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Comins Chester Avenue 17" Autumn Burst (USED, 2003)

$6,950.00

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Superb acoustic tone, wonderfully balanced voice, and a masterful finish complete this very appealing, handmade archtop from renowned Philadelphia luthier Bill Comins.

Why We Love This

We first met Bill Comins at a guitar festival some twenty years ago now. His archtops were immediately striking, both in their beautifully executed design and in their serious depth of tone. We eventually became dealers for Bill's excellent GCS series guitars, but it has been a very long time since we have had an original archtop hand built by Bill.

This Chester Avenue 17" brings me right back to that first, wonderful archtop. It boasts a lively, snappy acoustic response and that same deliciously full acoustic body that I remember. The burst is next level, framed by rosewood bindings with mulitple fine, high-contrast purflings. Tastefully appointed, to be sure, but the real reward is the sound. This one is not to be missed!

There is a repaired, cleated top crack, treble side, below the fingerboard. Lacquer checking in the top; otherwise very good overall condition.

Materials

Body
17" Venetian cutaway | 3" Body Depth
Top
Spruce
Back/Sides
Flamed Maple
Binding
Rosewood
Bridge
Ebony
Tailpiece & Bound Pickguard
Ebony

Neck

Neck
Maple Multiple Laminate
Fingerboard
Ebony
Inlays
Pearl Split Rectangles
Nut
Bone
Nut width
1 3/4"
Scale Length
25"

Other

Condition
Repaired top crack; finish lacquer checking
Pickup
Humbucker w/pickguard mounted volume control
Case
Hardshell

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