Handmade from the finest select woods and materials

Acoustic Archtop Guitars

by Southern California Luthier


Tad R. Brown

Oval Hole Acoustic

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
  • Available



Blue Oval

  • Adirondack Red spruce top
  • Sugar maple back and sides
  • Rosewood 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
  • 16″ body, 3″- 3.5″ sides, 25.4″ scale, 1 3/4″ nut
  • Powerful rich acoustic tone
  • Lightweight and highly responsive, 4lbs, 15oz