ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL 2.0

Japanese Yen at all-time low. Guitars are cheap at Ochanomizu. Bought this 2017 King Snake Curtis Deep Body for about S$1600 (qualify for tax exemption with Passport). The specs are rather different from other ES175 clones. The thin Nitrocellulose finish, P90 pick up windings, bracing, etc. You can read about the specs in the attached text image. In summary a fat edgy tone with good sustain but without the feedback from the 85mm deep body.  

  2024 Archtop Tribute AT105 Classic with P90 The traditional sound of the jazz guitar is derived from the hollow body archtop (the wooden top of the guitar is arched) guitar that is the instrument of choice for most jazz guitarists. Musical qualities aside, IMHO hollow body archtop guitars are by themselves, one of the most beautiful objects  of art.  Here you see a Made-in-Japan Archtop Tribute ES-175 style guitar. Archtop Tribute is a brand developed by archtop fanatic Masaki Nishimura of Walkin.co.jp. Many archtop fans from all over the world make a pilgrimage to the legendary shop up three flights of stairs in the dark in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. To view his inventory of priceless vintage archtops. Gibson USA was the pioneer of jazz archtops but due to the high cost of production (especially wages) in ghe USA, it was no longer financially viable to produce archtops which have only a limited demand from jazzers and guitar collectors. . Thus they stopped production o...