Jazz archtop guitar to play gipsy jazz/manouche?

fourowls

MichaelHorowitz wrote: »

Speaking of archtops, we have this super cool Collings AT-16 Koa model coming into the shop. Drop dead gorgeous...

Wow...I would sell my grandma for that....stunning...

Jazzaferri

lovely looking guitar indeed. I can hardly wait to hear your clip

Shemi

That is a stunning guitar! I've just picked this old Hofner up. No label inside so I need to do a bit of research to find out which model exactly it is, but I think it's probably made in thec60's as it has the truss rod. It's living in the lounge at the moment and doesn't sound too bad for GJ. Very quiet though, so good for late night practicing. (Apologies if the wallpaper hurts your eyes, we've just moved house and I've yet to take the stripper to that room!lol)

rgrice

@fourowls I think you'd find having even an I expensive GJ guitar would be all the convincing you need. I played on a second hand Gitane 250m for a couple of years before lucking into my Dupont. I swear if I knew what I know now, I'd have cut out the beginner guitar and fine straight for the kill. It was really hard to sell my Gitane; original owner actually bought it back from me. If you know you're into it; but the most guitar you can.
You wouldn't settle for a cheapo flat top; you'd get a Martin, Gibson, or Taylor. other guitars are

fourowls

rgrice wrote: »

@fourowls I think you'd find having even an I expensive GJ guitar would be all the convincing you need. I played on a second hand Gitane 250m for a couple of years before lucking into my Dupont. I swear if I knew what I know now, I'd have cut out the beginner guitar and fine straight for the kill. It was really hard to sell my Gitane; original owner actually bought it back from me. If you know you're into it; but the most guitar you can.
You wouldn't settle for a cheapo flat top; you'd get a Martin, Gibson, or Taylor. other guitars are

Yes true, and I have a handmade ERG (Israeli luthiers) and it is a different league to the Gitanes and Altamiras (the Altamiras were actually not bad at all!).

Bones

Yeah what Michael said about archtops. Typically good (or great) for rhythm but don't have the single note cutting power of a good Selmac ACOUSTICALLY. Amplified a different story. Feedback (when amplified) can be an issue but that needs to be dealt with on any acoustic guitar, archtop or selmac.

That said every instrument is different and if you find one you like, great!

Michael_Glenn

Is this guitar for sale?

Jazzaferri

I think if you contact Michael Horowitz he will tell you when it arrives at his shop. Unless already spoken for it should be for sale

Bones

PS- BTW, don't get me wrong. I love archtops! Love Selmacs too! As they say, it's all good.

MichaelHorowitz

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Michael_Glenn wrote: »

Is this guitar for sale?

@Michael_Glenn Yes, we just listed it here: http://www.djangobooks.com/Item/collings-at16-koa

I've been playing the Collings AT16 for the last hour, it's really quite incredible! Very balanced but still with nice presence and great single note projection. You can go from swing to Beatles to folk to Gypsy and it all sounds good!