Archtop Jazz Guitar Luthiers

 

For more information on Dale's guitars visit the listing right here and
be sure to check out the American Archtop web site.

gtr_case.png 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 - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com

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 - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com

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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