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1946 Epi Triumph acoustic archtop with bronze roundwounds. Trying out audio recording with Boss Micro BR mic.

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Music

Tags:

• jazz
• guitar
• solo

[monjoUtube]

Living in Europe, it's almost impossible for me to buy these sort of guitars, I'm just not rich enough. I try to buy things that roughly resemble them - plywood archtops in the main. In America it seems that you can still buy those in poorer condition for very reasonable prices. There have been many innovations in guitar manufacture which are improvements on the old designs, yet the basic shape, construction and decoration hasn't deviated much in 80 years.

[bleakanddivine]

@monjoUtube I bought this in Hertfordshire about 10 years ago and had it refinished.

[monjoUtube]

I can't say for sure, but I guess this man is playing a 1950s Epiphone. On my screen I can't see the headstock logo because of reflected light, but the tailpiece and pick guard look about right. I assume that the microphone is good quality, and that the sound is what you might expect from the quality of the guitar. I worry about young modern players, they seem to think that a bit of monotonic shredding somehow makes them better than Joe Pass. Lol.

[bleakanddivine]

@monjoUtube Yes, it's a 1946 Epiphone Triumph. The mic is nothing special, just the internal one on a Boss Micro BR.

[MrLizardisle]

i've always wondered what  acoustic archtops which are meant for playing jazz, would sound like with bronze roundwounds. Is it played just acoustically? no piezo, or contact mike and amp? Anyway this is really fine sounding, both guitar sound and playing.

[bleakanddivine]

@MrLizardisle Yes, just acoustically into the Micro's mic.

[bleakanddivine]

From this comment I'd say you've wasted more than just 3 minutes of your 44 years.

[jessupar]

hurray for elavator music?

[doobiz]

What Happened ???

[RcUniverseGuy]

call 911 now!!!

[MrPj74]

That was super smooth

[RayHomewood]

Nice playing : )

[jazzyedwin24]

Man...what a beauty. That's history in your hands and it still sound great. Thanks for showing us this great instrument. I enjoyed your solo on this classic tune.

Take care.

Edwin

[monjoUtube]

I do have a Loar. And as I say it's better than the other three, but I suspect not as good as a Gibson, or one of the other dozen bespoke manufaturers in the USA.

I've just got a thing about archtops. I have two with floating pickups, and several (Ibanez & Epiphone amongst them) that have humbuckers.

[monjoUtube]

@OakPark11MileRd It's the sound. It isn't so very important if an archtop is made of plywood if it has a pickup. It's quite a different matter if it is intended to be a purely acoustic instrument. Then you really do need the violin-makers' skills. I have a Godin, a Gretsch, and an Adam Black, all plywood acoustics... but The Loar, with at least some solid timber in it beats them all for volume and tone. Of course, what I really really want is a Gibson acoustic; $1000s instead of $100s

[RustyfFender]

@monjoUtube If you spell cachet; 'plywood', and you can't find a good one you can afford, buy a Godin Kingpin and a Miata will give you drive time vs shoptime on the cool old MGA. Just sayin'.

[shivarudra]

@bleakanddivine oh man, bet that set you back another 500+ eh, beautiful guitar. i would be too tempted with one to make another pickguard and mount a kent armstrong floating on it and wire it straight to an output (like my handcrafted L-5 style) sounds great though man