Rockin an Epiphone Archtop Guitar

Doing a quick demonstration of this awesome Masterbilt De Luxe that Epiphone sent me. The first archtop guitar I've actually gotten a chance to play. I'm digging it and even used it in the new track I did with Andrea if you want to check it out in context:

Check out the guitar for yourself:

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A little about me:

Sean Daniel is a man. A man of simple needs and desires. And the one desire, no, the one NEED, that stands above all is to spread the challenges, joy and intellectual stimulus of music to people of Earth and beyond.
Born on the mean streets of upper middle class suburban Chicago, Sean learned the ways of the world through the dizzying heights of success to the lonesome depths of failure and emerged with the promise of a better tomorrow reflecting in his eyes and fiery passion in his belly.
He plays and teaches guitar on his YouTube channel where he regularly releases original music and projects to the adulation of legions of fans, who often compare him to Chris Pratt and one time Ryan Reynolds. He’s currently in the market for a nice leather jacket.

[robertbaratheon]

Great video! Refreshing to hear someone play something on an archtop that isn't jazz or blues licks.

[Szlater]

Sounds way better than my Epiphone Methbuilt K Hole guitar!

[dekgebfoot]

Really? No one is gonna talk about his childhood nightmare?

[MichaelQuinlan]

Awesome, great to hear one of these used so well.
I have the slightly smaller 'Zenith" version.
Have a great week,
Cheers, Mike!

[judosailor]

So, I don’t know exactly what model it is because I don’t currently have access to it, but my grandfather had an Epiphone arch top with the f-holes that he bought in the 40s just like that one. He’s the guy who first taught me to play guitar. I got a pic somewhere of him playing it while he was teaching me some chords.

[lopsangtamang]

Awesome guitar man.. i love the way you add so much dynamics into your guitar playing.. :)

[TelecasterLPGTop]

I've been playing since the 1960s but only electric, recently I've gone acoustic and bought a Sigma Jumbo and an Epiphone Hummingbird they're great but I may purchase an Archtop. This one sounds great I might buy one.

[guitargrin]

The fingerstyle playing example reminded me of shakey graves. Very cool.

[ronlight]

The fact of the guitar having a solid top rather than laminate is very good, but it’s still molded into shape. As you know, original archtops had sculpted tops, not molded.

[handler]

Hey Sean: I dunno if their music is right up your alley but can you make a guitar lesson on how to write progressions like Stone Temple Pilots? Their chord progressions are pretty interesting and it would be great to have a breakdown of how they write their chords

[andrewptob]

Very cool. (Side note: how haven’t arch tops become the guitar of choice among hipsters? 🤔)

[DeltaJazzUK]

Fabulous dem, my friend. By far the best on this instrument.

[Colsound]

I thought it was Brandon Flowers, lead singer of The Killers!😄

[MisterMagijk-Ball]

Thanks for the great demo. You give us a sense of what an arch-top can and can't do. I haven't been able to try one myself. What song are playing at 4:58? It really caught my ear!

[schnaps]

Nice demo for a nice guitar with a nice guy, a nice cap and a sweat even more nice ...crocodile power!

[paramediccpo]

Giving away cheap in uk no one buying them

I’m keen on the sound unplugged - but when it’s plugged in it sounds great

[marccarter]

Great video. I was close to giving up on mine. It was dead spinding. Very dull . I could hear the sound board wood starting to flex, push out a sweet tone. It took a month. The electrics were awful, so we're the tuners, both replaced. It's my only guitar now.

[LUCKYB.]

Daddystove pipe and His AR .. it is a nice looking Epiphone

[emmanuelalfredomendoza]

It's a good guitar no doubt about it, but if your looking for that signature archtop sound, you should just look for vintage harmony, kay, hofner archtops. They will sound close to a 30s to 60s epiphone and gibson archtops for a cheaper price. These new ones sound closer to a dreadnought to my ears having played them in the store. Those vintage archtops both have the sound and character in my opinion :D

[TheJamesOPhillips]

I have the Olympic of this series and love mine. Great demo!