Fibonacci has announced its latest archtop, the Californian. The Californian boasts a premium, hand-carved, 35mm AAA select American flame maple soundboard, while its arch top is constructed with ...

Here’s how it works. Fibonacci has announced its latest archtop, the Joya, designed with British jazz guitar great Martin Taylor. The hand-carved model features a spruce top with flame maple back and ...

The Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival also features several luthiers (instrument-makers) who create custom guitars by patiently carving the arched shape from a solid piece of wood. The guitar ...

"We considered purple and even red," says Scott Chinery, owner of 1,000-plus guitars ... design of violins — the top is arched for better tonality. The first archtop was patented in 1898.