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What is your dream archtop? The best you ever laid your hands on and you could gladly live with forever in the range >5000 && <12 000 USD.
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03-15-2019 01:20 PM
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1929 Gibson L-10. Skip the $15k premium on the sunburst for a dotneck Lloyd Loar.
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i don't f**k wit instruments under 12k
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One of my Unity’s or a pre war L5
Ask me tomorrow it’d be an old ES175 or GB12
on Sunday I’d be an old romantic period influenced nylon string
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Howard Paul once let me play the 7 string that Jimmy Bruno gave him. Heart-stopping sound and action!
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At the moment I'm fortunate enough to own my favorite ... or at least one of my favorites
My Super 400.
Thanks to the magic of Guitar Center's no interest credit
I picked it up used so It fell within your price range.
And it will be paid off soon.
Yeah .. I know .. don't buy guitars on credit ...
but with Gibson's archtops on hold at the moment it is beginning to look like a better idea than I thought it was.
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An es350t I played in a shop in Denmark street years ago
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How the hell else could someone ever buy one?!
Originally Posted by Bluedawg
Yeah .. I know .. don't buy guitars on credit ...
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My Slaman DS350T. It sounds beautiful acoustically and plugged in, lots of great comments, and the looks - well, there aren't a lot of guitars I see with such stunning wood, and none that have a neck made FOR ME.
I still get GAS attacks, but the remedy is to play it, and it goes away. I've never played an old D' or 20s/30s Gibson L5, but I'm happier than I thought possible with my guitar.
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Acoustic carved archtop ?
Or laminate electric ?
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Originally Posted by joe2758
The guys who play PRS guitars are all dentists and lawyers ..
They can afford to pay cash for their PRS private stocks and Dragons
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I've never owned one that expensive but I have played a few in shops. A post-war non-cut super 400, which I actually liked a lot (although not $11K worth) and an L7C that I think was overpriced at $7K. Both played great and sounded wonderful acoustically.
The problem for me with any s400 is that I do 99% of my playing sitting down and I can only play a beast that size on a stool or a chair with no arms (I don't think s400s can be played on the sofa but someone here would likely prove that wrong). . .that and the price. I think it would be really great to find a 16" acoustic archtop that sounded like an s400 but it may defy the laws of physics.
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If you make me stick to this price range, it’s going to be this 1936 Gibson ES-150.
On the other hand, if we throw out the price requirement, I would pick this 1933 L-7. I’ve played acoustic archtops valued at ten times what this one is worth, but this L-7 blows them away.
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FWIW Originally Posted by ugarte
I use a strap with my Super 400 and hold the guitar over my left knee like a classical ... works good for me
An 18inch guitar on the coach also works ... If you don't have a herd of crazy dogs jumping around like I usually do
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I played my teachers 9999 usd heritage golden eagle today. He had 13 non flat strings on it, and it was the easiest to play guitar I have ever tried. Easier to play than a electric guitar with 10s. Tempting, now that Gibson is going to non arch top hell.
On the other hand, I’m getting a 335 from the last ES335 batch made in the Memphis factory VERY soon. Top specced. 6000+ usd guitar. Still want an arch top though..
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would have to be a trenier, got to play pasquale's one. It was beautiful. Neve had a guitar like that in my hands before.
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It’s a tie between my L5 CES and Benedetto Americana. If I had to pick one, I’d give a slight edge to the L5.
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So many choices available now compared to the past. For acoustic carved tops the 2 that wowed me were a Buscarino Artisan, and a D`Aquisto New York model. These both had that special magic in tone.
That said, there are a lot of great less expensive options like Campellone, Elferink ,Comins (used). You really can't go wrong nowadays.
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We’re in Nashville for our 25th Anniversary and today I popped in at Gruhn Guitars. They have a ‘54 Gibson L5 priced at $9,500 that I was drooling over. The 25.5” scale Epiphones just don’t fit my hands as well as the 24.75” Gibsons. I would adjust the action a little lower to fit my preferences (and though it’s probably considered sacrilege by the purists because of what it will do to the value, I’d consider shaving down that hard V on the back of the neck) but it was absolutely the most beautiful sounding acoustic guitar I’ve ever played. It’s all a moot point though, because I couldn’t afford anything near that price.
Zac
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Gibson Citation is not usually within your cheapo price range. Originally Posted by znerken
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I was really thrown by the idea of a 1954 L-5 with a 24.75 scale and a hard V neck. It’s actually this 1934 with a 1936 serial number, correct? Originally Posted by zcostilla
Gruhn Guitars
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Mike is correct about The Unity. Sublime guitars made by the guy who built Citations and Kalamazoo Awards at Gibson.
I could live comfortably with a Gibson L5CES or a Super 400CES.
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I’m sure if I really explored I would find others but my ‘70 L5 is all I’ll need in that price range.
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Yes, my memory was off. Good catch! Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan
Zac
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The only guitars I ever tried in that range were a 1955 goldtop les paul, 1960 es-175, an L5 CT, an L4 CES, and a jim triggs johnny smith-looking thing. The old gibsons didn't play well, but I loved the L4. The triggs was very nice too.
Yeah, I gotta go with L4 CES. That's a dream guitar for me. That's like 7-8 grand right?
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