- An
archtop guitar is a
hollow acoustic or semi-acoustic
guitar with a full body and a
distinctive arched top,
whose sound is
particularly po****r with...
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three most
common types are the
Neapolitan or round-backed mandolin, the
archtop mandolin and the flat-backed mandolin. The round-backed
version has a deep...
- 1950s,
Epiphone produced a
range of both
acoustic and (later)
electrified archtop guitars that
rivalled those produced by
Gibson and were the instruments...
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include the flat top
guitar (typically with a
large sound hole) or the
archtop guitar,
which is
sometimes called a "jazz guitar". The tone of an acoustic...
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credited with
creating the
archtop guitar. The 20th-century
American luthiers John D'Angelico and
Jimmy D'Aquisto made
archtop guitars.
Lloyd Loar worked...
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guitar or
electric guitar. Traditionally, jazz
electric guitarists use an
archtop with a
relatively broad hollow sound-box, violin-style f-holes, a "floating...
- and electrification. The
first electric guitars used in jazz were
hollow archtop acoustic guitar bodies with
electromagnetic transducers. The
first electrically...
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higher notes. Most
guitars of the day, with the
exception of Gibson's L-5
archtop jazz guitars, had
necks joined at the 12th fret, half the
scale length...
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called a flat top guitar, to
distinguish it from the more
specialized archtop guitar and
other variations. The
standard tuning for an
acoustic guitar...
- Ken
Parker is an
American luthier known for his
unique archtop guitars and the
Parker Fly
electric guitar which came out in 1993. He is the
founder of...
