This is the most traditional way for curving the top and back of an archtop.

Top and back plates are hand carved and very carefully graduated through their surface, using different kind of chisels and techniques. We curve the back and the top plate especially (with the help of its bracing), in such a way, that they transmit vibrations evenly through their entire surface.

In the final stages of back and top curving, we enter into one of the most crucial procedures that will define the sound qualities of the guitar, the so called “tap tone tuning”. We carefully remove tiny parts of wood adjusting the wood thickness, checking contiguously by taping in specific areas of the back and top plate, until we achieve the “tuning” of both woods in the desired key.

Using these tuned pieces in the construction, the guitar can produce a louder, more resonant primary tone and rich over tones.

Eumelia is the top of the line acoustic guitar in our archtop line. In order to preserve its unique acoustic characteristics, we had to come up with a solution for the control of the acoustic and the electric pickups, without placing any parts on the soundboard. So we created an offboard control pedal housed in an elegant custom box.

This control pedal allows the switching or blending between the acoustic piezo and the electric pickup as well as the use of the active or passive EQ, making it an ideal companion to Eumelia.

Our Fremediti tailpiece suspension is a patented original design that contributes to the playability of the guitar.

On the tailpiece there is a suspension system, which absorbs a small part of the string tension when we press the strings against the frets, resulting in a "lighter" feeling on the strings, especially on string bends. Furthermore, the tailpiece suspension mechanism does not have any contact with the soundboard, allowing it to vibrate and “breath” effortlessly, preserving this way the acoustic characteristics of the guitar.
In addition, this system absorbs a part of the structural stress, created from bending, preserving this way the structural integrity of the more delicate materials and construction used on an acoustic instrument.

Our Fremediti tailpiece is machined from titanium alloy, providing added stability and reduced weight, while at the same time making the sound brighter and more clear.

Finally, an ebony cover with exotic top veneer, adds to the classic aesthetics of the guitar.

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Height adjustable ebony bridge with a specially undersaddle Fishman acoustic piezo pickup and 1/8” width ebony saddle.

The 1/8”ebony saddle width allows the achievement of a perfect intonation by giving the exact shape at the point of each string.

All of our semi and hollow guitars come with three-piece neck, which provides stability but also the ability to control the elasticity of the neck.

Two mini pots are discreetly positioned under the fingerrest, without any contact with the guitar top, thus not affecting its free vibration.

Additionally, this set up does not interfere with the classic appearance of the guitar.

At the hollow body models the floating pickup with pickguard is mounted to the neck without any contact with the guitar top, thus not affecting its free vibration.

We wanted to offer an impeccable aesthetic appearance to our top of the line archtop and hollow-body models.

Our Eumelia and Polymnia, as well as Amphion AC and Euphony AC, come with wooden bindings, multiply wooden purfling, multiply veneers and strips in every possible area.

The same aesthetic detailed craft is applied also to the f-holes of the above models.