2016 Custom Florentine Cutaway Palen PERFORMER Sunburst #89 , Near Mint

PALEN ARCHTOPS are among the finest archtop guitars ever built. The Palen Archtop is an “special Parallel A  braced  instrument, descendent from the D’Aquisto school of instruments- very light and acoustic. It features a hand carved and graduated top and back, slightly thicker than many typical archtop guitars, with a very resonant and acoustic tone.

2002 Zimnicki SN #155 GS6N Sunburst Archtop Guitar

This Ziminicki archtop  has a wider than 1 3/4″ fretboard measuring  1 13/16″ nut, 2 1/8″ t the 12th fret,   25″ scale, lightweight in great condition!

Palen Performer Custom #18 Archtop Guitar

PALEN ARCHTOPS are among the finest archtop guitars ever built. The Palen Archtop is an “X” braced traditional instrument, descendent from the D’Aquisto school of instruments- very light and acoustic. It features a hand carved and graduated top and back, slightly thicker than many typical archtop guitars, with a very resonant and acoustic tone.

Gibson Vintage L5 CESN Archtop

A vintage Gibson carved archtop is difficult to beat in tone, playability, projection and value!

Palen Performer Custom Features

PALEN ARCHTOPS are among the finest archtop guitars ever built. The Palen Archtop is an “X” braced traditional instrument, descendent from the D’Aquisto school of instruments- very light and acoustic. It features a hand carved and graduated top and back, slightly thicker than many typical archtop guitars, with a very resonant and acoustic tone.