I think most archtop players just want an exotic looking or retro electric guitar. I laugh at the YouTube videos that compare a Tele, a 335, and a carved archtop and claim no difference. Then they run the signal through pedals and an amp and mic the amp! I challenge someone to do a similar video but mic the guitar with no amp. Let’s see if you really can’t tell a Tele from a lightly carved acoustic archtop.
Different tools for different purposes. Do you want an acoustic guitar that doesn’t sound like a typical dreadnaught, are you looking for a fat creamy guitar to sound like Kenny Burrell, do you want to stand out visually as you rip the solo to Stairway to Heaven? Pick the tool that’s is right for the task.
The only reason Guitar Center is still in business is because of their liberal return policy.This policy leads to them trying to pawn off a used item at new level prices on customers.
I have a very nice Comins GCS-16-1 archtop in Vintage Blonde for sale. It's in mint-excellent condition. Not exactly sure of the year, but I believe it to have been made around 2021-2022.
Just...
I've tried to get a duo thing when someone comes back that they mostly do solo acoustic acts. No bites yet. I think I gotta make a stupid website, with a stupid EPK. The business side of music is...
Sorry to hear that. I love vintage German acoustic guitars. In fact, the archtop I own is a 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” 17” acoustic archtop made in the Bavarian region. It’s a wonderful instrument....
I always liked how "country" players could harmonize the melody of tunes in intervals.
And play out of tune intervals.
As Jimmy Smith said above. Start with a basic melody and experiment with...
lydian_dorian -
Would you mind showing us what the melody is that you want to harmonise? Is it well known or one of yours?
Also, what style is it in? I'm asking because they guy in your video...
Our first as a trio is May 10. We will mix it up pretty good, jazz standards with vox, some old school R&B, classic country; a few instrumentals. The gig will be in a restaurant type setting
but...
I own two guitars. A Mule steel tricone and 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” acoustic archtop. These are the two best playing and sounding guitars I have ever owned. My keepers.
I've owned a few over 60 years of playing! 21 amplifiers and 15 guitars- surprisingly small list of guitars, I tended to find the ones I wanted to play, and then keep them until I wasn't using them...
I use my acoustic Mule steel tricone for everything I play, including jazz. A nice sounding acoustic tricone is hard to beat the sound of to my ears. If I wasn’t to add a little something different,...
Comins GCS-16-1, Vintage Blonde
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