ancestor archtop

This hollow body model comes with a thin handcarved top and back and bended sides of solid wood. This type of guitar build follows a long-time tradition in crafting stringed instruments, ranging from violins to premium jazz guitars. The build boosts the chosen tonewood's resonation and distinctive sound character much more than a plywood construction - typically used in the guitar industry - could do.
The hand-carved top of 22mm solid wood necessitates a neck angle of over six degrees which - in combination with a 14 degree headstock angle - strengthens the tension on bridge and nut and lets this instrument sing in a well balanced warm and clear way with a lot of sustain.
I built two versions of the Ancestor Archtop Guitar, one with a smooth black, the other with a classic gold top finish. To preserve each instruments very own character, I equipped them with premium hardware and hand-wound humbucker pickups.

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classic gold top

specs

Bodyback:
Sides:
Bodytop:
Neckwood:
Fretboard wood:
Scale:
Fretboard radius:
Frets:
Neck angle:
headstock angle:

Tuners:
Pickups:

Potiknobs:
Bridge:
Tailpiece:
Wiring:

Finish:

Handcarved Maple
Maple
Handcarved Laurel
Maple
Ebony
25"
12"
1,1 x 2,0 mm
6°
14°

Grover GR102-18C Rotomatics
Schreiner Custom / Neck: 8.9K, Bridge: 10.6K
Schreiner Custom
ABM 2504
Schreiner Custom
3-Way Pickup Switch,
Volume1, Volume2, Tone Control
Nitrocellulose

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black

specs

Bodyback:
Sides:
Bodytop:
Neckwood:
Fretboard wood:
Scale:
Fretboard radius:
Frets:
Neck angle:
headstock angle:

Tuners:
Pickups:

Potiknobs:
Bridge:
Tremolo:
Wiring:

Finish:

Handcarved Maple
Maple
Handcarved Maple
Maple
Rosewood
25"
12"
1,1 x 2,0 mm
6°
14°

Schaller M6
Schreiner Custom / Neck: 7.8K, Bridge: 10.2K
Schreiner Custom
ABM Roller Bridge 2400
Bigsby B11
3-Way Pickup Switch,
Volume1, Volume2, Tone Control
Nitrocellulose