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Sharing a new and very meaningful acquisition. 95% of the people in my life don't know about archtop guitars, so have to share it with the few that appreciate it.
2/4/78 - This is one of two 7 string guitar's Koontz built. Single-scroll headstock design with abalone inlay work.Oval hole is fitted with the unique sound-hole closure mounted in a track - same has he had done for Pat Martino. Built for Jack Cecchini and carefully cared for.
I'm going to take it to a local luthier - a great builder and restorer of guitars, Danche Guitars - and have him work through it with a fine-tooth comb. It plays remarkably well and the sound is balanced and orchestral, however it does show a bit of it's age and has a few minor cosmetic details to attend to. The pickup was built by Sam and isn't working - I'm sure an easy fix just result of old wires.
That's about it. Hope everyone is enjoying their evenings.
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10-17-2021 12:19 AM
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Thanks for sharing. A unique piece of guitar history. May she inspire your playing for many years to come!
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Very interesting! Can you tell us more about the unique soundhole enclosure?
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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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Fantastic. Didn't know he had built 7s.
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Fantastic!
A friend and ex music partner of mine has a 17" Koontz flattop. It is far and away among the richest sounding flattop guitars I have ever heard or played.
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Very cool! Any chance you have pictures to share? Never seen a Koontz flat top. Wish there were a catalogue of what he built - but there is no info on him at all.
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Originally Posted by timc100
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Originally Posted by timc100
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Just plain WOW! That’s a fabulous find. Please share pics with us after its R&R.
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Didn't that come out of the Howard Krive collection? He was a good friend of mine and mentioned that he had Jack's Koontz. He also said it was one of the best sounding ones in his collection [I think he had around 30 Koontz guitars, not to mention at least another 100-125 by other makers, many he purchased from me] I know the Koontz he bought from me was one of the very last Sam made, one of only 2 guitars I've ever sold that I wish I had back.
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Love Koontz's stuff. It's part of my guitar hunting dreams to own one.
I played a Harptone once and it was the best acoustic jumbo I'd played. It was like an orchestra.
I know they weren't made by Koontz but there is a strong link to him, so I can only imagine the sound f his Archtops.
You lucky boy.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
This guitar here sounds like it was made around the time the Wayne Westley Johnson f-hole oval guitar was made given some of the details he describes. I know Jack had said that Sam really outdid himself on this effort - and I can see why. It’s really wild.
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this is the one he bought from me
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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by timc100
but he was a great guy, every time he'd buy a guitar from me I'd drive it to his house, he'd put it inside and then he'd treat me to his favorite Thai restaurant.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by timc100
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Great looking guitar, and lucky you! I've played 7-string guitar off and on for over 13 years. I'd love to have an archtop 7-string, but with the exception of a few Ibanez models that are no longer made (the AFJ957 [only a so-so archtop], and the AF207 [very rare on the ground]), the Schechter Jazz 7 semi-hollow body (only made in 2000, and I sadly had to sell the two I had, because I was broke), and the long out of production Gretsch George Van Eps, they are very much rare, and expensive birds.
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