Harmony Guitars has brought a classic – and in many cases sought after – archtop back from the dead in the shape ... Total Guitar and Guitar World. He uses Jazz III nylon picks, 10s during the week, ...

The Ambassador is an archtop with a parallel-braced AAA spruce top ... and regularly contributes to MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitar World. He uses Jazz III nylon picks, 10s during the week, 9s at ...

The Goldtop Les Paul and the Les Paul Custom were a significant new direction for a traditional archtop guitar manufacturer ...

Palen may not be a musician, but during the past three years, he has earned the respect of jazz guitarists throughout the world. When these professionals pick up one of Palen’s archtop guitars ...

The death of jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli on April 1 from Covid-19 was a gut punch to the music world. In his honor, D’Angelico Guitars is auctioning a signed Excel EXL-1 model guitar ...

In 1932, John D’Angelico opened up a guitar shop in New York City’s Little Italy neighborhood where he built and sold handmade archtop jazz guitars. The foundation of his design principles came from ...

Legendary instrument maker Orville Gibson invented the archtop guitar in the 1890s, creating a sweet sound that's a favorite among jazz, swing and some blues guitar players. That's why Peter ...

The archtop guitar, from its unlikely beginnings to its current various incarnations, is arguably the most difficult to build and the most rewarding to play of all the guitar styles. Traditionally ...

On his fifth CD as a leader, The Surrealist Table (Arthur Circle Music), New York-based composer KEN HATFIELD showcases his impressive command of the nylon string ... a few guitarists in jazz to focus ...