Handmade from the finest select woods and materials

Acoustic Archtop Guitars

by Southern California Luthier


Tad R. Brown

F-Hole Acoustic

Dual Port Acoustic Archtop

  • Sitka spruce top
  • Sugar maple back and sides
  • African Blackwood appointments
  • All maple bindings
  • Smooth edges with arm & rib contours
  • 15 gram rosewood bridge & saddle
  • Dual Artist Soundports
  • Signature f-holes
  • 3 piece maple & blackwood neck
  • Mirror polished Stainless steel frets
  • Gotoh 510 tuners
  • Harmonically tuned string afterlengths
  • Stereo – Ron Ellis P90 and James May Ultratonic pickups
  • 16″ body, 3″ – 3 1/2″ sides, 25.4″ scale, 1 3/4″ nut
  • Powerful acoustic tone with huge dynamic range
  • Lightweight and highly responsive, 5 lbs 10oz
  • Black TKL elite series case



Tad! Dude. This is Chuck,
I just got done with an hour intense session on the new guitar… It’s a race car man!!! I think I about got her figured out, ha ha… Ah man, I, there’s not enough ways to say how fantastic this thing is! I just had to call you up. I was going to send you an email, but ah no, I got to call him and tell him. I hope you can hear the excitement in my voice; this thing is just un-believable man! Anyhow, have a great day. I had to let you know. It’s opened up even more, it’s wonderful.

Charles Botelho