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Established 1999
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Ken Parker Archtops

I fell in love with the first acoustic archtop guitar I ever heard. Expertly played by my guitar teacher, it sang out so beautifully, and sounded like an orchestra. Searching high and low for a similar instrument for myself, I was both disappointed and intrigued…
What could make one particular instrument sound so magical? I’ve spent my working life seeking the answer. I have studied ancient stringed instruments, learned to devise and build my own tools, come to a deep understanding of eligible woods, and folded in some modern materials, making a unique fusion of many elements, a new guitar recipe. It seems to me that a properly built acoustic archtop is the most powerful, sensitive and versatile of all guitars.
Play one, and you’re likely to be surprised and delighted.
2017 Ken Parker Archtop - SOLD

Curly Mama Mahogany Back & Sides, cut in the 1860s in Kentucky, salvaged from the first RJ Reynolds tobacco drying barn
Adirondack Spruce top
Cutaway
Mokume Gane Tailpiece, Soundhole Span, Tuner Covers
Gotoh Stealth gears embedded in the headstock
16.3″ across the lower bout on cutaway guitars
Fingerboard, Pickguard, Bridge and Other Bits: Ebony, Pernambuco, Snakewood
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