Ken Parker: The History and Evolution of the Archtop Guitar

[@jwinaz]

Not often that I am willing to listen to someone for an hour...thanks, good job

[@andreasfetzer7559]

I never believed, to hear so much interesting things about the instrument, i love and play. You are a real treasure for the world of guitars!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge !!!

[@harryharry1846]

The way Ken builds his archtops reminds me a lot how Mario Maccaferri designed his famous gypsyguitars for the Selmer company in the late nineteentwentys, to be played in a noisy cafe without amplifier. Thin spruce top, lightweight design, lightweight and hollow bridge, long scale. By the way the top of these guitars was arched for stability reason, not by carving but by heat forming. And than there was Django.....

[@Gorbyrev]

That was wonderful and good to find a familiar name from the old Parker Guitars forum! Still loving my Deluxe and Nitefly.

[@riley4emma7katie0]

Amazing opportunity to listen to Ken, thank you😎

[@JackyWalraetLuthier]

wow, thanks Ken & thanks for publishing this !!! /

[@robinfawcett7973]

Great stuff - thanks.

[@songsabai3794]

The "Pick'n Parlor"...love it!.....is this same 'Ken Parker' who built the 10-string double violin for L.Shankar back in the 80's?

[@RisikoAO]

43:14 I don't understand what Dan Armstrong did to the guitar (I'm italian). Can somebody write it down and explain it to me?

[@uburoibob]

I think the point Ken was making was that after the pickup came along, all work on archtop guitars went to reducing feedback, rather than trying to refine the acoustic qualities of it.

[@RisikoAO]

@@uburoibob that's the general point, but what does he say? I can't understand the words

[@uburoibob]

Dan Armstrong jokingly said he had to "epoxy 12 sound posts" inside the D'Aquisto acoustic archtop to reduce the feedback, just to get a rise out of Jimmy. Which he did.

[@RisikoAO]

@@uburoibob thx

[@iuliusguitars]

Interesting stories, low technical contents, sad to hear the man blaming recent development tools. Reminds me of journalists criticizing the Pink Floyd of DSOTM for letting machines make their musics...