Product Description
1997 Napolitano Acoutic Archtop- Excellent Condition- Huge acoustic voice! This archtop rivals many flat tops in projection with the clarity and note separation of an archtop!!!!! Handmade in the USA by Arthur Napolitano. Beautifully figured Flame Maple carved solid top and carved maple back and sides . ‘F’-holes. Body is 3.5″ deep overall (3.125″ @ rim) and 17″ at the lower bout.
25″ scale Flame Maple neck, topped with a bound Ebony board , hand rubbed Ebony pickguard, custom tailpiece, and bridge.
Made by hand by Arthur with all the workmanship found in his highest priced archtops.
Excellent, like new condition with no marks or dings.
- 17″ x 3.5″ (3″ @ rim) solid, carved-wood, hollow-body archtop guitar
- Solid Sitka Spruce top w/ solid, highly figured, carved Maple back & sides
- 21-fret, 25″ scale length Ebony fretboard w/ vintage-style side dots markers
- 1.75″ nut width
- 1.945″ fretboard width @ 7th fret
- 2.08″ fretboard width @ 12th fret
- Comes w/ original hardshell case
- Comfortable, C-shaped neck
- Schaller black tuners w/ Ebony buttons
- Custom Ebony tailpiece
- Weighs 5 lbs. 7 oz.
Arthur Napolitano began building electric guitars in 1967, moved to Allentown in 1992, and began building archtops in 1993. The Primavera was his top-of-the-line instrument and this is a one off with customized bridge and tailpiece and flamed wood binding, built in the tradition of John D’Angelico. By the late 1990s–2000 period, his craftsmanship was fully mature — these are considered among his finest examples.
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