Slovenian Archtop

[davidbeinct]

Reverb whim:



https://reverb.com/item/49089765-ton...dy-jazz-guitar

The seller didn’t know much about it. He did say it was made in Slovenia, so I was able to find the mfr website.

https://ton.si/production.html

Specs seem pretty good. Solid carved top but they don’t say what wood. Laminated maple b/s. That’s assuming it’s the same specs as their electric ones. It sure looks the same.

One thing that is a little bit different about it is the fingerboard extension. It’s not floating like 99% of the archtops in the world. So far as I can find the only other manufacturer to make them this way was Martin. It sounds to me kind of like a cross between a flattop and an archtop. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SFIV1967]

The tops seem to be spruce.

Here's a picture from their webgape of Tomaž Šinko the builder/owner: (he is actually a Guild authorized service center as well!)



Ralf

 

[davidbeinct]

The tops seem to be spruce.

Here's a picture from Tomaž Šinko the builder/owner: (he is actually a Guild authorized service center as well!)



Ralf

That’s really cool. Did you find that on their website or do you know of the company and/or owner? I’d really like to find out a little more about the guitar from them. I might have the only Ton acoustic archtop. They only show electric archtops on their website but other than the pickup and controls they look just like mine.

 

[Guildedagain]

I like it, the simplicity. Classic.

 

[SFIV1967]

That’s really cool. Did you find that on their website or do you know of the company and/or owner?

That picture is on their webpage. (go to Gallery and click the pictures ("slike").
I don't know him. But he was present at NAMM in Anaheim in the past as the pictures show.

Ralf

 

[lungimsam]

You could slice a tomato on that cutaway point!