Archtop

Robert Benedetto is held in incredibly high regard in the world of archtop guitars as both a builder and a herald of the craft, making high quality...

This is an incredible piece of guitar history: a 1936 D'Angelico Excel, built by John D'Angelico himself. Like the later New Yorkers, the Excel fea...

The D'Angelico New Yorker is an historic piece of guitar designed, conceived and built by master luthier John D'Angelico, a native of New York who ...

This Style A-1 is a beautiful example of one of master luthier John D'Angelico's simpler archtop models. Although the A-1 was a less expensive offe...

This is an incredible piece of guitar history: a 1950 D'Angelico New Yorker, built by John D'Angelico himself. The New Yorker features Art Deco st...

Here is an incredible example of guitar history- a 1957 D'Angelico New Yorker, built by John himself. A native New Yorker, John built guitars feat...

Jimmy D'Aquisto, one of the most respected guitar makers of all time, has had a lasting impact on the world of Jazz guitar that has far exceeded hi...

James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto apprenticed under master luthier John D'Angelico in New York City starting in 1952, and eventually came to be considered on...

As well as creating some of the world's most highly regarded hand carved, all solid, archtop guitars, James D'Aquisto also made a number of partial...

A smaller, but still professional guitar of its time, the L-30 was a short lived archtop guitar, one of the newer f-hole designs coming from Gibso...

The Gibson L-5 is one of the most iconic guitar designs of all time. Designed by venerable Gibson acoustic engineer Lloyd Loar in the early '20s, t...

A true working man's guitar, the ES-125 has always been a underdog, not decked out in frills as a fancy Super-400 might, but a straight to the poin...

The L-4C was introduced in 1949 right alongside its much more popular cousin, the ES-175, and has much in common with its electrified relative, nam...

Here's something that you don’t see every day, a super clean ES-175 from 1960. It's got everything you'd want, starting off with stock PAF pickups....

One of Gibson's flagship guitars, the L-5 has been found in the hands of greats like Wes Montgomery, and its 17" body and solid spruce top make it ...

This is an incredible 1966 Gibson Johnny Smith, one of the most sought after archtops in Gibson's history, and one a low number of Johnny Smiths ma...

The Gibson L-5 is one of the most iconic guitar designs of all time. Designed by venerable Gibson acoustic engineer Lloyd Loar in the early '20s, t...