Custom archtop guitars find archtop guitar luthiers. My favorite archtop is a mid1930s kay deluxe the moniker they used for a short time between kay kraft and kay k2 which has a round soundhole and is relatively small having a 15 lower bout. The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar, this updated second edition features 288 pages of content, including 24 color pages and 4 tearouts. If you have experience building flat tops your first archtop will be a good guitar following his instructions. Variable thickness, on an archtop guitar, impossible. Without dispute, the arch top acoustic guitars built by robert benedetto have been the standard for jazz guitars since 1968. Archtop 6 string vintage acoustic guitars for sale ebay.
We celebrate the archtop as the pinnacle of this art. Archtop guitar plans archtop guitar, classical guitar, presentation slides. Acoustic guitars are all crafted out of strings and wood, yet the sounds each make can vary greatly. They said that company founder robert godins first guitar was an archtop and he wanted to build an affordable model that wasnt limited to jazz. Jackson js327 dka ht dinky arch top electric guitar snow white. However, archtop guitar usually refers to the hollow body form. Guild a 500 archtop jazz guitar blonde archtop guitar.
The guitar has a satin finish that shows off the grain of the canadian wild cherry top. Archtop guitars available at guitar gallery in tn a unique, highend guitar shoppe. Unfollow archtop guitars to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Archtop soundboards acoustic soundboards guitar wood. Welcome to part 3 of the new web based version of my archtop guitar book, the creation of the natura elite archtop guitar. The typical archtop is a hollowbody guitar whose form is much like that of a mandolin or violin family instrument and may be acoustic or electric. As the guitar began to evolve, its became quite popular in the blues scene and then moved on to country and rock genres. The archtop is named for the arched top, which distinguishes it from a flat top guitar. Parallel bracing, which results in a louder, more punchy voiced guitar, and x bracing, which may best be described as being warmer and with more balance. So far, we had mostly saxophone solos apart from one chick corea piano solo but this time we feature a beautiful jazz solo guitar performance by joe pass on the jazz standard summertime. In nazareth i constructed an archtop guitar with a protege of bob benedettos.
Guitar of the month current guitar of the month contest guitar of the month winners. One week later i had in my hands a beautifully constructed, playable and superb sounding archtop guitar in european spruce top and european flame maple back and sides sans finish. The archtop guitar is often credited to orville gibson, whose innovative designs led to the formation of the gibson mandolinguitar mfg. The plan is to build an archtop guitar and a guitarshaped octave mandolin gom side by side. Includes a list of suppliers to acquire all the tools and materials listed.
Welcome to american archtop guitars, unger electric guitars and nazareth guitar institute where the father and son duo, dale and tyler unger, build custom guitars and teach others how to do the same. Our focus is still used and vintage instruments and we are actively buying any good quality guitars, banjos, mandolins and ukuleles by major american makers. Robert benedetto is an american luthier of archtop jazz guitars. I will be posting a new chapter every week or so from now through the end of the year to allow you to more easily read and enjoy it online and to see some of the many photos and other media that we were not able to include in the printed version. I cant claim to know proper guitar terminology but i think you and deepak are referring to different bottoms.
Archtop guitar buyerss guide, from riverboat musictm. The city limits jazz is a fully appointed all solid wood jazz archtop. Plans for making single cutaway archtop jazz guitar. Our highly targeted marketing and worldwide coverage can help. Includes everything from the first video but has all the steps ive taken since uploading that one. Make offer vtg harmony broadway archtop acoustic guitar w hsc vintage 50s 60s guitar gibson l7 accoustic archtop guitar, ex con 2001 hand signed by maker. I love both the feel and the sound which straddles the line between an archtop and flattop. We bring together the customer and exclusive guitar luthiers who have devoted their lives to the creation of their magnificent custom instruments.
See what industry greats have said about this book. Virtual guitar lounge for lovers of the archtop guitars. American archtop guitars and nazareth guitar building. Acoustic archtop guitar bracing by bob benedetto divider archtop guitar bracing patterns most makers and players would agree that, in general, there are two preferred bracing patterns. News and information tutorials instrument setup instrument building electronics finishingrefinishing inlay and binding repair and maintenance tools and workshop tips. I probably wouldnt have built one but a client talked me into it about 6 years ago and i got the book and dvds and it turned out great. Many players find the 16inch body size more comfortable to play than the 17 or 18inch. Quality of craftsmanship, choice of materials and designs make them sound different from one another.
How to model an archtop guitar in autocad 2012 autodesk. An archtop guitar looks distinctively different from a standard guitar. Perfect for travel, the baby is an excellent songwriters tool. Guitarsguitar kitsmusic guitarcool guitarguitar bodyguitar necksheet music. The palen archtop is an x braced traditional instrument, descendent from the daquisto school of instruments very light and acoustic. The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar by one of the most talented luthiers of the twentieth century. The baby series is our most diminutive guitar and features a comfortable 24 18 scale length. I know of no other work offering comprehensive step by step coverage of the making of an acoustic jazz guitar. Friends of the archtop guitar public group facebook. The top countries of supplier is china, from which the percentage of jazz guitar kits supply is 100% respectively. Some solidbody electric guitars are also considered archtop guitars, the most notable being the gibson les paul. It features a hand carved and graduated top and back, slightly thicker than many typical archtop guitars, with a very resonant and acoustic tone.
Benedetto walks the reader through all aspects of construction through to marketing your finished work. Instruments accessories ordering tips friends selling your guitar. Archtop guitar plans guitars musical instruments scribd. Additionally, they can accommodate both sharp and rounded cutaways. As the webs premier specialist in vintage archtop guitars, is uniquely positioned to place your guitar with a qualified buyer who will truly appreciate its special value.
All workshops are held in nazareth, pennsylvania at the nazareth guitar institute. Tom bills has been hand crafting one of a kind custom guitars for the top players and collectors around the world since 1998. The best archtop guitars were made in the 1950s and 1960s. The luthier erich solomon makes fewer than 10 archtops per year in his small shop, in epping, new hampshire, for a select group of players including mark goldenberg and steely dans walter becker. These are plans for building an archtop guitar, typically. Tom is also the author of the guitar making bookdvd set the art of lutherie published by mel bay, and has written for and been featured in may publications both in print and online as well as several television and film spots.
Archtop guitar building class american archtop guitars. Please use caution, common sense, and safe buying and selling practices when using. The friends of the archtop guitar fotag is a group of professional and amateur builders, players, collectors, hobbyists and enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation and innovation of. We will also pay well for musical antiquities and oddities of decent quality. With a thin body depth and floating lollar pickup, the cl jazz has exceptional tonal focus and acoustical. This is a 7day workshop for the completion of an archtop guitar from start to finish. We used the same methods outlined in this book and dvds. Palen archtops are among the finest archtop guitars ever built. So basically, wed be silly not to stock an archtop hollow body guitar kit, as they play a major part in guitar history. How to model an archtop guitar in autocad 2012 alfred, hopefully the attached picture will help you understand what im trying to do, this is a jpg file of an arch top guitar, im trying to create a 3d model of this. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or inquiries. Fine archtops mission fine archtops is devoted to the archtop jazz guitar. In a different direction, well now check out the making of a luxurious custom archtop, from the raw wood to the gleaming, finished instrument.
Oskar graf luthier, maker of fine handcrafted classical, acoustic, steelstring and archtop guitars since 1970. Please call us if you are looking to sell instruments by martin, gibson, fender, epiphone, vega, gretsch, national, fairbanks. A tribute page to the archtop guitars and the music they inspire. Octave mandolin builders are more rare, and there is no entrenched design standard like there is for mandolins and jazz guitars. A wide variety of jazz guitar kits options are available to you, there are 86 suppliers who sells jazz guitar kits on, mainly located in asia. Electronic version build your own guitar with these benedetto 17 archtop guitar plans from georgia luthier supply the most detailed guitar plans youll find anywhere. A stepbystep look at how an archtop guitar is crafted. Only a sixstring archtop guitar with a 17 x 3 body will be offered. Acoustic archtop guitar bracing bob benedetto the art. Among the features of this instrument were a violinstyle arched top. If you put a guitar down on a flat surface, the flat top guitar with have a flat, level top. Joe pass summertime 1992 solo jazz guitar transcription. It is that of an archtop guitar, which as you can see, i have modeled the top surface. Save 7 string archtop guitar to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed.
Georgia luthier supply benedetto 17 archtop guitar plans. Holst custom stringed instruments 2016 sheets of veneer ready to glue and press. Archtop laminating acoustic and hollowbody guitar chat. I desired to utilize my understanding to improve the guitar making process and. Guild a 500, and a350 archtops were among the finest and had that great vintage tone that you just cant find in new guitars today. Neither one would be a great guitar the top is laminated birch and the steel reinforcement in the neck is a piece of vshaped sheet steel shot lengthwise into it, so if it ever starts to bow. See more ideas about archtop guitar, jazz guitar and guitar. Each laminated plate can be used as a top or back as they are symmetrical.
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