Any love for archtops?

[rsm]

while not a guitar I use often, always liked archtops.

Recently sold my D'Angelico EXL-1 in blueburst:

Still have my Harmony Cremona V, mid-late 1930s:

Plan to get another archtop with a pickup eventually; non-cutaway.

 

[CrystalSky]

Lots of love for achtops…


…On TGP

 

[rsm]

Lots of love for achtops…


…On TGP

 

[japetus]

I played a 58 ES-125 for like a year straight and wanted to gig it, but it was just so finicky when it came to tuning stability and humidity. But I love them

 

[VonBonfire]

I let go of a nice late 90's Guild X-170 recently. Really sweet guitar but I just couldn't live with the lack of upper fret access and it's pretty much a no go for gigs most of the year with the heat and sweat. My #1 is a semi hollow.

 

[DanTravis62]

I mean a 125 or 175 sure

But not one of the gay things without a bridge pickup for nonces with elbow patch tweed jackets

 

[Smash]

As long as no birds on the fretboard

 

[VHTStark]

I know there is not a lot of PRS love around here, but my fave is my JA-15 model.

 

[rsm]

I mean a 125 or 175 sure

But not one of the gay things without a bridge pickup for nonces with elbow patch tweed jackets

More Freddie Green swing jazz for me

 

[Smash]

I know there is not a lot of PRS love around here, but my fave is my JA-15 model.

I will pray for you

 

[gybe!]

Does this count? Hand built by my cousin in law…she does the snarl

 

[legend71]

I love Archtop guitars as long as they are playable and have low action. I had a 70s ES175 copy by Ventura years ago I bought for 300 bucks. It was awesome and I should have hung onto it and never sold it, but we all have stories like that. It was so much fun. It depends on your application of course. In a rock n roll context, it was not great. I also rocked a 335 for so many years and that was killer (although not really an archtop I know)