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This guitar must be one of the slickest looking arch tops ever made. I love that neck joint and wonder how it was made? anyone have any ideas or other pics I may have not seen simply awesome

It sure looks like a large version of a F-5 mandolin neck joint which would be a dovetail.

Are you referring to a link? So far I see none.

Take a look at this interview with John Monteleone. It features excellent photos of the guitar and he says in the interview that it features the same kind of neck joint that he uses on his mandolins--presumably, a dovetail. The neck joint area is well-illustrated in the photos.
http://www.tgpwebzine.com/?page_id=1155

Also, take a look at part one of the interview. Scroll down and click on the slide show in the media player window. It shows the guitar under construction. The dovetail is clearly shown there.
http://www.tgpwebzine.com/?page_id=1138

Would one of you MODs please correct the title of this thread? John's name is spelled with an 'e' at the end, not an 'i', and is pronounced "MON tay lay OWN".

sorry no disrespect ment with the misspelling his his last name.I never did excel in spelling .thanks for the great pics wonderful articles on one of my fav luthiers.

Looks a lot like a giant mandolin, don't it?

Gibson meets D'Angelico. Very nice.