Ooo - do these Artcore guitars have chunky/wide necks then?
*cough*Originally Posted by bertie
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Yes yes yes I know.
Mine =
Width at nut @ 47mm
Width at last fret @ 62mm
so as near as possible to that, please.
You'll never get an archtop tone. The Stimer pickups are glorious in their own right, but certainly not for getting that Wes Montgomery sound. Stimer & 'Tit Bouche is the classic combination.
The "choice of champions" for a Grand Bouche is a Big Tone piezo (with an AER60 amp) - no volume control with this combination though - you'll need a volume pedal or something.
Godin, Ibanez Artcore, even Epi 335 would be a good place to look for budget jazz tones.
Last edited by jalapeno; 28th January 2013 at 10:44 AM.
Not especially wide (43mm) but what do you really expect for a couple of hundred quid?
You get a quality archtop with decent pickups and a nice bridge.
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I am a piano player with dinnerplate hands which can span 11 notes on the piano and play full jazz chords on an electro nylon I have an old Ibanez AS50 which is 20 years old and has the widest neck of any electro acoustic guitar so Ibbys are good. Suggest for a cheap solution Epi ES175 copies or Dots or 335 a likes or the new 339s which cost £295. Would also politely suggest that you are not going to get much of the sound you want under £300 or so secondhand
I love the sound of it with the blade humbucker as pictured, as it happens, it's just a wobbly and ugly solution.
Thanks for everyone's input though, I shall take on board the advice to continue not taking a drill or fret saw (see what I did there?) to it.
Isn't this what you want ? http://www.acoustic-guitars.com/micros-stimer_Eng.php
It is PRECISELY what I want.
Or rather, a Chinese replica of it for £50. £275 a bit too steep for me (else I would indeed be looking around for a new guitar).
Bit niche IMHO - might find something on Alibaba.com.
Mate of mine uses a Dupont Stimer with his oval hole maccaferri and it sounds incredible.
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