Archtop Bridge Pickup
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Fishman M-200 Archtop Professional Mandolin Replacement Maple Bridge Pickup $179.95 The Fishman M-200 is an archtop mandolin bridge pickup with a piezo-ceramic pickup element embedded in an adjustable ebony replacement bridge. Fishman ncludes a Carpenter-style 1/4" output jack that mounts on the side of your mandolin. Fishman recommends an impedance matching preamp (not required), and professional installation.Legendary Fishman tone |
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Fishman Nashville Series Archtop Mandolin Replacement Bridge Pickup $209.95 The Fishman Archtop Mandolin Pickup features a piezo-ceramic pickup element embedded in the bottom, and an adjustable ebony replacement bridge. Designed for all archtop-style mandolins, Fishman's Nashville Series pickup includes a Carpenter 1/4" output jack that mounts on the side of your mandolin.Accurate reproduction of your instrument's unique acoustic soundConsistent sound for every performanceAn impedance matching preamp is recommended, but not requiredProfessional installation is recommended |
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Shadow SH 980 Archtop Guitar Ebony Bridge with Piezo Pickup $159.2 The Ebony Shadow SH 980 Piezo Pickup for archtop guitars features a 1/4" (6.3 mm) output socket. Also includes a cable holder and double-sided bonding material. |
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Shadow Sh 980 Archtop Guitar Ebony Bridge With Piezo Pickup $159.2 The Ebony Shadow SH 980 Piezo Pickup for archtop guitars features a 1/4" (6.3 mm) output socket. Also includes a cable holder and double-sided bonding material. |
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The Loar LH-350 Archtop Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Sunburst $599.99 The Loar's hand-carved, polyurethane-finished archtop cutaway guitar offers an excellent option for traditional jazz guitarists who want to make the classic archtop sound heard clearly for ensemble playing. The Kent Armstrong floating pickup amplifies the sweet natural tone of the hand-carved spruce top, while the Florentine cutaway allows unrestricted access to the upper frets, making the Loar LH-350 acoustic guitar perfect for either soloing or accompaniment. The archtop cutaway Loar guitar is assembled with a solid hand carved spruce top and maple back, sides, and neck. The guitar's bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound rosewood fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The Loar LH-350 acoustic guitar's bound pickguard with a single volume knob adds to the vintage look and feel. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid mother-of-pearl "Fleur-de-Lys" headstock design and a polyurethane tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style. |
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The Loar Lh-350 Archtop Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Sunburst $699.99 The Loar's hand-carved, polyurethane-finished archtop cutaway guitar offers an excellent option for traditional jazz guitarists who want to make the classic archtop sound heard clearly for ensemble playing. The Kent Armstrong floating pickup amplifies the sweet natural tone of the hand-carved spruce top, while the Florentine cutaway allows unrestricted access to the upper frets, making the Loar LH-350 acoustic guitar perfect for either soloing or accompaniment.The archtop cutaway Loar guitar is assembled with a solid hand carved spruce top and maple back, sides, and neck. The guitar's bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound rosewood fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The Loar LH-350 acoustic guitar's bound pickguard with a single volume knob adds to the vintage look and feel. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid mother-of-pearl "Fleur-de-Lys" headstock design and a polyurethane tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style.Archtop acoustic guitarMaple back and sidesSpruce top24-3/4" scaleDovetail neck jointMahogany neckRosewood fretboardV-neck shape19 frets1-3/4" nut width16" radiusCompensated adjustable ebony bridgeGrover open-geared butterbean tunersNickel hardwarePolyurethane finish |
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The Loar Lh-650 Archtop Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar $1349.99 The Loar's nitrocellulose-finished LH-650 cutaway acoustic-electric guitar offers an excellent option for traditional jazz guitarists who want to make the classic archtop sound heard clearly for ensemble playing. The Kent Armstrong floating pickup amplifies the sweet natural tone of the hand-carved spruce top, while the Florentine cutaway allows unrestricted access to the upper frets, making the LH-650 guitar perfect for either soloing or accompaniment.The hand-carved archtop cutaway guitar is assembled with a solid hand-carved spruce top and solid figured maple back, sides, and neck. The bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound ebony fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The bound pickguard with a single volume knob adds to the vintage look and feel. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid mother-of-pearl Fleur-de-Lys headstock design and a hand-buffed nitrocellulose lacquer tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style.Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options. |
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Used Godin 5Th Avenue Kingpin Archtop Hollowbody Electric Guitar With P-90 Pickup Natural $608.13 The Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin is a hollowbody electric guitar that brings you back to a time when the archtop acoustic guitar reigned supreme. With the soul of a 1950s archtop, the 5th Avenue guitar has the true vintage spirit of yesteryear with today's level of modern playability. With more projection and volume in the low and mid tones than traditional archtop acoustic guitars, the dynamically rich tone of the 5th Avenue guitar this sophisticated guitar a dream to play, but not a nightmare to pay for. From alt-country to Delta blues, slide and jazz to rock, the 5th Avenue is a guitar that can really deliver both acoustically and electrically. The Godin Kingpin P-90 single-coil pickup delivers all that classic, vintage tone with presence, clarity, and a little attitude thrown in for good measure.Made from Canadian wild cherry, the body of Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin Guitar features a molded arched top and back. Also features an adjustable GraphTech Tusq bridge, classic f-holes, contoured high-gloss headstock, floating pickguard and cream binding. The rustic beauty of its custom polished finish creates a gorgeous satin sheen reminiscent of 19th century French polish.Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.Canadian wild cherry archtopCanadian wild cherry back and sidesSilverleaf maple neckContoured high-gloss black headstockCustom polished finishRosewood fingerboardAdjustable GraphTech Tusq bridgeCream binding1 Godin Kingpin P-90 single-coil pickup1 Volume, 1 Tone control16" fingerboard radius24.84" scale1.72" nut width |
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Godin 5Th Avenue Kingpin Archtop Hollowbody Electric Guitar With P-90 Pickup Natural $699 The Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin is a hollowbody electric guitar that brings you back to a time when the archtop acoustic guitar reigned supreme. With the soul of a 1950s archtop, the 5th Avenue guitar has the true vintage spirit of yesteryear with today's level of modern playability. With more projection and volume in the low and mid tones than traditional archtop acoustic guitars, the dynamically rich tone of the 5th Avenue guitar this sophisticated guitar a dream to play, but not a nightmare to pay for. From alt-country to Delta blues, slide and jazz to rock, the 5th Avenue is a guitar that can really deliver both acoustically and electrically. The Godin Kingpin P-90 single-coil pickup delivers all that classic, vintage tone with presence, clarity, and a little attitude thrown in for good measure.Made from Canadian wild cherry, the body of Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin Guitar features a molded arched top and back. Also features an adjustable GraphTech Tusq bridge, classic f-holes, contoured high-gloss headstock, floating pickguard and cream binding. The rustic beauty of its custom polished finish creates a gorgeous satin sheen reminiscent of 19th century French polish.Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.Canadian wild cherry archtopCanadian wild cherry back and sidesSilverleaf maple neckContoured high-gloss black headstockCustom polished finishRosewood fingerboardAdjustable GraphTech Tusq bridgeCream binding1 Godin Kingpin P-90 single-coil pickup1 Volume, 1 Tone control16" fingerboard radius24.84" scale1.72" nut width |
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Jackson Slat3-6 Soloist Archtop Electric Guitar Black $1299.99 The Jackson SLAT3-6 Soloist electric guitar has a dual-EMG neck-through-body with a Floyd Rose tremolo. Features include an archtop alder body (flame maple veneer on trans finishes), maple neck, 24-fret compound-radius rosewood fingerboard, EMG 81 active humbucking (bridge) and 85 active (neck) pickups, Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo and black hardware. Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.Body: Body style: Soloist double-cutawayBody species: carved alderTop: flamed maple veneer on transparent finishesNeck: Neck species: mapleNeck type: neck-thru-body with scarf joint headstockScale length: 25-1/2"Fingerboard: Fingerboard species: rosewoodFingerboard radius: compound 12" to 16" (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)Scale length: 25.5" (648mm)Number of frets: 24Fret size: jumbo fretsNut material: Jackson Floyd Rose locking nutNut width: 1.69" (43 mm)Inlays: Pearloid shark fin position inlaysElectronics: Bridge pickup: EMG-81 active humbuckingNeck pickup: EMG-85 active humbuckingControls: master volume, master tonePickup switching: 3-position bladePosition 1. bridge pickupPosition 2. bridge and neck pickupsPosition 3. neck pickupHardware: Hardware: blackBridge: Floyd Rose FRT-O2000 double-locking tremoloTuners: die-cast tunersOther: Strings: NPS, gauges: .009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042, .052Case: Deluxe Jackson molded case |
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The Loar LH-650 Archtop Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst $1199.99 The Loar's nitrocellulose-finished LH-650 cutaway acoustic-electric guitar offers an excellent option for traditional jazz guitarists who want to make the classic archtop sound heard clearly for ensemble playing. The Kent Armstrong floating pickup amplifies the sweet natural tone of the hand-carved spruce top, while the Florentine cutaway allows unrestricted access to the upper frets, making the LH-650 guitar perfect for either soloing or accompaniment. The hand-carved archtop cutaway guitar is assembled with a solid hand-carved spruce top and solid figured maple back, sides, and neck. The bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound ebony fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The bound pickguard with a single volume knob adds to the vintage look and feel. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid mother-of-pearl Fleur-de-Lys headstock design and a hand-buffed nitrocellulose lacquer tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style. Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options. |
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The Loar LH-650 Archtop Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural $1043.99 The Loar's nitrocellulose-finished LH-650 cutaway acoustic-electric guitar offers an excellent option for traditional jazz guitarists who want to make the classic archtop sound heard clearly for ensemble playing. The Kent Armstrong floating pickup amplifies the sweet natural tone of the hand-carved spruce top, while the Florentine cutaway allows unrestricted access to the upper frets, making the LH-650 guitar perfect for either soloing or accompaniment. The hand-carved archtop cutaway guitar is assembled with a solid hand-carved spruce top and solid figured maple back, sides, and neck. The bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound ebony fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The bound pickguard with a single volume knob adds to the vintage look and feel. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid mother-of-pearl Fleur-de-Lys headstock design and a hand-buffed nitrocellulose lacquer tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style. Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options. |
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The Loar Lh-650 Archtop Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural $1199.99 The Loar's nitrocellulose-finished LH-650 cutaway acoustic-electric guitar offers an excellent option for traditional jazz guitarists who want to make the classic archtop sound heard clearly for ensemble playing. The Kent Armstrong floating pickup amplifies the sweet natural tone of the hand-carved spruce top, while the Florentine cutaway allows unrestricted access to the upper frets, making the LH-650 guitar perfect for either soloing or accompaniment.The hand-carved archtop cutaway guitar is assembled with a solid hand-carved spruce top and solid figured maple back, sides, and neck. The bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound ebony fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The bound pickguard with a single volume knob adds to the vintage look and feel. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid mother-of-pearl Fleur-de-Lys headstock design and a hand-buffed nitrocellulose lacquer tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style.Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options. |
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Used The Loar Lh-650 Archtop Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar $1174.49 The Loar's nitrocellulose-finished LH-650 cutaway acoustic-electric guitar offers an excellent option for traditional jazz guitarists who want to make the classic archtop sound heard clearly for ensemble playing. The Kent Armstrong floating pickup amplifies the sweet natural tone of the hand-carved spruce top, while the Florentine cutaway allows unrestricted access to the upper frets, making the LH-650 guitar perfect for either soloing or accompaniment.The hand-carved archtop cutaway guitar is assembled with a solid hand-carved spruce top and solid figured maple back, sides, and neck. The bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound ebony fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The bound pickguard with a single volume knob adds to the vintage look and feel. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid mother-of-pearl Fleur-de-Lys headstock design and a hand-buffed nitrocellulose lacquer tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style.Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options. |
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Schatten AT-04 Archtop/Floating Bridge Guitar Pickup Sale Price: $151.96  |
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Schatten Design has complete redesigned their popular AT-02 archtop guitar pickup to provide fuller, fatter sound, more even response, reduced 'hand' moise and a greater range of adjustability. With the new AT-04 archtop pickup, Schatten has separated the piezo sensing unit from the bridge itself so that the piezo element is no longer embedded within the bridge's upper saddle... |
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Schatten M-02 Archtop Mandolin Passive Bridge Pickup Sale Price: $89.50 |
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Whether you are choosing a pickup for a flat top mando or one that has an arched top, all of the pickups that make up the M-Series will give you a truly warm and wonderfully accurate sound. All of the M-Series pickups utilize the same high performance full length oversize piezo element built into a high quality ebony bridge and deliver great response and good tonal balance... |
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Seymour Duncan SH2 Jazz Model Humbucker Pickup (Neck, Black) List Price: $104.00 Sale Price: $67.95 |
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This pickup is for players who need an accurate, clear tone for fast jazz runs. The brighter sound has slightly less output and is a good match with most pickups. Comes with four conductor cable. |
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Fishman Archtop Guitar Pickup List Price: $307.62 Sale Price: $199.95 Used From: $179.96 |
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Dual vibration-sensing piezo elements embedded in an adjustable ebony bridge give this pickup an unmistakable acoustic ambience. An impedance-matching preamp is recommended, but not required. Professional installation is recommended. |
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Fishman Nashville Series Archtop Mandolin Pickup (2 PC) List Price: $323.00 Sale Price: $199.95 |
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The M-300 Archtop Mandolin Pickup features a piezo-ceramic pickup element embedded in the bottom bridge, and an adjustable ebony replacement bridge. Designed for all archtop-style mandolins, it includes a Carpenter 1/4’ output jack that mounts on the side of the instrument. |
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ProLine US Arch Top Tall Bridge Pickup Ring Chrome List Price: $13.95 Sale Price: $9.99 |
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Proline offers a huge selection of guitar parts, all made with top-quality components, for today's most popular guitars. Whether you're looking to replace a part or jazz up your guitar, ProLine probably has the part you're looking for, at an affordable price. |
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Shadow Arch Top Mandolin Bridge w/Piezo Pickup and 1/4'' socket List Price: $167.00 Sale Price: $132.24 |
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The Shadow Arch Top Mandolin Bridge w/Piezo Pickup and 1/4" socket is a height-adjustable bridge with a solid ebony base. Easily installed without any modifications of your mandolin. Even at high volume, the Shadow arch top mandolin bridge delivers clean and clear tone... |
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Shadow SH 926 Arch Top Mandolin Bridge Piezo Pickup - Includes Volume Control and 12' Cable List Price: $238.05 Sale Price: $188.95 |
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Mandolin Bridge with Pickup. Made by Shadow.Shadow SH 925 Arch Top Mandolin Bridge with Piezo Pickups.Arch Top mandolin bridge with piezo pickups. Height adjustable bridge with solid ebony base. Features an intonation compensated saddle and individual string sensors... |
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Epiphone Emperor Regent Archtop Electric Guitar, Natural List Price: $990.00 Sale Price: $699.00 |
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Still the King of the jumbo jazz boxes, The Epiphone Emperor Regent reigns supreme in looks and big jazz tone. Its large, warm sound is voiced by a Floating 700R Mini-Humbucker pickup, with volume and tone knobs right on the Tortoise pickguard... |
Flattop Vs. Archtop Guitars: Sound Holes And Soundboards
Among the many divisions in the guitar family is that of flattop vs. archtop. Both terms are really quite self explanatory. A flattop guitar is one with a flat top, the part of the instrument usually referred to as the soundboard. The sound hole of a flattop guitar is found and placed under the instrument's strings. The archtop guitar, on the other hand, has an arched top and a sound hole or holes carved in the (approximate) shape of an "f." The latter instrument was invented at the end of the 19th century. Until that time, all guitars had been flattop. Hence the term "flattop" never existed until the innovation of the archtop guitar made it necessary. The word "flattop" is now used to refer to a steel-string acoustic instrument (as opposed to one with nylon strings) with a flat soundboard. An archtop guitar is also steel-stringed, but it can be either acoustic or semi-acoustic.
Orville Gibson, founder of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, was the inventor of the archtop guitar. The instrument's first incarnation was the Gibson L5; featured the violin-inspired F-holes that would eventually become the archtop's trademark. Although this instrument flopped, the concept was retained and refined. In 1951, Gibson released the L5CES, an archtop that featured two electric pickups. These pickups allowed the guitar to be played as either an acoustic or electric instrument. The innovation was immediately popular and such models became the standard for archtop guitars. The instruments were eventually adopted by other guitar manufacturers. Today, the list of companies that make archtop guitars includes Eagle, Yamaha, Epiphone and others.
The defining characteristics of an archtop guitar are its arched soundboard and f-shaped holes. The strings of this guitar are generally thicker longer and thicker than those of a flattop, and the body is deep and usually hollow (although some semi-hollow models are manufactured). A true archtop guitar has a rich acoustic tone, but as mentioned, most models are fitted with electric pickups. These pickups are usually humbuckers, which use two coils of reversed polarity to reduce noise and interference.
Archtop guitars are often used in conjunction with attachments designed to create or increase vibrato, a slightly tremulous effect that adds warmth and expressiveness to music. A tremolo arm, for example, is a lever attached to the guitar's bridge. It enables the artists to quickly and temporarily vary the tension and sometimes length of the strings, thereby changing the pitch to create vibrato. A Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, or "Bigsby," is another vibrato device, one that allows the musician to bend the pitches of notes and chords with his pick hand.
Of all the musical genres, jazz and country most often feature the music of the archtop. These musical forms adopted the instrument almost immediately after the release of the modern version in the early 1950s. Pop music sometimes utilizes the sound of the semi-hollow body electric archtop, which produces very distinctive music. Rock and roll also uses the instrument, most often with one of the vibrato devices mentioned above.
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