{"id":2049,"date":"2019-10-28T13:42:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T20:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2019-10-28T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T20:46:23","slug":"the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival, a Great Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archtopfestival.com\/\">2019 Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival<\/a> was a tremendous success. The festival took place on Sept. 21st and 22nd outside of Denver, Colorado in a small town called Arvada. The festival was and\/is the brain child of Peter Henriksen of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henriksenamplifiers.com\/\">Henriksen Amplifiers<\/a>. Peter really pulled together an amazing group of people, both players and guitar makers. The support and camaraderie amongst everyone was something special. Arvada was over come with all-stars in the industry so it made quite a bit of sense that the draw of archtop lovers and the general public audience was so great. I was overcome with gratitude and excitement after the weekend and I am so looking forward to the future shows!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Tim Lerch trying out George Petit&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/george-petits-the-red-rocket-chicagoan\/\">&#8220;Red Rocket&#8221;<\/a> guitar and telling us what he thinks about it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZq6u2ngR_w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tim and Mason Razavi playing a minor blues together. Mason has the Red Rocket through a Henriksen Bud and Tim is playing a Tom Ribbecke guitar through a Raezer&#8217;s Edge amp.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vSp-xxl0Eg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The great Ted Ludwig playing Just Friends<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LMCdOBGvcUw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2085\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/1-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2085\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2085\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2085\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-3.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-3-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Koentopp Booth at the 2019 RMAF<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2084\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/6-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2084\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2084\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2084\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-2.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-2-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby Broom and Dennis Carroll performing at a nearby Arvada venue.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2082\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/10-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2082\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2082\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2082\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-2.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-2-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bobby Broom Trio, Kobe Watkins on drums, and Dennis Carroll on bass, bringing down the house on Saturday night!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2075\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/19-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2075\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2075\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2075\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-2.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-2-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me with my new friends, Ken Parker and Adam Miller<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2076\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/18-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2076\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2076\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2076\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-2.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-2-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I wish I had more time to hang with Paul Ricci, what a beautiful musician and beautiful soul!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2086\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/2-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2086\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2086\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2086\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wonderful shot of Tim as he gets to know the &#8220;Red Rocket&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2077\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/14-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2077\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2077\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2077\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-3.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-3-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The music and tone in Mason Razavi&#8217;s fingers is awe inspiring<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2078\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/15-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2078\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2078\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2078\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-3.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-3-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partner in crime, the man behind the &#8220;Red Rocket&#8221;, George Petit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2081\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/13-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2081\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2081\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2081\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-3.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-3-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My other partner in crime, one of the sweetest and badass builders, Maegen Wells.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2080\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/7-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2080\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2080\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2080\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-3.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-3-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The one and only Michael Bashkin of Bashkin Guitars. Michael not only makes some of the worlds best guitars but is the force behind the well known podcast &#8220;Luthier on Luthier&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2079\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/16-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2079\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2079\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2079\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-2.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-2-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim, Mason, and myself with in the famous Hilton Storage Closet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2087\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/koentopp-lineup_rmaf\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2087\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2087\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2087\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Koentopp-Lineup_RMAF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Koentopp-Lineup_RMAF.jpg 1800w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Koentopp-Lineup_RMAF-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Koentopp-Lineup_RMAF-768x384.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Koentopp-Lineup_RMAF-400x200.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2019 RMAF Lineup<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2083\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/the-2019-rocky-mountain-archtop-festival-a-great-success\/5-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2083\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2083\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2083\" src=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2019 RMAF Poster with a Chicagoan Back underlining the logo!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The 2019 Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival was a tremendous success. The festival took place on Sept. 21st and 22nd outside of Denver, Colorado in a small town called Arvada. The festival was and\/is the brain child of Peter Henriksen of Henriksen Amplifiers. Peter really pulled together an amazing group of people, both players and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[102,37,168,50,95,84,62,107,67,24,77,42,172,28,44,18,118,20,57,171,167,170,101,169,71],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}