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 The Gibson Super 400 CES, an electric archtop | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | String |
| Inventor(s) | Orville Gibson |
| Related instruments | |
| Builders | |
| Gibson, Gretsch, Epiphone | |
An archtop guitar is a hollow acoustic or semi-acoustic guitar with a full body and a distinctive arched top, whose sound is particularly popular with jazz, blues, and rockabilly players.
Typically, an archtop guitar has:
- Six strings
- An arched top and back, not a flat top and back
- A hollow body
- Moveable adjustable bridge
- F-holes similar to members of the violin family
- Rear mounted tailpiece, stoptail bridge, or Bigsby vibrato tailpiece
- 14th-fret and set-in neck join