Sonntag J17H Archtop Jazz Guitar in Spruce
This is a hollow body 6-string jazz guitar with arched top made in Germany by Stefan Sonntag. This is the J17H Standard model with hand carved European spruce soundboard, body and sides of maple, parallel bracing and Kent Armstrong floating pickup . Lightly used, in nearly perfect condition except for one small ding on the soundboard, shown in the third photo. Includes hard case in good condition, though only two of the four case latches are in working order. Specs Body Height: 17" Length: 21" Depth: 3" Frets: 20 Overall length: 43.5" Weight: 5.75 lbs Serial: unknown Neck width Nut: 44,5 mm/1.75", 12th fret 54,5 mm/2.14" Neck thickness 1st fret: 21 mm/0.82", 10th fret: 23mm/0.90" To hear the sound of one of a Sonntag like this, look on Youtube for a video by Andreas Schulz playing changes to "Afternoon in Paris". A new Sonntag costs about 6800 EUR, so you should have this one at a great price. French magazine Guitarist Acoustic published a review of the J17 including the opinion of the French jazz guitar player Hugo Lippi: "What I particularly love in this guitar is the capability to shape notes. You can attack without sounding metallic, or play very smooth legato." German magazine Guitar & Bass also reviewed the J17. In his summary, reviewer Frank Haunschild writes: "The playability is simply fantastic. The craftsmanship using high-quality materials is flawless, and the guitar also makes an outstanding visual impression. The price is fully justified given the amount of work involved and the quality of the instrument." A couple of the photos show some blue fuzz near the treble F hole. That will come off. There was something sticky there that held onto some of the fuzz from the case or a polishing cloth. I cleaned most of it off with a rag with Pledge on it, but I didn't go 100% because lazy apparently. :-/