This is the first time that I have seen an arch topped guitar being made. I know it's not strictly an arch top because it's not hollow but the only other real example I could point to is @owen's recent acquisition. My last two basses have had tops and backs with a convex profile. I like them better than belly-cut forearm-carved bodies.
Can it still be called an arch top if it's not hollow?
I also found that I like a volute. Did that come into consideration with your necks?
Thank you for sharing with such detail. Much appreciated.
I agree.
Looking at it another way... a shortened bottom would look hornier.
(It must be that time of year where I usually get referred off to have my bumps felt)
Thanks.
Even though I've seen it and been blown away by the feel and look of it, I am even more in awe of it under good natural light. Artificial lighting doesn't do it full justice.
When Emberton Park opened, our family business at Ravenstone Mill caravan park suffered and we had to sell up. It was in the recession of the early seventies, strikes, rolling power cuts etc.