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Musicians Friend Stupid Deal of the Day is the Guild A-150 Savoy archtop at $699.
Got it goin' on right here...
Yeah - I was one minute late to the party. That kakerlak fella is purty dang quick ...
LOL, sometimes... With no holes in the top and no real collectible value, I've sometimes fantasized about buying one of these A models and putting whatever pickups/controls I can dream up in them. They'd be a heckuva blank canvas...
You mean something like the Harmony that JJ Cale made his living with?
...crushed top guitars will feedback quicker than laminate guitars. So, if you wanna load a bunch of pickups in one of these guitars, well, ah,
Caveat Emptor!!
The funny thing on a guitar like this is that the designation 'solid top' does not mean a carved top. At this price point, it usually means a top that's crushed into a general carved shape.
Gibson was doing this in the '30's (if not before) on their low-end arch tops like an L-37, etc. That's one reason why L48-50 guitars don't sound as good as the comparable 16" L4 carved-top models.
I mention all this because crushed top guitars will feedback quicker than laminate guitars. So, if you wanna load a bunch of pickups in one of these guitars, well, ah,
Caveat Emptor!!
OK, wait a minute. Back to JJ Cale's Harmony...
It looks like the removal of the back was permanent, with structural strength added via cables and turnbuckles.
Was that to eliminate feedback?