Athena Archtops
Athena Archtop, 17″, 4A flame, bound pickguard, light amber finish.
- Classic archtop, cutaway styling with multi-lined plastic bindings throughout
- X-braced, hand-carved aged spruce top
- Hand-carved AAA, highly flamed maple back with matching sides
- Body rim depth 3?
- Figured-maple neck, with graphite reinforcement and adjustable truss rod
- Solid-ebony fingerboard, bridge, pickguard, and front & back peghead overlays
- Split block mother-of-pearl inlays on fingerboard
- Hand-engraved mother-of-pearl and abalone Athena inlay on peghead
- Choice of scale length and nut width
- Mother-of-pearl nut
- Abalone dot side position markers
- Precision-machined brass tailpiece construction with ebony overlay
- Handmade knurled brass height adjusters on bridge
- High-gloss nitro-cellulose, natural, lacquer finish
- Gold Schaller tuning machines with ebony buttons
- 24K gold-plated metal parts
- Five-ply Cedar Creek plush, fitted hard shell case with keyed lock
- Seven string
- Left handed
- Body rim depth of 3-3/8?
- Non-cutaway body style
- Wood custom choices:
- Quilt AAA, AAAA, or AAAAA
- Flame AAAA or AAAAA
- Custom finish options
- Kent Armstrong pickup: floating or built-in
- Back through neck-heel construction
- Bound pickguard
- Tone control
- Side port
- Burl appointments
Gallery of Athena Archtop Guitars
Athena Archtop 16″, 4A flame, cocobolo trim, back-through-neck-heel construction, dark amber finish
Athena Archtop 18-3/8”, 7-string, D’Angelico-shaped body, 4A flame, cello f-holes, sans fingerboard inlay, blue finish
Athena Archtop, 17”, 5A quilt, custom inlay on tailpiece, bound birds-eye maple pickguard, back-through-neck-heel construction, amber sunburst finish
Athena Archtop 17”, 4A flame, bound pickguard, sunburst finish
