Electric Archie Hybrid

Serial No. 506-Built 2014

This guitar differs from my usual Electric Archie, which has two pickups and a semi-carved top. This version is built with a fully carved and braced engelmann spruce top, which gives it a more acoustic voice. I chose to bind the entire guitar in tortoise shell celluloid; it has a very subtle pattern that I like.

I’ve made a number of hybrid guitars like this and I really like the result. The mounted pickup, 16-fret neck joint, body size and overall feel make this guitar work for those who generally plug in to play. At the same time, the guitar has a very nice acoustic voice that will appeal to players who are familiar with acoustic archtops.

Features:

• Body width 14″
• Body depth 2.5″
• Engelmann spruce top
• Western maple back and sides
• Eastern maple neck
• Tortoise shell binding on body, neck, peghead and pickguard
• 1 3/4″ wide nut
• 24.9″inch scale
• Handmade brass tailpiece with a satin nickel plating
• Custom made “bakelite” volume and tone knobs
• Seymour Duncan Phat Cat pickup
• Light Gold Tone coloring under a nitrocellulose lacquer finish