BAMBINO BLUES

   Guitar great Pat Kelley plays, well, the blues on the cool Denim finish of his BAMBINO at the Matchless Amps booth at NAMM   :-)

SUBLIME DESIGN

 One (of many!) cool visits we get at BG: The renowned RKS Design from California visiting SCAD (the prestigious University of Art & Design based here in Savannah) and coming by for a tour today to see how we design and make our guitars.

(Anything to do with design is what I really love - so it was a delight to have them here. The award-winning design firm's impressive client list includes Coca Cola, AT&T and Apple (to name just a few!)

(l to r): Ko Nakatsu, Design Researcher & Strategist with RKS Design; Howard Paul; David Ringholz, Professor of Industrial Design, SCAD; and Harnish Jani, Senior Design Researcher and Strategist with RKS Design.

Thank you for the visit!

  JAM AT NAMM

More music at the La Bella booth... Left: Howard on Bravo, after performing with bass legend John B. William

(Right): Great LA jazz guitarist John Storie visits the booth and checks out our ANDY.

BRAVO, LA BELLA!

   Andreas Oberg (on BRAVO) and Bunny Brunel gig at La Bella's NAMM Booth.

HOW SWEDE IT IS

Benedetto Artist/Instructor Rolf Jardemark [with Bambino Elite] and Max Shultz [with Bravo] at the Musician's Institute, California, Archtop workshop, that Howard conducted Monday, Jan. 11th.

Both Artists were visiting from Sweden.

Thanks for your participation!

OH-BERG!

Andreas Öberg at Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine, June 2009, France, performs with his signature color Plumburst BRAVO.

HART AND SOUL

BG welcomes new Artist Bill Hart, playing our Bambino Deluxe (my fave model)  :-)

Head of the guitar program at the Atlanta Institute of Music for fifteen years, he'll be added to our ARTIST page shortly...

Photo credit Trey Gregory, Through The Glass Photography

IT'S SHOWTIME!

Howard is spending January 10-18 in California conducting clinics at several universities and participating in NAMM (La Bella booth #5729).

He has several classic Benedetto models with him to demonstrate the product line and would love to avoid shipping them all the way back to Savannah! 

In California and interested in a demo guitar or NAMM instrument at a great price after the show?  Contact hpaul@benedettoguitars.com and arrange to pickup in Anaheim by January 17 or from Miner Family Vineyards in Napa after January 18!

Andy Model Natural/Espresso back and sides
Bambino Antiqueburst
Bambino Elite Violinburst
Bravo Antiqueburst
Bravo Honey Blonde/Espresso Back and Sides
Americana Antiqueburst
L'Omaggio 18" Florentine Custom w/floating pickup

LA ZINGARA

Our petite La Zingara has sold!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUCKY!

Congratulations, Bucky, on your 84th Birthday!

(and Happy 55th Wedding Anniversary to you & Ruth!)

One of my favorite Bob & Bucky photos: "Ciao-ing Down" in Pennsylvania, 1998

Happy 55th Wedding Anniversary, Bucky & Ruth!

Bucky & Ruth Pizzarelli and their beautiful family (Smithsonian Institution, 2006)

COASTAL CULTURE

Benedetto Guitars video featured in the online edition of Business Images Coastal Georgia, sponsored by Coastal Regional Commission.

photo by Bob Jones Photography

UNA DUO...AGAIN!

The two custom Bambinos made for the University of Alabama (UNA) via DHR Music, features McKenzie Lockhart (left) and BG Artist Tim May. One versatile little guitar!  :-)

 BOSTON BEAUDOIN

BG Artist Gerry Beaudoin with his new BRAVO 7  :-)

DAN'S THE MAN

Dan Faehnle -- on his Bravo Deluxe -- at a Cincinnati Jazz Arts Foundation Organization event in 2009

(Great!) photo by Dr. Bob De Mattina

Photo by Dr. Bob De Mattina