jmendoza Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 The Archtop was one of Gibsons most famous designs, being pioneered by Orville himself, but now, sadly, Gibson no monger makes them. Is there any hope of them releasing an acoustic archtop again? Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) the custom shop still does high-end L5s, Byrdlands, and some artist signatures. I feel like they tested the waters on affordable archtops with the epiphone zenith stuff a few years back, but kind of missed the 2010's folk boom by a few years and the quality wasn't awesome. The Loar seems to be best known affordable archtop company these days, lotta folks seem to like them, including Robert Ellis who's a really great player. Edited July 30, 2021 by cunningham26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 In the past few years I purchased two new Gibson arch tops. An L5P and F5L. Both built in Tennessee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Check Heritage (the Kalamazoo Guys) for Archtops… They’re making some really outstanding Guitars! Edited August 7, 2021 by Larsongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Jim Triggs is still building archtop guitars and mandolins as well as flattops. He certainly has the street creds having been brought into Gibson in 1986 and along with Ren helped create the Bozeman shop. His niche in the guitar world even before Gibson hired him was Loar-period inspired instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 hour ago, zombywoof said: Jim Triggs is still building archtop guitars and mandolins as well as flattops. He certainly has the street creds having been brought into Gibson in 1986 and along with Ren helped create the Bozeman shop. His niche in the guitar world even before Gibson hired him was Loar-period inspired instruments. What Archtops is he currently building? I’m curious… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Larsongs said: What Archtops is he currently building? I’m curious… Pretty much he will build you anything you want. But here is a link to some of the archtops he has built. Archtops | triggsguitars Edited August 7, 2021 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 4:17 PM, Dave F said: In the past few years I purchased two new Gibson arch tops. An L5P and F5L. Both built in Tennessee I don't want an archtop, I don't need an archtop, and most important, I look silly behind one. But Jesus H. I want them archtops! Very nice. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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