I just finished this guitar! It’s a 7-string baritone guitar based on my St. Charles Avenue model. Anyone else out there play a 7-string baritone guitar? There’s not too many of them out there in archtop form. That’s for sure!
This neck was broken with a vertical break that is very hard to repair. I had to make a special fixture to be able to clamp the head and compress it horizontally and vertically at the same time.
I recently finished this St. Charles Avenue archtop guitar. It’s a 6-string archtop guitar adorned with Cresent City Elite headstock and tail piece inlays. This guitar also features a fully bound headstock, neck, and body binding. It has a 5-piece neck with Goto Delta Series tuning keys and a cranberry burst finish.
This was a Gibson SJ Deluxe acoustic guitar with a cracked bridge block, broken face under the bridge, loose brace and broken bridge. These repairs involved repairing the bridge plate with a thin veneer to the inside plus routing and adding spruce to the face underneath the bridge. Then I built a handmade bridge slightly over-sized to cover up all the mess on the face!
In this guitar lesson video from Foster Guitars, Jimmy performs Stompin’ at the Savoy on a 7-string archtop guitar.
In this guitar lesson video from Foster Guitars, Jimmy performs ‘Ruby’ on 7-string archtop guitar.
In this guitar lesson video from Foster Guitars, Jimmy gives a few tips about 7-string guitar technique. Everyone wants to know how to play rhythm, bass, and melody simultaneously. That is the art of 7-string guitar.
In this guitar lesson video from Foster Guitars, Jimmy performs ‘Angel Eyes’ on a 7-string archtop guitar.
In this guitar lesson video from Foster Guitars, Jimmy gives a lesson in the 7-string jazz guitar method. With an additional seventh string on the guitar, there is a new realm of chord voicings to pursue, and you have the ability to play bass, rhythm, and melody on any given song.
In this guitar lesson video from Foster Guitars, Jimmy wants to show you how you can find out if you’d be a good candidate for the 7-string guitar style.
