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adamo_musica
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Does anyone know where to find good cheap archtop guitars?? Where i live the closest thing i can find is a few hollowbody Gibsons for millions of pennies.
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setabkcin
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you could try an ibanez art core.....
Moonrider
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Give the Ibanez artcore line a good going over, I've got an AM73 I picked up for $275 (normally go for $299) and the fit, finish, and action are simply stellar for a guitar in this price range
hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
Check out the these: http://edromanguitars.com/guitar/home_sam.htm
The archtop jazz boxes seem to be an exceptionally good deal.
The archtop jazz boxes seem to be an exceptionally good deal.
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adamo_musica
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are old harmonys any good? i saw one at a pawn shop for like 200 bucks.
AlChuck
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I've had a Cort LCS-1 Larry Coryell signature model for a couple of years now, it's simply excellent for the price (about $750 with hardshell case). I suspect the Samicks are similar. I was also very impressed with an Ibanez Artcore model I tried, at about half the price of the Cort...
hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
adamo_musica said:
That's a rip off. As are most items in most pawn shops. They(Harmony's) basically have only collectors value. If I saw one at a garage sale for twenty bucks I'd buy it, though.
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onlyfingers
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Cheap is relative. Eastman and Hoffner say they are cheap, at $2000, next to the $15,000 you'd be paying for an archtop jazz box the next step up.
When I was looking, I saw the Epiphone Joe Pass, for about $600 new. Didn't like the idea of a laminated top.
If you're into the rockabilly kind of new archtop, the Epiphone Red Dot has a lot of fans. I've never tried one.
I looked for used, but I really felt I didn't know enough about them to go that way. There was a Gibson for $150. If it's trash (and I couldn't really tell), $150 is a lot of money. I was just on ebay, and they had a new electric archtop for about $350. Also, check out what Rondo Music has. http://www.rondomusic.net/
When I was looking, I saw the Epiphone Joe Pass, for about $600 new. Didn't like the idea of a laminated top.
If you're into the rockabilly kind of new archtop, the Epiphone Red Dot has a lot of fans. I've never tried one.
I looked for used, but I really felt I didn't know enough about them to go that way. There was a Gibson for $150. If it's trash (and I couldn't really tell), $150 is a lot of money. I was just on ebay, and they had a new electric archtop for about $350. Also, check out what Rondo Music has. http://www.rondomusic.net/
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onlyfingers
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philboyd studge
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adamo_musica said:
A pre 1960 higher end Harmony can be pretty good....close to a Gibson L-50 and have enough character to get you unto open mics in Austin and Nashville, but for a player, the new Chinese crappola is a lot better but you'll be laughed out of town.
hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
philboyd studge said:
Wow! I thought Harmony only made cheap, beginner guitars.
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lpdeluxe
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MF's last flyer had a big body archtop for under $250US. It had the look, but I can't guarantee the tone....
Here it is: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/bigpid/base_id/113853/
Here it is: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/bigpid/base_id/113853/
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faderbug
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just buy an artcore
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mrface2112
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i have to second (or is that fourth?) the Ibanez Artcore. i picked one up for $200 (used, but it might as well have been new) at my local GC a month or so ago, and that thing plays like a dream. tone's pretty nice too. it'll go from jazz clean to shred mean with the spin of a knob. mine's the AG75--the sunburst one.
see, i had no intention of buying a guitar that day, but i picked it up and just couldn't put it down. total impulse buy, but it's becoming my "go to" guitar for both recording and playing (over an 88 US tele). all i need now is a strat and an LP and i've got most of the bases covered--but honestly, this thing gives me a chunk of that LP-style sound. very similar to the gibson hollowbodies in terms of tone. and it's got the wider (adult width
) fretboard that the gibsons have, too, which is a welcome change over my tele.
so if you can't afford one of the gibsons, *try* an Artcore. sure it's cheap and chinese, but you'll be pleasantly surprised.
cheers,
wade
see, i had no intention of buying a guitar that day, but i picked it up and just couldn't put it down. total impulse buy, but it's becoming my "go to" guitar for both recording and playing (over an 88 US tele). all i need now is a strat and an LP and i've got most of the bases covered--but honestly, this thing gives me a chunk of that LP-style sound. very similar to the gibson hollowbodies in terms of tone. and it's got the wider (adult width
) fretboard that the gibsons have, too, which is a welcome change over my tele.so if you can't afford one of the gibsons, *try* an Artcore. sure it's cheap and chinese, but you'll be pleasantly surprised.
cheers,
wade
ibanezrocks
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My vote goes to the artcores, I think thats 5 now. Another option would be the epiphone dot, but they're pretty hit or miss, you have to really try them out to make sure you don't get a bad one. The artcores are a really safe bet, I haven't found one that isn't great for the price.
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adamo_musica
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Yeah the guys in that pawn shop are still selling original nintendo games for 20 bucks each.
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Dani Pace
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Ibanez Artcore and Silvertone 330 are both very good (well made and good tone) and both are in the $300 to $400 price range. If you are looking for something with the " Gretch, Country Gentleman," or " Gibson ES335," sound or feel, either of these guitars might surprise you and save you a few thousand bucks in the process.
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Axis
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not to beat a dead horse but artcores all the way cheap and sound amazing... play it regularly for jazz, blues, hard rock. Sounds great on all styles i've used it for.
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