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Philphine
Posted 2003-12-23 5:40 PM (#199056)
Subject: arch top roundback?


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i have a few solidbody ovations (the reason why i searched out this site) and have been wanting a nice acoustic. i've been seeing an archtop ovation and wondering if there's anything about it that might make it more appealing than a regular flat top ovation. truthfully i just like the idea of it and it looks nice (2000 collectors series). thanks for any thought on it.
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2003-12-23 6:05 PM (#199057 - in reply to #199056)
Subject: Re: arch top roundback?


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Location: Scotland
The term "arch-top" is a little confusing in this context. Most people will understand "archtop" to mean either a carved top jazz guitar such as a Gibson L5, or a pressed laminated top such as a Gibson ES175 or 335. As far as Ovation "archtops" are concerned what is meant is a flat-top with a very slight arch built-in, and as the design uses a regular fixed bridge rather than a moveable bridge & tailpiece, it sounds exactly like a flat-top. Several flat-top makers use this technique, but it is not an arch-top in the traditional sense. A better term may be a "pre-stressed" top.
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Beal
Posted 2003-12-23 7:55 PM (#199058 - in reply to #199056)
Subject: Re: arch top roundback?



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As most think of arched tops there is about 1/2 to 1" variation in the height of the top. The Ovation arch in the acoustics is probably no more than .100"
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