A: In archtop jazzboxes (or just ampliifed acoustics) they tend to resist feedback.I wonder why they do laminated tops in my head it makes no sense.
I wonder why they do laminated tops in my head it makes no sense . Why not just offer a solid top instead of saying solid spruce top with X veneer ?
In a sense of importance to me on this type of guitar the top is the only wood part how much is the financial gain of a veneer/esthetics vrs tonality ?
From the "the usual source" (Wikipedia), in case you're still wondering:I do seem to recall that slide off the lap problem however..... perhaps a strip of Velcro in the right spot would resolve that..... In later years I wondered if that bowl was actually parabolic to "shape" the sound towards the sound hole (port?) or was is just an arch for stability.
At $650 even if it was not a player it was a mighty fine looking piece of wood and somewhat "collectable" (okay maybe just unique).
I recall playing one briefly that someone had brought to the camp I worked at back in the late '60's / early '70's. It was a new concept at the time but I do not recall anything about the sound quality. I do seem to recall that slide off the lap problem however..... perhaps a strip of Velcro in the right spot would resolve that..... In later years I wondered if that bowl was actually parabolic to "shape" the sound towards the sound hole (port?) or was is just an arch for stability.
At $650 even if it was not a player it was a mighty fine looking piece of wood and somewhat "collectable" (okay maybe just unique).
Yup, I worked at a record store in the late '70's, and we had a few guitars hanging from the wall, too. One an Ovation, that we all used to play since it was the most expensive! It drove me crazy sliding off my lap. As a Glen Campbell fan, I wanted to love it, but instead, I hated it...
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