2010年3月12日 · Here's good info from a guy who knows what he's doing- Joe at archtop.com Strings: For optimum tone, archtops respond best to medium to heavy gauge strings. Even the oldest archtop guitars are remarkably sturdy for the most part, having been built to accommodate high E strings of .014 or higher.

2024年12月8日 · from Vintage Guitars Info - Gibson archtop vintage guitar collecting Model: L-50 Acoustic Archtop Available: late 1932 to 1971. Collectibility Rating: 1932,1933: C-. 1934 and onward: D- (a very basic non-cutaway archtop model). 1932, 1933, 1934 Gibson L-50 guitars. Picture by Zizala. Sept. 1932 L-50 introduction specs: 14.75" wide, 17 1/2" long, flat back (some with arched back), most with ...

2013年3月8日 · A carved solid spruce top is the ideal standard for an acoustically delivered tone in an archtop. It should produce the fullest, richest, and most resonant tone without amplification. From there, pressed solid spruce tops are less expensive to build but can also deliver good tone. Then would come a pressed & laminated spruce top, in general with less ability to resonate. Electrification ...

2011年11月14日 · In the last couple of weeks I have talked to two major Gibson dealers and both told me that Gibson is 3 years back ordered on carved top archtop guitars and they are not taking any more orders for L-4CES, L-5CES, Super 400 and any of the other carved top guitars. I was also told "if" they do star...

2023年12月31日 · Recently acquired a late 40’s Gibson Archtop. Appears to be an L-50. Specs match up. No serial number that I can find. Seems very solid. Replaced the tuner buttons restrung it etc. Holds pitch well - harmonics are great, neck is nice and straight, action is good. As this is the first “old” guitar...

2018年4月5日 · I recently picked up a vintage archtop at a yard sale that I'm trying to learn as much as possible about. It is a Ward made by Gibson for Montgomery Ward back in the 30s. It very much resembles the Kalamazoo models made during the same period. I know, from reading posts on here and what little in...

2021年7月30日 · 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.

2023年1月26日 · From Vintage Guitars Info - Gibson archtop vintage guitar collecting (guitarhq.com) Need more info to nail it down. Definitely 1948 or newer. Per below the number was used in 1950 with an A and in 1961 with the stamping on the back of the headstock. Does it look like there's a faint A before the serial number? Is the back of the head stock stamped? The description of the '56 tailpiece leads me ...

2021年10月13日 · This was advertised as an L-48 from the 40's, but I'm not so sure. There is no stamped serial number inside the back. The guitar is the same size as my 1957 L-48, however it has 1 less fret and it has a flat back (2 piece) which really threw me.

2008年10月14日 · Around 1935 Gibson unveiled a line of archtop guitars that were affordable to the general public, which included the L-37 ($37), L-50 ($50), L-75 ($75), and the L-48.