ELECTRIC ARCHIE STANDARD (shown at left)

This guitar is a result of Bill Frisell's interest in a guitar that would work as an all around traveling and recording guitar. Based on the standard Little Archie, which Bill also helped design, this takes a big step towards being an electric guitar while maintaining certain acoustic aspects. It has a carved top and back like a traditional archtop, but the top has been left full thickness in the center to provide a solid platform for the pickups. The neck joins the body at the 16th fret providing easy access to the high notes and the 24-3/4-inch scale makes the guitar very comfortable to play.

Standard features:

Electronics include: Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbucker pickups with single volume and tone controls and 3-way switch
Waverly tuners
Sunburst finish
Depth of body 2"
Scale length of 24 3/4"
Neck joint at 16th fret
Nickel plated tailpiece
Tortoise pickguard
Custom-made gig bag included
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ELECTRIC ARCHIE HYBRID (shown at right)

In addition to the Standard Electric Archie above, I've also made a variation of this model that is a bit closer to a traditional jazz archtop. This hybrid version incorporates a deeper (2.5") body, single pickup, and a fully carved and braced top, for a fuller acoustic tone. An example of this is shown at right. For more photos, see:

FF#20: Electric Archie Hybrid

Standard features:

Electronics include: Your choice of Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbucker, P90 or Armstrong Humbucker pickup with single volume and tone controls
Waverly tuners
Sunburst or amber blond finish
Depth of body 2.5"
Scale length of 24 3/4"
Neck joint at 16th fret
Nickel plated tailpiece
Ebony pickguard
Custom-made gig bag included
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