The Death of the American Archtop

[DMgolf66]

I agree DM.
There is nothing, And I mean nothing, like the sound of great archtop.
I've been listening to Wes Montgomery over the past week or so. The sound he got through his Wes Montgomery and his Standel was glorious. The depth of sound is NOTHING any other type of guitar is capable of achieving. And it doesnt hurt having Wes plucking those heavy strings with his thumb...
I have faith that people will still have good taste in the years to come and they will long for that sound once again.
Joe D

I think the beauty as much as the sound, particularly for people new to guitar at that point in time and have money. Then maybe someone in popular music at that point becomes known for strapping an archtop on, even if he or she plays little a'la Elvis, and then boom. Maybe....maybe not, but it doesn't seem implausible to me.

[rlrhett]

no it’s endless moaning by old farts forum. there’s no jazz guitar here.

And I’m glad you came back into the fold, fellow old fart.


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[christianm77]

And I’m glad you came back into the fold, fellow old fart.


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Bah humbug.

[christianm77]

Ummm, that's not Munisteri playing with Frisell at the Fretboard Journal.

My bad

Frisell's playing a flattop though. And the L5's from 1930....

[pcjazz]

My bad

Frisell's playing a flattop though. And the L5's from 1930....

Mid-20’s I think.

[christianm77]

I thought mid 20s had the dots?

(also it says 1930 in the description :-))

[pcjazz]

I thought mid 20s had the dots?

(also it says 1930 in the description :-))

https://www.fretboardjournal.com/col...ter-model-l-5/

[jads57]

I find it funny that the Hipster Generation likes the early 1920s era of jazz and associted type of instruments. To me this was such Grampa music growing up that I had a hard time relating to it.

I found it much easier to embrace John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and the Jazz Organ Trio of the 1960s. I've since gone back to Sinatra,Ella, Julie London,etc. The Great American Songbook era of Swing standards as my current passion.

But like it was said above everything goes around. I'm afraid at 63 that leaves me out of gigging scene for future Swing,lol!