ALMA ARCHTOP
​GUITAR and BASS
While reminiscent of classic mid-century jazz boxes, this model stretches the Alma shape to a 15 inch modern take on the archtop.

The Alma Archtop model includes:
Body:
  • Laminated maple top and back plates with a “Jay” soundhole
  • Chambered western red cedar or poplar core
Neck:
  • 1- or 2-piece bolt-on cherry neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod (headstock adjustment), carbon fiber reinforcement, scarfed headstock, and a North Indian Rosewood fingerboard
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius
  • 22 nickel frets with stainless zero fret
  • Fret markers: Skur Composites glow-in-the-dark side dots, one 12th fret fingerboard dot
  • Guitar: 24-3/4 inch treble to 26 inch bass multi-scale fretboard, neutral fret at the 7th, 1-11/16 inch nut width
  • Bass: 28-1/2 inch treble to 30 inch bass multiscale fretboard, neutral fret at the 9th, 1-1/2 inch nut width
Finish:
  • Hand-rubbed sunburst on top, back, and headstock.
  • Black painted body core.
  • Oil topcoat.
Hardware:
  • Guitar: Graph Tech 3+3 chrome, Rondo Music Cepheus chrome multi-scale tune-o-matic bridge with hand-carved rosewood base
  • Bass: Graph Tech 2+2 chrome, hand-carved rosewood bridge
  • Hand-carved rosewood finger rest, tailpiece, control cover, and truss cover
Electronics:
  • One Jayemar humbucker pickup
  • One 500k Bourns volume pot with treble bleed circuit
  • One 500k Bourns tone pot with .022mf capacitor
  • Switchcraft jack
Other accoutrements:
  • MONO Creators Vertigo soft gig bag
  • Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap and tool kit with three hex wrenches for adjustments
  • 5 year limited warranty
  • Shipping to US lower 48 included​ ​
​** All Alma Archtop guitars are built to order in 150 days or fewer.  Payment options are available. **

Available as a 6-string guitar and 4-string short-scale bass Custom Line: starting at $4795