Interesting guitar. I have just restored an old Antoria archtop. Undoubtedly made in Bavaria / East Germany in the 50s or 60s. Same shape headstock as Framus guitars.. Probably made in the same factory. It has the same neck join as that one except it was a glued join. Seems to be the same as a violin/double bass neck join. I had to reset the neck as the angle was like that one and it also only had the top part of the bridge! There is a great book available from Bohemian Guitars CZ. History of the East German archtop guitar industry. Not available in the UK unfortunately.
Nice thorough tour of the guitar!
Interesting instrument. Looking forward to Ep2.
A beautiful old guitar having life-saving surgery. Looking forward to ep02. Danke Max.
Interesting guitar. I have just restored an old Antoria archtop. Undoubtedly made in Bavaria / East Germany in the 50s or 60s. Same shape headstock as Framus guitars.. Probably made in the same factory. It has the same neck join as that one except it was a glued join. Seems to be the same as a violin/double bass neck join. I had to reset the neck as the angle was like that one and it also only had the top part of the bridge! There is a great book available from Bohemian Guitars CZ. History of the East German archtop guitar industry. Not available in the UK unfortunately.