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Contrastingly, mass-market archtop guitars became more affordable in the late 20th century, due to a combination of low labor costs in Asian countries and computer numerically controlled manufacture. [7] Most major guitar marques include at least a couple of archtops in their range, albeit not necessarily manufactured at their own facilities.
The Epiphone Dot is a semi-hollow archtop electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone, a subsidiary of Gibson.It was introduced in 1997 [2] as a more affordable version of the Gibson ES-335, at the high end of entry-level pricing. [3]
Kalamazoo is the name for two different lines of instruments produced by Gibson.In both cases Kalamazoo was a budget brand. The first consisted of such instruments as archtop, flat top and lap steel guitars, banjos, and mandolins made between 1933 and 1942, and the second, from 1965 to 1970, had solid-body electric and bass guitars.
The original Coloramas were inexpensive semi-solid body electric guitars with plywood construction. The current Chinese made ones are solid bodies with retro styling. The committee was the top-of-the-range archtop. The Congress, a non-cutaway archtop guitar. Early models had a 12th fret neck join.
This is a list of Wikipedia articles about brand-name companies (past and present) that have sold guitars, and the house brands occasionally used.
These guitars had a distinctive sound but were not very successful commercially, and are rarely seen today. [6] Commencing around 1931, Epiphone decided to release a new range of full body archtop guitars in direct competition with Gibson, the leading factory manufacturer of archtop guitars of the day.