Samois Archtop Guitar by Nigel Forster

Luthier Nigel Forster has made his name known by creating innovative, unique archtop guitars. His notoriety for being one of the most creative luthiers continues with his latest creation, Samois, which features a long-neck design in order to respond to the demands of today’s players.

Here’s Giles Strong demonstrating on the Samois:

Nigel had the following to say about the video:

I've known Giles for years, and he's always been a great player. I was really glad he came over to demonstrate my latest archtop guitar - Samois. The guitar is a new variation on my "Charlie" jazz guitar design. It features a lovely Bearclaw European spruce soundboard married to a cocobolo body. The neck and fretboard are 1 piece solid Indian rosewood. The pickup is a handmade AlNiCo III Kent Armstrong humbucker and the strings are D'Addario jazz light nickel.

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