The six string arch-top is built on the Martin Simpson Model body. The round-hole top is carved German spruce, back and sides are flat-top style, bent over curved braces.
The twelve string arch-top is built to the same design on my Model 2 body.
Both are available as four or five course guitar-bouzoukis
Twelve string arch-top
Both six string and twelve string have excellent note separation and a clear punchy sound, with more sustain and ring than one expects from arch-tops.
The twelve string is full and rich without the muddy sound often associated with flat-top twelve strings.
Sobell Guitars, The Old School, Whitley Chapel, Hexham, Northumberland, England NE47 0HB Phone: +44 (0) 1434 673567 Email: stefan@sobellguitars.com