UPGRADING AN ARCTHOP
APRIL 2017
RECENTLY A CLIENT FROM HAWAII SENT ME AN ARCH-TOP GUITAR OF HIS FROM A CHINESE MANUFACTURER. IT WAS A PRETTY NICE INSTRUMENT, IT HAD A NICE TOP, SOME REALLY NICE MAPLE BACK AND SIDES, SOLID EBONY AND I COULD TELL IT HAD SOME REAL POTENTIAL. BUT TONALLY IT WAS VERY UNBALANCED, HOLLOW SOUNDING, LACKED FOCUS AND DYNAMIC RANGE. IT JUST WASN’T A VERY PRETTY MUSICAL SOUNDING INSTRUMENT. IT SOUNDED LIKE SO MANY MANUFACTURED ARCH TOP GUITARS SOUND… THIN AND TINY.
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