I got this at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto not too long ago at $925 but am hardly ever playing it. It is dinged up a bit but in great structural...
Mike, were any of the Chinese made ones solid topped? Either the archtops or the J45s? Or were they all plywood? Darrell ... guitar. I could not believe that...
Hi from, Mike. All the archtops were Ply. The early J45's were ply. and the later ones were solid top. But as I recall. The ply J45's sounded better. The...
Hey Mike, will there be more solid top 8-string 23" (or 21") scale tenors? If so when? Thanks, Ken Heikkila On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Mike Soares...
Hi from, Mike. Not to soon. For now it will just be the ply wood ones. But we are working on a solid top 4 String Archtop. Solid top 8 Strings will not be for...
Greetings to the Group:I just bought a cheep archtop with multiple crakes in the sound board.I don't know why,but I thought it would be fun to try to fix it...
There are several ways to do it depending on the cracks. Titebond or any carpenter's glue will work well for just about anything- getting glue into the crack...
... indeed. saw at a local second-hand store a (formerly) very nice yamaha 6-string guitar that was only $50. thought that was pretty cool, so i picked it up...
Hi from, Mike. As an old Violin maker. I would say only use hide glue. As it can always be removed and re fixed. If it is an archtop solid wood guitar. I would...
Gentelmen:Thank you for the great tips and info.I will follow your advise.This could realy be fun.Go to the libary.....who would have thunk it?As always your...
Some great advice from the other guys. One thing that confuses me is your description of the guitar as a cheap archtop. I usually think of cheap archtops as...
After seeing a number of melody/practice books that provided formatted chord tabs printed above the staff line ... the obvious question/pursuit now begins. If...
I use Finale to generate lead sheets and chord charts, but I wouldn't say it's easy to use. The main advantage and the reason I use it is that I can transpose...
<What type of glue to repair archtop sound board <Posted by: "suazoi" suazoi@... suazoi <Tue Jun 3, 2008 2:32 pm (PDT) <Greetings to the Group:I just...
I use Finale to generate lead sheets and chord charts, but I wouldn't say it's easy to use. The main advantage and the reason I use it is that I can transpose...
It's been a loooong time since posting here. Been very busy in the real world. Here's a link to 8 and a half minutes of musical highlights from the stage show...
Hi, I am a certified piano tuner technician, the preferred glue for musical instuments in my field is hide glue. It fills well, sets well, is strong and in the...
Hello I would like to state that there is a difference between liquid hyde glue and glue pot hyde glue. I used liquid hyde glue to repair where the soundboard...
as frank ford points out somewhere on his site, hide glue is basically gelatin. jello. meaning that it's subject to all sorts of problems with humidity and...
I had a friend, years ago, who had a thought; "If Barnacles secrete such a strong glue as to attach themselves to the bottoms of Ocean- Liners, why not use...
Hi from, Mike. As a rule Hide glue is great and works well. But it also needs to be used properly. You do not need to use the type that you need to mix and...
Hi from, Mike. Soares'y Guitars. OK. We have a bit of a dilemma on our hands. As some of you may know. We had some better high end tenors last year that were...
Well, my vote is truly worthless as I already have one of your the arch tops from your last deal with Gibson. If I bring home any more guitars I'm toast!...
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I would love to see the acoustic/electric archtop -- most likely would buy one as soon as you have them!!! Regards, Monica ... Gibson ... another ... case ......
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