Other Guitar Styles / Instruments

Rene Thomas with Stan Getz - video

Internet Jazz Radio

Anyone have any idea who built this guitar?

Thinking about upgrading my Montreal Premiere ......

"But Not TOO Good!" Original Tune...

The rise of many of the great independent archtop luthiers predated the cessation of Gibson archtop production by several decades.

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

filtertrons being slightly lower output have nice clarity...but can also get nice rich low end..very dependent on guitar and amp settings....a filtertron thru an old gretsch mud switch approaches...

Thinking about upgrading my Montreal Premiere ... maybe

There may well be a plethora of used Gibsons available in the USA and Canada ? But there is not an abundance of them in Europe , and in particular the UK, Cost as well as lack of availability ...

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

The process has begun. We have now agreed to use Swiss Spruce on a carved top. That's all for now. I'll be sending him a deposit as soon as I receive his info. Should I start a new...

Steve Holst be Da Man!

Thanks, Jim - you may be right. I guess I'd just like a bit more clarity and definition (sparkle?) with maybe a touch more attitude (upper midrange). I'm not looking to turn it into a Gretsch (or a...

Thinking about upgrading my Montreal Premiere ... maybe

That's very interesting, because I recently picked up a Supro Tremoverb (one of the new ones), and it IMMEDIATELY sounded better with the Supro than with my PRRI... the Supro is definitely more...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

Yeah, too late to tell him to rotate the &^%$# bridge on that thing.

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

filtertrons can get super nice hollow jazz tone...heck even hi-lo's can!...but they need the right amp...pickier than most pickups!...they like old fenders!..i never heard them better than with...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

There is some interesting factory tour video out there. Godin uses a lot of automated fabrication and finishing processes, and their hand-labour processes rely heavily on jigs that speed the process...

La Patrie Guitars are now Godin Guitars

I think that the archtop guitar with the floater does not sound wood-y at all. I think it sounds string-y. When I think of, for example, Johnny Smith's classic tone I hear strings rather than wood....

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

Damn, too late!

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

I think the less expensive Phreds are made in China and then QC'd here in the United States. The more expensive ones, however, might be made by a factory that we've actually heard of. Looking at the...

Languedoc (ie trey anastasio’s) guitars

Really? I didn’t know that. Not surprised about the pickups though. Hard to improve on Gibson pickups at least at that point in time.

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

I think it shows you can make quality guitars at a reasonable price in North America, as long as they don’t have too much bling and prestige, i.e., collectibility, attached to them.

La Patrie Guitars are now Godin Guitars

Here's a link to Laurence Wexer's exquisite collection listed on Gbase. https://www.gbase.com/powered/laurence-wexer-ltd

PSA - Gibson Tal and L5CTES for sale

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

Jgbe virtual jam, round 1

Some very cool new amps coming from Fender.

2003 Epiphone Emperor Regent Video added

Jgbe Virtual Jam, Round 2

Your Gibson L-5 Choice

Green Heritage JS?

Is this a fake Gibson?

Retail therapy...bought a Martin 000

New Ibanez Thinline Hollowbodies

Thinline acoustic archtop?

Steve Holst be Da Man!

1988 Gibson ES-175–woohoo!