34. Bill Comins

Archtop guitar maker Bill Comins started his career as an aspiring jazz musician. Because of that, he brings the player's viewpoint into all of his guitars. "If I go overboard on making things very resonant, I'm going to be fighting inconsistencies, and as player that is useless to me on the bandstand," he says. For our 34th episode, I sit down with Bill at the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival, where he shares his player-led insights into archtop guitar design, voicing and amplification