best 16" archtop that is 2.5" to 2.75" deep for under $3,000

**D.G.** · 09-18-2020, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by don_oz

This definitely caught my eye... I'm interested now. Turns out there's a dealer near me. Gonna head there this weekend to give it a try.

Do you play yours acoustically at all by any chance?

It's got enough volume for individual practice, but not for anything else. But that's part of the point of a laminate guitar, it amplifies really well, whereas the better acoustically a guitar is, the harder it is to get it amplified. My Dupont gypsy guitar is an absolute acoustic cannon, but it's rancidly difficult to amplify, and only ever sounds so-so at stage volume and needs huge amounts of eq. It's a bitter pill with those things. Whereas, OTOH, with the Comins, it's plug it into a good amp (Princeton or 5e3) turn it up and it's there

**marcwhy** · 09-21-2020, 07:33 AM

Check the For Sale forum -- there's a brand new Holst there for $3000!!

**2bornot2bop** · 09-21-2020, 05:20 PM

If the OP is seeking a 575 this is the Best Buy at $1850 that I’ve seen in years.

Heritage H-575 Sunburst | SnowboundBassman | Reverb

and there are two 575’s with Spruce tops at Reverb for $2300 and $2600 obo. All are solid buys.

**don_oz** · 10-04-2020, 11:32 PM

I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions! I went to try the comins gcs-16-1 blonde single pick up. I left the store with a D'aquisto Jazz line from 2004.

**Tal_175** · 10-05-2020, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by don_oz

I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions! I went to try the comins gcs-16-1 blonde single pick up. I left the store with a D'aquisto Jazz line from 2004.

Doesn't it look identical to Sadowski Jim Hall? They are also both made in Japan based on my quick search now. But D'aquisto is a bit cheaper, is that right?
Good find.

**don_oz** · 10-06-2020, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Tal_175

Doesn't it look identical to Sadowski Jim Hall? They are also both made in Japan based on my quick search now. But D'aquisto is a bit cheaper, is that right?
Good find.

It is based on the model the D'aquisto that Jim hall used, which I believe is what the sadowsky is based on. My d'aquisto is blonde though.

**DMgolf66** · 10-09-2020, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by don_oz

I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions! I went to try the comins gcs-16-1 blonde single pick up. I left the store with a D'aquisto Jazz line from 2004.

Haha, ugh. I was just going to reply with my F/S: D'aquisto. Too late!