Tom Anderson introduced the Drop Top Classic in 1991 - it is like the Anderson Drop Top but with a pickguard giving it a more "classic" strat look. The Drop Top Classic comes with various neck, body and top wood choices as well as a choice of scale-lengths - so its difficult to list the standard specifications. You can get one with a flame or quilted maple, koa or walnut top. Body wood can be alder, swamp ash, mahogany or basswood. Neck wood can be maple or rosewood. You can get various neck profiles Fingerboard can be maple, rosewood or pau ferro.

The Tom Anderson Guitarworks Drop Top was introduced in 1990 and was a landmark instrument for Anderson. Up until 1990 they had been making parts for other brands (like Suhr) but from 1990 they began to focus solely on building completed instruments.

Introduced in 1996, the Tom Anderson Hollow Drop Top is outwardly identical to the solid Drop Top but it has hollow internal tone chambers. Hollowing out the guitar makes it much lighter - and therefore more comfortable to play on a strap. Hollowing also affects tone slightly - in a way that some players prefer to the solid version - the Hollow Drop Top has a slightly softer sounding pick attack and softer mid frequencies.

Like all Anderson models there are many options for Hollow Drop Top body and neck woods, finishes and pickup configurations.