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NEW ARRIVAL  D’Angelico have been at the top end of archtop builders since 1932, and are one of the most iconic of them all. Still making wonderful guitars, although now under new ownership, they...

SOLD  The Washburn J-6 is a tribute to Wes Montgomery, and a great copy of his Gibson L-5. The J-6 became the J-6S in 2004 to reflect the use of a solid Spruce top with Maple back and sides. It’s a...

NEW ARRIVAL  Emile Grimshaw was one of the forerunners of British guitar building. Working in the 1930’s and 40’s, based in Piccadilly in the heart of London, he produced both archtops and flat...

SOLD  The Synchromatic 6014 was only in production from 1952 - 1959, usually in sunburst, so it’s quite rare to find a blonde example. This is an affordable way to get a great sounding early 50’s...

NEW ARRIVAL  This is an early Japanese made Ibanez Salvador, before they became simply Ibanez in 1957. In the early 1900’s they had been made in Spain, mainly making classical guitars. Then in the...

SOLD  There are few guitars that look more suited to play the blues than a Dobro resonator. The inverted resonator cone gives power and punch, and is perfect for players who focus on open tunings...

NEW ARRIVAL  Crafton Rex are one of the best, yet least known archtop guitar makers of the 1940’s and 50’s.  Considered to be luxury guitars, this is the top of the line model from the classic...

NEW ARRIVAL  This is an interesting example of a JMI produced guitar before they put a Vox badge on their headstocks and produced some of the 60’s most extravagant electric guitars. Most famously...

NEW ARRIVAL  Hofner have a long tradition of making fine acoustic and electric archtop guitars at affordable prices, and their thinline electric range is probably their most desirable. Refinished in...

NEW ARRIVAL  National guitars have become a bit of an institution for making resonator guitars, but it’s less known that for a short period they made archtops, and these have become quite desirable...