Choosing the Best Jazz Archtop Guitar

If you’re a long-time guitar player or if you’re just starting out, making sure you pick the best guitar to suit your needs and musical tastes is incredibly important. You don’t want to put a lot of time and money into an instrument that you’ll only play once or twice. There are several different kinds of guitars and one of the most popular types is the jazz archtop guitar.

Choosing the best jazz archtop guitar is a very subjective decision. A lot of the decision-making process will depend on you: how good are you at playing guitar? Are you a new student or have you been playing for awhile? What kind of music will you be playing, and how often do you plan to play? Will you be playing solo or in a band? Sit down and think through these questions and come up with some clear answers. That will help guide you in finding the best jazz archtop guitar for your needs.

There are three main types of archtop guitars: the solid body, which is what most jazz guitarists use; the semi-hollow body, which is more of a middle ground in terms of jazz guitars; and archtop guitars, which are higher-end guitars but they produce the best sound overall.

And remember that the old cliché rings true when you are in the process of purchasing a jazz archtop guitar: you get what you pay for. You don’t have to break the bank when you buy one, but you also don’t want to spend a small amount of money either, especially if you get a luthier to make a custom jazz archtop guitar for you.

When you are ready to purchase a jazz archtop guitar, contact us here at Fine Archtops. We can put you in touch with the best luthiers out there! Call us at 612-366-7120 or Contact Us.

Jazz Guitars: Archtop Guitars & More

Are you relatively new to the archtop guitar community? If so, welcome! There's a lot that goes on in the world of archtop and jazz guitars. If you're looking to buy one of these guitars for yourself, there are a lot of styles to choose from. If learning to play the guitar has been on your "To Do" list, now is the time to indulge yourself. We have outlined a couple of different jazz guitar styles below.

Types of Jazz Guitars

When you first dive into your options for jazz guitars, you'll find more options than you could have ever imagined. There are standard jazz guitars to choose from, but there are also luthiers that create custom jazz guitars as well. Many of them are able to completely customize to your specifications. But, if you're just starting out and not looking for a custom guitar at this point, there are three basic types of jazz guitars.

·         Solid Body: This type of guitar usually skirts around the jazz genre, becoming most popular in rock, country and blues. It's known for its ability to produce a high volume of sound. This type of guitar also produces little to no feedback.

·         Semi-Hollow: This type of jazz guitar is very versatile. It has one of the truest "jazz sounds" of all the jazz guitars out there. It's more of a mid-sized instrument, but it can pack a punch. It is used by many famous jazz artists.

·         Archtop: The king of all the jazz guitars. Archtop guitars are regularly used by the professionals. They are known for their famous arched tops, which allow for a full-bodied sound. They are usually acoustic, but they can be made semi-acoustic.

If you're looking for even more information about archtop guitars, please visit the website today or give us a call at 612-366-7120.

If You're Happy With Fine Archtops, Spread The Word!

We here at Fine Archtops just love all things music and guitar. And we are always happy when we can connect one of our luthiers to a guitar enthusiast like yourself. But now we have a favor to ask of you. Can you take a few minutes of your time to leave us a positive review at one of the websites listed below?

The best marketing tool in our arsenal is a word-of-mouth recommendation. Our company thrives on these types of referrals, and we rely heavily on them to get the word out about our services and what we can offer to music and archtop guitar lovers. So when our customers have a good experience with us, we want to know all about it, and we'd love for potential customers to know all about it too! We could spend thousands of dollars a month on newspaper ads, radio ads and even TV ads and not get anywhere near as many new customers as we do when we get positive recommendations from former and current customers. And nowadays with the Internet, word-of-mouth recommendations are even more far-reaching because you can connect to people online who you don't even know in real life. And businesses like us definitely can appreciate that kind of advertising!

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We really appreciate you taking the time to write a positive review for us, and we hope that you will think of us any time someone mentions wanting a custom archtop guitar! We take a great deal of pride in our customer service, and we know our luthiers do too. So when our customers are happy, we're happy.

And when you are in the market for an archtop guitar, Contact Us or call 612-366-7120.