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Actually, "cool" is a good description of the sound of the smaller archtops I've heard (I think only examples by Maegan Wells, so a priori not the shabbiest). Then again archtops often sound like they lack warmth, and I have to assume that's more down to the player/recording than to variation among samples of the same model.
(I'm talking about the unplugged sound evidently.)
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04-14-2024 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny W.
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Originally Posted by Rickco
Last edited by Woody Sound; 04-14-2024 at 09:45 PM.
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I think Mr Kleinhaut's new Ribbeke is a 15", and it sounds fantastic to me. All his posts in the last 4 months have it. Seems he likes it a lot!
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Originally Posted by Blkat
Originally Posted by Rickco
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Man! just when I thought I was over it! Great shots of the band,thanks for sharing
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Originally Posted by Doug B
Q: The Gibson Super 400 has been your trademark guitar for many years. When did you first begin playing one, and what attracted you?
KB: It was probably in the late 1960s. I’d been using a D’Angelico New Yorker, which was the same size as a Super 400 (18? body). I like that body size – and where my elbow rests.
Q: Earlier, you had a Gibson ES-175 and then a custom L-5 CES with a Florentine cutaway. That was years before the Florentine cutaway on the L-5 and Super 400. How did it come about?
KB: Gibson made me an L-5 with a deep cutaway in the late ’50s. They did it reluctantly. I played that guitar for a while, but it was too heavy. It had a much bigger block; they thought the body wouldn’t hold the neck with the deep cutaway otherwise. The 175 was too small and always felt clumsy; I couldn’t grab it comfortably with my arm. The Super 400 feels perfect for me.
Seems there's more to consider than just body size.
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