PAYING HOMAGE TO the world’s first production solidbody guitar by creating a hollowbody jazz box might seem an outré move — but it’s not the only surprise Tim Bram’s Tribute Archtop is packing. Certainly, the notion to make a more playable, portable and versatile jazz guitar by adopting a thinline design might seem like nothing new. But then again, nearly everything else about the Tribute Archtop is done a little differently than we’ve seen before.
“My Tribute model was first made as an homage to a vintage Tele that I restored when I was just 19 years old,” Bram tells . “That guitar had a great feel that I wanted to try and re-create in anan archtop that was smaller and easier to play than a traditional archtop, while still offering the familiar archtop voice. I also wanted to stay away from the traditional shape that is associated with archtop guitars.”
