Handmade from the finest select woods and materials

Acoustic Archtop Guitars

by Southern California Luthier


Tad R. Brown

Available

Available Instruments


  • 17″ Acoustic Archtop
  • Adirondack Red spruce top
  • Red maple back and sides
  • African Blackwood appointments
  • Signature F-holes
  • All maple bindings
  • Smooth edges with arm & rib contours
  • Ultra light all rosewood bridge & saddle
  • One piece maple neck
  • Mirror polished stainless steel frets
  • Waverly high ratio tuners
  • Harmonically tuned string afterlengths
  • Ultratonic soundboard transducers with floating Armstrong P90
  • Low profile volume, tone & blend controls
  • 17″ body, 3″- 3.5″ sides, 25.4″ scale, 1 3/4″ nut
  • Powerful rich acoustic tone
  • Lightweight and highly responsive, 5lbs, 8oz
  • Red Custom Calton flight case
  • Available


Oval Hole Acoustic Archtop


  • Adirondack Red spruce top
  • Red maple back and sides
  • African Blackwood appointments
  • Petite bouche oval soundhole
  • All maple bindings
  • Smooth edges with arm & rib contours
  • Ultra light all rosewood bridge & saddle
  • One piece maple neck
  • Mirror polished stainless steel frets
  • Waverly high ratio tuners
  • Harmonically tuned string afterlengths
  • Ultratonic soundboard transducer pickup system
  • 16″ body, 3″- 3.5″ sides, 25.4″ scale, 1 3/4″ nut
  • Powerful rich acoustic tone
  • Lightweight and highly responsive, 4lbs, 15oz
  • Black TKL Elite Series Case
  • Available

CC Blue

  • Red spruce top
  • Sugar maple back and sides
  • Honduran rosewood appointments
  • Lapis lazuli crystal finish
  • All maple bindings
  • Smooth edges with arm & rib contours
  • Ultra-light rosewood bridge & saddle
  • Signature f-holes
  • 3 piece maple & rosewood neck
  • Mirror polished Stainless steel frets
  • Waverly high ratio tuners
  • Harmonically tuned string afterlength
  • Charlie Christian pickup with cobalt magnets
  • 16″ body, 3″ – 3 1/2″ sides, 25.4″ scale, 1 3/4″ nut
  • Powerful clean tone with huge dynamic range
  • Lightweight and highly responsive, 5 lbs 8oz
  • Custom Calton flight case

Available @Tad Brown Dream Guitars

Deep Pacific

  • 16″ Acoustic Archtop
  • Adirondack Red spruce top
  • Bigleaf maple back and sides
  • Honduran rosewood appointments
  • Mother of pearl, abalone, and precious stone inlays
  • Signature F-holes
  • All maple bindings
  • Smooth edges and contours
  • Ultra light all rosewood bridge & saddle
  • One piece maple neck
  • Mirror polished stainless steel frets
  • Waverly high ratio tuners
  • Harmonically tuned string afterlengths
  • Armstrong P90 pickup with coil tap
  • Low profile volume, tone & blend controls
  • 16″ body, 3″- 3.5″ sides, 25.4″ scale, 1 3/4″ nut
  • Warm rich acoustic tone
  • Lightweight and highly responsive, 4lbs, 15oz
  • Available