strat type vs. Gibson semi or hollow build. As far as Gibson's current crop of 335 type of guitars, I couldn't disagree more w/ the above negative comments. While I'm no fan of the current owners of Gibson, that said they are building some of the finest guitars ever. But they aren't cheap either unless you happen to find a ES-339 or 335 Studio that can be exceptional. I got really lucky w/ a 2014 ES-339 and couldn't be happier! And being 58 years old I have owned many vintage ES as well as other Gibsons from the 50's and 60's. Hope this helps!
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6 year old thread ....
If the internet was around in 1980 there would have been plenty of Gibson sucks threads then, too
That said Gibson's current prices are certainly on the high side
I haven't encountered a Sadowsky archtop, yet. It sounds like people certainly love them. But they're priced about the same or higher than many US made archtops.
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Sadowsky, several cuts above.....
own a JH model....exquisite!
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Well I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not (no smiley). So if you really don't know, it's his way of mocking/belittling laminate tops. Originally Posted by mikesoland
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yes I'm being sarcastic...
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Originally Posted by jazzimprov
They better be at those prices
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They are.....!
The "clarity" of the notes in a chord (can't stress that enough, you hear the individual notes clearly), and the 'sweet" tone of the chords and notes is the best I've heard.
Mix that with a great fingerboard and high quality instrument and you've found something special.
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