Archtop Jazz
Archtop Jazz
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What is the benefit (if any) for using a 25.5" scale guitar for jazz as opposed to a 24.75" scale?
I'm learning to play jazz, and I cannot afford an archtop, so I use a solid-body. I know there's long scale solid-body guitars like strats and teles, and I've seen Warmoth has 24.75" conversion necks for Fenders. I see that most jazz players use the 24.75" scale as opposed to full scale. Is there a reason for the shorter scale guitar in jazz? Is there any benefit of playing the longer fender scale?
That extra 3/4" will do nothing to jazz playing. Most jazz players I teach don't play on the top registers like the 15th fret plus....
The shorter scale is slightly stronger and is used mainly on electric-acoustic guitars. The neck is also thicker and because the gitar is often hollow, we caompensate with a thicker and shorter neck.
Having said all this, the guitar will only sound as good as you can play it. Even if the guitar had 30 frets if you can't play well, the extra frets won't help and vice-versa.
Enjoy
Big Archtop
Big Archtop
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What jazz amp should i get?
I'm currently looking at the Marshall MG4 Series MG100HFXRS and MG412ARS Half Stack. It's $550 and rather large. I already have a portable amp but now i want something big that i can hook my archtop up to. I don't want to spend much more then $550 but i want some great sound. Help?
Polytone make great amps, no doubt, but tyou will neww to spend more than $500.
Also for the price the Roland Cube 80 is a superior sounding amp and is fairly light weight. You can pull great tones from it aswell. It is $500 CDN. Small enough to take to gigs, big enough that you have plenty of head room.
Guitar Archtop
Guitar Archtop
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 Vintage Western Auto Truetone Archtop Guitar US $115.00
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 Fender dAquisto A1 Archtop Guitar US $2,800.00
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 Vintage Harmony Broadway Archtop Acoustic Guitar with Case US $400.00
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 Johnson Archtop Electric Guitar Used US $299.00
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how do i reset a guitar neck?
I recently got an old archtop but the neck is loose. It moves a little bit when the strings are off. I wanted to know if there is an inexspensive way to fix the looseness.
You need to take it to a guitar repair store and the will adjust it for you.
Archtop Guitar
Archtop Guitar
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Vintage Guitar Archtop Rosewood Bridge L50 ES US $75.00
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Vintage Western Auto Truetone Archtop Guitar US $115.00
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Fender dAquisto A1 Archtop Guitar US $2,800.00
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Vintage Harmony Broadway Archtop Acoustic Guitar with Case US $400.00
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Johnson Archtop Electric Guitar Used US $299.00
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Alternative Classical Guitars, Including Portuguese And Flat Top
Although its exact history is a little hazy, and subject to much discussion, it is thought that the traditional Portuguese guitar can be traced back as far as the medieval period, and although you will often find references that suggest that it was based on the traditional English guitar, this is most certainly not the case, in particular for the very good reason that there simply is no such thing! The Portuguese guitar is a traditional twelve string instrument which is most notable for its use in the traditional Portuguese Fado music.
When people suggest that the Portuguese guitar comes from the traditional English guitar, what is really being referred to here is not ancestry of design, but rather the quality of build. It was at the time that the Portuguese guitar was being designed and introduced that England was famous for making guitars, and the reputation of these English guitars was very solid. The Portuguese guitar is therefore a descendent of the period when guitars were being made to a high standard in England. Rather than of English origin, the Portuguese guitar is more likely to have its roots in either the medieval citar, or the lute which came from Arabic traditions.
More than likely it was a combination of both of these types of instrument. The Portuguese is an example of a classic guitar, but is not the only type of classic guitar to be available as an alternative to the traditional ones. Another popular type of classical guitar is the flat top steel string guitar. The main difference is that instead of using nylon to create the strings, they are made from steel. This provides a significantly different timbre to the note, but because it has to be tensed and stretched to a very high degree, it has affected the overall shape of the guitar. Often people think that the shape of a flat top guitar is to enhance sound or create some alternate quality of sound to a normal guitar, but it is largely based purely on ensuring that the guitar is strong enough to withstand the tension of the steel strings, since a normal guitar structure would more than likely simply snap in half during the initial tuning up.
The neck of a steel strung guitar is very much reinforced, and the design gives it a strong look and feel. The body is also usually much larger than a normal classic guitar, and also thought his is to act as an extra brace for the strings, it also adds a greater resonance for the notes. The sound created by steel strings rather than nylon ones is described as being much brighter and crisper, and often people suggested that it creates a much louder sound too.
Flat top guitars or steel strung guitars are most often to be found used in traditional folk music, country, jazz and blues, and the music associated with these genres can be thought to reflect the characteristics of the guitar used. A third alternative to the traditional classic guitar is the archtop guitar, and these again used steel strings rather than nylon, creating the crisp bright sound, but the distinctive feature of an archtop guitar is a f-hole which looks very similar to the design of a violin.
The top and back of the guitar's body are carved in this distinctive curved fashion, and the shape is derived from a similar style of mandolin created by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. The archtop guitar can be made available in either the classic form, or as an electric equivalent, and the sound created by these guitars is quite distinctive and has proven very popular with musicians from both the classical and country traditions, and popular music, with the country musicians using the acoustic version of the archtop, and the popular music musicians using its electric equivalent, which often comes with a tremolo arm, particularly when used in rock music.
what is the best acoustic/electric archtop guitar?
The best archtop is Benedetto but there are lots of other good brands like Triggs, Campelone, D'Ambrosio, Buscarino, Gibson (Super 400C), and D'Angelico.
Archtop Acoustic
Archtop Acoustic
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About Guitars – You Need to Know
We have seen many guitars. Do you know the history? How many do you know about guitars?
A guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar also vary, producing a variety of sounds. The two main types of guitars are the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar (of which the three main types are the classical guitar, the steel-string flattop guitar, and the archtop guitar). Now there are many kinds of guitars for sale on the market.
Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in flamenco, jazz, blues, country, mariachi, rock music, and many forms of pop. They can also be a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the tone is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone. Such electric guitars were introduced in the 1930s, and they have continued to have a profound influence on popular culture since then. Traditionally guitars have been constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers.
Now there are many guitar makers. They offer all kinds of guitars with comparatively low price. Txmyge.com offers China wholesale guitars with high quality and low price.
R&P: what is a good acoustic guitar to get?
I only have $200 to spend and I need to know a good acoustic guitar to get for 200 bucks or under. I was thinking maybe this http://www.guitarcenter.com/Dean-Performer-Archtop-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-512177-i1147591.gc what do you think? and I'm not a beginner guitarist so please don't mention a beginner guitar.
and I like to play metal/grunge/hard rock music... and I already have a nice electric guitar if that helps any.
Well, I've only heard good or great things about Alvarez acoustics--even their cheap models that cost about $200 (some cheaper than that!). Of course, I'd still recommend trying an acoustic out before you decide on it!