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    Anybody recognize what brand guitar Pat Martino has here? I've never seen an archtop with a body this deep!

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    Abe Rivera.

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    Where is that guitar today?
    Inquiring minds....

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    An interesting side-note is that some of the Recording King 'budget' archtops build by Gibson sometimes had 4" rims, imparting an unexpected (and positive) depth to their tone.

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    Some 1930s Montgomery-Ward-branded archtops built by Gibson as well.
    Attached Images Attached Images Deep body archtop-repaired_6578-jpg Deep body archtop-montgomeryward-m3-jpg 

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    Wonder if that guitar is stuffed with upholstery cotton? Would weigh like 20 lbs!

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    Man, Pat Martino always looks so freaken cool.