18 inch archtop

[needsmorecowbel]

http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/ ... uitar.html

Have a client who keen on having an 18 inch archtop made but JEEZ THEY ARE BIG

"Measurements (actual): Total guitar length: 1094 mm (43-1/16″)
Back length: 542 mm (21-11/32″)
Upper bout width: 358 mm (14-3/32″)
Waist width: 303 mm (11-15/16″)
Lower bout width: 467 mm (18-3/8″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 86 mm (3-3/8″)
Rib height, at waist: 85 mm (3-11/32″)
Rib height, at end block: 83 mm (3-1/4″)
Head length: 203 mm (8″)
Head width, top: 107 mm 4-7/32″)
Head width, bottom: 84 mm (3-5/16″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 356 mm (14″)
Neck width, nut: 42 mm (1-21/32″)
Neck width, heel: 54 mm (2-1/8″)
Soundhole length: 173 mm (6-13/16″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): high E: 644 mm (25-11/32″); low E: 646 mm (25-7/16″) "

[rocket]

Hmmm, the 17" archtop is a substantial size, although this one is just a tad larger it does end up quite a large guitar.
Cheers Stu,,,,
Rod.

[needsmorecowbel]

The '18 inchers' are amazing guitars for jazz...but I'd argue that their versatility is not as great as the 17 inch archtops
I will use youtube to make my point

Country Western 18 inch Archtop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIPgO_meG2Q

Jazz Archtop

There's just something wrong with someone playing country on an 18 inch Archie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebA3Rflf7TE

[Puff]

So does the client wish to play country - a fairly wide horizon on its own - or jazz, which these days spreads over no small pallet. Or does the client just want an 18" archtop with FF holes like that one .......

[needsmorecowbel]

Nah he studied Jazz Improv at the Victorian College of the Arts and Music so he's looking for something very similar to a Gibson super 400 or the D'Angelico New Yorker with f holes and 18 inch across the lower bout and a fairly standard rounded cutaway.