Acoustic Archtop Guitar

The archtop guitar is largely synonymous with jazz in the context of public performance, in a small group line-up. In pre-amplification days fine archtops were somewhat large in body size and parallel (or near parallel) braced. In rhythm playing in the big bands this formula gave the archtop guitar a cutting edge and the big sound guitar players wanted. When instruments were fitted with pick-ups and amps, it was given to players to put the jazz guitar on the musical map as a solo instrument. Not only was the archtop guitar now able to hold its own in the big bands as a solo instrument, it was only a matter of time when the fine archtop guitar would fit in with diverse musical configurations. But whether in solo performance or in the midst of bands, the archtop guitar needed amplification if it was to be heard in the public forum.

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