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There is (and has been) some confusion regarding what guitars belong in what forum. This mostly often occurs with Aristocrats, which have arched tops, but to me they don't really fit with the other archtops, which is why I added example lists to the forums some time ago:
Thinking about it more, I may be trying to force my view of things, so I figured I'd open up the discussion to see if there might be better names for these forums. Note that these forums have been named this forever, and those descriptions were added by me and don't show up on the main page on mobile, so it's an easy thing for everyone to get confused about, especially if I've made it all worse.
For me, the confusion in the names comes down to this. This guitar is a Newark St. M75 Aristocrat:
In my mind should not be in the same category as this:
But if we call the category "archtops", then it is, but to me an Artist Award is an "archtop" while an Aristocrat (no matter the time period) is not. However, Guild advertised that Aristocratt as a Hollowbody, so...
I think the issue comes down to how we classify guitars.
Hell, some models changed their internal construction over the model's lifetime. Like the Aristocrat. Is the Aristocrat the only problem guitar? I don't think so, but it's the one that always seems to cause categorization issues.
Is this even a problem that needs to be solved? I'm also fine with "leave it alone: you're over-thinking things again." I'm used to that feedback in life.
Thinking about it more, I may be trying to force my view of things, so I figured I'd open up the discussion to see if there might be better names for these forums. Note that these forums have been named this forever, and those descriptions were added by me and don't show up on the main page on mobile, so it's an easy thing for everyone to get confused about, especially if I've made it all worse.
For me, the confusion in the names comes down to this. This guitar is a Newark St. M75 Aristocrat:
In my mind should not be in the same category as this:
But if we call the category "archtops", then it is, but to me an Artist Award is an "archtop" while an Aristocrat (no matter the time period) is not. However, Guild advertised that Aristocratt as a Hollowbody, so...
I think the issue comes down to how we classify guitars.
- Structural type (ex: archtop)
- Commonly used (and maybe not correct) terms (ex: Jazz-box)
- Common use (ex: Jazz, Rock, etc.)
- Probably pointless features (f-hole, harp tailpiece)
Hell, some models changed their internal construction over the model's lifetime. Like the Aristocrat. Is the Aristocrat the only problem guitar? I don't think so, but it's the one that always seems to cause categorization issues.
Is this even a problem that needs to be solved? I'm also fine with "leave it alone: you're over-thinking things again." I'm used to that feedback in life.