Peter Hopkins Marquis

Peter Hopkins Marquis for Sale.

The Marquis is the distilled essence of the classic archtop guitar. Unadorned and understated, it's elegant simplicity, sensuous edges and purity of form allow the senses to appreciate the downright sexiness of a hand carved archtop guitar. It's visual purity is echoed by the purity of tone. Clean, rich tonality springs forth in both acoustic and electrified configurations. This guitar is one of our best values ever at the price of $6250

This is your chance to own a masterpiece by one of the truly great archtop builders of our time. This absolutely gorgeous sounding and looking guitars is one of Peter's more recent creations from 2006. The guitar will ship direct from Peter as it's in his shop where he has given it a clean bill of health and states that it is in absolute mint condition. This guitar new sold for $8500 and can now be had for $6250 You're not likely to see a deal like this again on an instrument of such quality.

Sitka spruce top
Flamed maple back, sides and neck
Maple burl on headstock, pickguard and tailpiece
Neo-classical ebony fretboard with floral motif- inlay at 12th fret
Five-ply binding on body, neck and headstock
Three-ply binding in f-holes
Vintage Blonde nitrocellulose lacquer finish
Chrome Schaller tuners
X Bracing
17" lower bout
3" sides
25" scale
1 3/4" nut width
Comfortable "C" shaped neck profile
Kent Armstrong suspended jazz humbucker
Excellent acoustic response