The archtop guitar

Main page The instruments Buyer's guide Handbook Lessons Message board Links Site map Site last updated . This particular page was created 16/03/2004 and last updated 17/05/2005 Site updates		Picture from Music123 Data: Body shape: Guitar Top: Arched Back: Arched Bridge: Floating Frets: Fixed Strings: 6 Courses: 6 ( 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1) Scale: 620 - 648 mm The archtop guitar isn't usually considered a memmber of the mandolin family, but it does show enough similarities to the mando to at least be mentioned in passing here.   Developed in parallel with the archtop mandolins it is strung like a guitar, and features the characteristic "slim waist" of a guitar, but everything else in its design resembles a modern mandolin rather than a modern guitar.   The archtop guitar was the first successful wire-strung guitar and is the direct ancestor to the electric guitar.   Web www.mandolin-player.com