What's the Difference between Arch and Carved Top Guitars? Flat top, Bevels, and More
24What is the difference between arched top and carved top guitars? What does this even mean? What exactly are bevels? Here is a brief explanation.
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When I was first getting into guitars, I saw in the magazines and later online marketing phrases like “arch top” and “carved top” when describing guitars. At the time, teenage me did not understand the difference. Don’t you have to carve away wood to make either one?
As I’ve seen and played more guitars, this is now the understanding that I currently have.
00:00 Intro
00:09 Not sponsored, not famous
00:24 What is a guitar “top”
00:32 Arch top explanation
00:45 Example of an arch top guitar
00:50 Carve top explanation
01:15 Examples of carve top guitars
01:22 Flat top explanation
01:38 Examples of flat top guitars
02:07 Bevel explanation
02:22 Examples of guitars with bevels
02:29 Outro
02:53 End screen and cat