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Cas
 Post subject: Small body archtop
PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:32 am 
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Apologies if this has been covered a lot, but I had a search and can’t find anything.

I’m looking for plans for a smaller bodied archtop guitar, any suggestions? Ideally anywhere from 15” lower bout width down to that holy grail epiphone Olympic size 13 5/8”

I’m trying to avoid scaling down bigger plans if possible as I’m unsure of the implications on changing the thickness gradient. Any advice gratefully received.
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Terence Kennedy
 Post subject: Re: Small body archtop
PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:22 am 
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I just built a 15" for a jazz guitarist in Minneapolis based on L. Mottola's plans. It turned out great. This one had double Mahogany sides and laminated plates from Steve Holst. Outer lam Mahogany on the back and Spruce on the top. It actually had a surprisingly good acoustic sound. Mounted Kent Armstrong humbucker.

https://www.liutaiomottola.com/instruments/girasoli.htm

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That's a beauty Terrence!
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Chris Pile
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Gorgeous.

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Cas
 Post subject: Re: Small body archtop
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That’s fantastic thank you.
You’ve done a lovely job there, the depth on that burst is to die for too!
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Very nice, classic look!

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Brad Goodman
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Gorgeous!

I am in the process of building a 15" double cutaway archtop.

I started with an old Epiphone Spartan pattern which was 16" and scaled it down-by eye to what looked good to me.

I originally used it for my Jazz Classical model with a single cutaway.

If you look on my website goodmanguitars.com there is a photo and you can see the shape.
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Terence Kennedy
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:24 am 
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Cas wrote:
That’s fantastic thank you.
You’ve done a lovely job there, the depth on that burst is to die for too!


You bet. I will forward your compliment to my finisher Tony Ferguson :)

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