Custom Built Maple Archtop Acoustic Guitar

This is a one-of-a-kind archtop with a glued-on bridge, X bracing, bridgeplate, and circle-of-sound bracing.

• Back and sides: 20-year-old domestic curly maple
• Top: Finest, close-grain Engleman spruce
• Hand carved ebony bridge, glued on--no tailpiece
• Ebony fingerboard, floating pickguard and headstock veneer.
  (A glued on pickguard can mute the top a bit. plastic ones are the worst.)
• Domestic curly maple neck-always quartersawn for maximum stability
• Bone bridge pins, saddle, and nut
• Hand inlaid "om" truss-rod cover
• Schaller gold mini tuners with ebony handles (minis are lighter weight)
• K & K pure western pick up system
• Adjustable truss rod
• Finish : Nitro Amber Sunburst
• Scale : 25/3/8
• Nut / Width : Bone - 1 11/16"
• Strings : .011- .049
• Body : 15 3/4"
• Frets : Jumbo

This Archtop Guitar is a Strong Solo Instrument

My arch-top design results in both great dynamic range and a broad palette of tonal color. The piano-like attack combined with tremendous sustain is the jazz guitarist's dream. It permits the player to exploit all the resources of the instrument in ways that have not previously been possible. It has always been my intention to construct guitars that are capable of outperforming instruments that are currently on the market. My guitars are especially appreciated by musicians who perform with other instruments - sax, drums, upright bass and pianos. It is in these situations where a clear leading voice is of prime importance. The tone of your playing can be rich and varied, tender without being lush, and incisive without being harsh. You can bring an audience to tears or bring them to their feet.

In addition to creating a strong solo instrument, this unique archtop guitar has amazed musicians and collectors who have played it. The sound is a cross between a flat top and an archtop. Players have compared it favorably with D'Aquisto's later hand-made instruments.