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Archtop Guitar Information (archtopgtr.shtml) | Updated: 01-Jul-2008 - 23:52
Archtop guitars are steel-stringed acoustic guitars with a distinctive "arched" belly and a sound particularly suited to blues guitar and jazz. They are also known as jazz-boxes or hollow bodies, although not all hollow body guitars are archtops.
The top (and often the back) of the archtop guitar are carved in a curved rather than a flat shape, and it normally has f-holes. This curve and f-holes are both similar to the violin family, on which they were originally based. Although any true archtop has a rich tone unamplified, most archtop guitars have some sort of pickup/microphone system, and many are intended primarily for this purpose and so may also be considered electric guitars. Most used on modern archtops are humbuckers in bridge and/or neck positions.
The archtop was invented by Lloyd Loar of the Gibson Guitar Corporation after designing a style of mandolin of the same type.
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For information on selecting a guitar for jazz visit the jazz guitar news group ( rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz) has a FAQ with answers to lots of common questions.
Making An Archtop Guitar By Robert Benedetto. Guitar. Size 8.5x11 inches. 279 pages. Published by Centerstream Publications. (174)
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Guitarmaking: Tradition And Technology By William R. Cumpiano & Jonathan D. Natelson. Guitar Text. 388 pages, 8 x 10.5, softcover. Published by Chronicle Books. (GM10000)
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Abyss Guitar Company
Kevin L. Pederson
535 N. 13th St.
Forest City, IA 50436
641 590 2593 or 641 582 3718
Fernando Alonso Jaén
La Cerca Nueva, G7 - 11
Km. 79 N-VI Madrid-La Coruñ, Spain
91 560 8782 (fijo)
620 791064 (móvil)
Steve Andersen
Andersen Musicial Instruments
7811 Greenwood Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103
206 782-8630
206 782-9345 (Fax)
Berketa Guitars
Ray Berketa
PO Box 54
Charnwood Act 2615
Australia
Phone/Fax: +02 62586548
Fax:
Toll Free:
Jean Paul Charles
Ladeira do Boqueirão 3
Centro Histórico - Sto. Antônio
Santo Antônio - Salvador-Bahia / Brasil
CEP: 40301.360
Fone: (71) 326.2773
Aaron Cowles
Unity Guitars c/o
Aaron's Music Service
115 Main Street
Vicksburg, MIÂ 49097
616-649-3929