{"id":2954,"date":"2024-07-08T15:41:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T22:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:12:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T20:12:38","slug":"2011-amati-refinished-and-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/2011-amati-refinished-and-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Amati (Refinished and updated in 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023 I restored an Amati archtop, which I originally made for myself in 2011. I used this guitar to show people my work, including Julian Lage, Adrien Moignard, George Petit, and many others. The guitar developed a truss rod buzz years later and I was never comfortable selling it because of this, so I decided to fix it. I stripped the original dark finish, removed the fingerboard, replaced the truss rod, made a new stiffer fingerboard, installed one of my new modern tailpiece saddles, refinished the guitar with an oil varnish and made all new fittings. The guitar plays like a dream with the very sweet, warm voice it originally had. The guitar gives me vibes of an older guitar but with a lot of sensibility, balance, and clarity. The guitar responds very well to player dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2011(23) Amati\u00a0 Specifications (#024)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">17\u2033 Lower Bout, 3\u2033 depth<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Romanian Spruce Top<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Romanian Maple Back and Sides<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">One piece flame maple neck<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Fine line purfling on top and back<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Flame Maple Body and Neck Binding<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">1.6875\u2033 Bone Nut Width<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">.85&#8243;-.95&#8243; 1st to 10th fret<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">12\u2033 Fingerboard Radius<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">25\u2033 scale<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">.100&#8243; x .050&#8243; Fret Wire<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Indian Ebony Fingerboard<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Elliptical side position markers in Ebony<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Rear Headstock veneer in Ebony<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Carved Ebony Tailpiece<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Carved and compensated, adjustable Ebony bridge<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Waverly tuners with Ebony buttons<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil varnish finish<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Fitted with a floating handmade Kent Armstrong Johnny Smith Humbucker<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Strung with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomastik-infeld.com\/en\/products\/guitar-strings\/jazz-guitar\">Thomastik-Infeld<\/a> Bebop Strings .013&#8243;s<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Guitar is fit with a custom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonfibercases.com\/\">Hoffee<\/a> carbon fiber case<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFpXNY4ZOAM?si=mnQmemPlbPNrIYEw\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2970\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2970\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2970\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Series.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Series.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Series-720x555.jpg 720w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Series-1000x771.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Series-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Series-1536x1184.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#024 Front and Back<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2957\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2957\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2957\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-front.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-front-479x720.jpg 479w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-front-665x1000.jpg 665w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-front-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-front-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-front-1362x2048.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front of #024 Amati with updated bridge, tailpiece, and tailpiece saddle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2956\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2956\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2956\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Back-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Back-closeup.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Back-closeup-479x720.jpg 479w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Back-closeup-665x1000.jpg 665w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Back-closeup-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Back-closeup-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Back-closeup-1362x2048.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flamed European Maple, what a lovely set. I&#8217;m so happy to see it shown off under this varnish!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2955\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2955\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2955\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Front-Perspective-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Front-Perspective-4.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Front-Perspective-4-479x720.jpg 479w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Front-Perspective-4-665x1000.jpg 665w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Front-Perspective-4-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Front-Perspective-4-1021x1536.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Full view<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2966\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2966\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2966\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Upper-Back-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Upper-Back-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Upper-Back-720x479.jpg 720w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Upper-Back-1000x665.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Upper-Back-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Upper-Back-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Upper-Back-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper back with silky smooth neck<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2960\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2960\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Fhole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Fhole.jpg 1647w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Fhole-479x720.jpg 479w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Fhole-665x1000.jpg 665w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Fhole-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Fhole-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Fhole-1362x2048.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front bass side fhole<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2965\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2965\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2965\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Treble-F.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Treble-F.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Treble-F-479x720.jpg 479w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Treble-F-665x1000.jpg 665w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Treble-F-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Treble-F-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Treble-F-1362x2048.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Treble side F with sculpting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2958\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2958\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-top.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-top-720x479.jpg 720w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-top-1000x665.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-top-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Close-up-top-1536x1021.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Side view with floating pickup and beautiful woods<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2964\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2964\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2964\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Neck-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Neck-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Neck-720x479.jpg 720w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Neck-1000x665.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Neck-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Neck-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Neck-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another comfy neck shot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2961\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2961\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2961\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-head.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-head.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-head-720x479.jpg 720w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-head-1000x665.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-head-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-head-1536x1021.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The way I used to make my Amati head stocks!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2959\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2959\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Extention-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Extention-scaled.jpg 1702w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Extention-479x720.jpg 479w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Extention-665x1000.jpg 665w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Extention-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Extention-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Extention-1362x2048.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A good picture to reference playability and neck setup<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2962\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2962\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2962\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Hoffee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Hoffee.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Hoffee-720x479.jpg 720w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Hoffee-1000x665.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Hoffee-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Hoffee-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-Hoffee-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A perfect case fit by Hoffee Cases, the best!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2963\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2963\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2963\" src=\"http:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-lower-perspective.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-lower-perspective.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-lower-perspective-479x720.jpg 479w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-lower-perspective-665x1000.jpg 665w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-lower-perspective-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-lower-perspective-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/024-lower-perspective-1362x2048.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A perspective showing endpin jack location<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023 I restored an Amati archtop, which I originally made for myself in 2011. I used this guitar to show people my work, including Julian Lage, Adrien Moignard, George Petit, and many others. The guitar developed a truss rod buzz years later and I was never comfortable selling it because of this, so I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2958,"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":[34,35],"tags":[102,65,37,43,92,95,84,106,107,113,56,51,12,38,63,67,24,77,100,53,105,42,129,28,44,18,94,68,118,20,57,101,97,71],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2954"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3012,"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954\/revisions\/3012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koentoppguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}