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Arch tops take a long time, it's more like carving a violin than other styles of guitar making. No running the parts through a drum sander to thickness the front and back. Gouges, curved sole planes and scrapers. Also need big calipers to measure the thickness in the middle.

Most commercial makers use a copy router to do the basic arching and hollowing and only do the final tuning by hand.  Some makers specialise in arch tops and that's all they make

However I'm sure Mr B could knock up a course in no time when he's finished the finishing course ! Maybe Bagpress could find a CAD file and produce the arching templates

@robin

Your acoustic looks like a jumbo style, what make is it.

@rocknroller912

Your acoustic looks like a jumbo style, what make is it.

It's a Stagg  SW203.

Dusted off my very first build and my only acoustic build. Many many eons ago. An archtop parlor size. All made from hand tools. The most diffucult build. Took more than half a year. I think I will refinish and mod this out with a floating minibucker. 

@clinton

Your arch top looks good, did you build it from plans.

@rocknroller912 Yes it is based on a Gretsch New Yorker

@clinton

I saw that bass on your FB page, great idea.

That archtop looks killer and I love the color!

Dusted off my very first build and my only acoustic build. Many many eons ago. An archtop parlor size. All made from hand tools.

There’s nothing like starting with something nice and simple.

sorry, *that’s* nothing like starting with something nice and simple.

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