This beautiful 16-inch acoustic archtop with floating Johnny Smith style pickup was made by now retired luthier Steve Andersen. Steve Andersen is well known in the archtop community for the high quality of his guitars. This one is no exception. The playability is beyond superb and the fit and finish. are top notch. The condition is near mint with almost no signs of wear.
The action is currently set primarily for electric playing and is very low and fast. Even set low like this, it has a nice acoustic tone and that even as currently set up with flatwound strings too. The C-shaped neck fits very comfortably in the hand. The pickup is full and clear through a clean amp set up for classic jazz tones.
The guitar is made with all solid woods of the highest quality. The top is full carved spruce while the back and sides are highly flamed maple. The neck is one-piece flamed maple with an ebony fretboard. The bridge is also ebony.
Weight - 5.5 pounds
Nut width - 1.74 inches
Scale length - 25.5 inches
1st fret depth - 0.85 inches
10th fret depth - 0.93 inches
The guitar comes with the top end version of the TKL archtop case and it is in superb condition.
Ships free in the United States and for very reasonable rates worldwide.
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$5,499.00Price
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