In the time between the World Wars, giant archtops ruled the Earth’s stages and bandstands, and in that period, Epiphone was one of the most dominant names. During the 1930’s, Epiphone used the ‘Masterbilt’ label to denote higher-end instruments.
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This 1966 Gibson ES-330 TD Sunburst is in great condition, visually and in terms of playability. It has been refretted professionally, so it’s ready to be played for many years to come. This is one of the 16-fret versions; later revisions of the instrument had the neck joining the body at the 19th fret, which changed the tone and perhaps weakened the neck joint.
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Eastman’s El Rey – “The King” – guitar is designed to deliver “classic jazz archtop tone in a lightweight, resonant 14 inch body”. Along the way, this design also has excellent feedback resistance at volume.
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Rickenbacker has a unique position in guitar history, having produced some of the very earliest true electric instruments – specifically, the ‘frying pan’ steel guitars of 1931. Rickenbacker instruments are quite distinctive visually and tonally; the chime of the Riki 12 on so many hit pop records and the bite of the Riki Bass are immediately recognisable.
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The Gibson CS-359 and its slightly less decorated relative, the CS-356, are made on the general design of the ES-335 models but are scaled down in body size (though not in scale length).
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