POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS

Lanterns like polka dots and, well, it was a full moon ;-)

View from the back of our Benedetto Players Concert at Miner Wines, August 16th. (if you look closely at the left, you'll see a standing Bill Doyle capturing the event for his forthcoming DVD on Miner Family Vineyards.)

Btw: Happy 25th Anniversary to you and Lori, Bill! ;-)

THE STARS WERE ALIGNED

As the sun was setting over Miner Family Vineyards, the BENEDETTO PLAYERS (l to r) Andreas Oberg, Howard Alden, Bucky Pizzarelli and "our" Howard Paul were wowing the audience.

Special thanks for the great photo courtesy John Brackett Photography.

ME AND MRS. CLARE T  :-)

"A photo of me and Mrs. Clare T - she plays like a dream" says Miles T. Cunningham who purchased a Claret BRAVO recently from Dreamquest Specialties in Orange, CA.  

 BG AT NYU

 "Yesterday I purchased a Benedetto BAMBINO DELUXE [in Honey Blonde] from Sound Pure in North Carolina. I am extremely grateful to you, Bob and Howard for answering all of my questions and producing such an outstanding guitar. I can't wait to jam with my friends back at NYU!  Sincerely, Isaac Chatfield"

Isaac, many thanks for the wonderful note - exactly what we love to hear! Good luck in school this year! :-)

THE OTHER GREAT JAZZ GUITAR SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON STATE...

Howard did a solo clinic at The Jazz Guitar Society of Spokane August 12th.

(Note: The next day he was at the Seattle Jazz Guitar Society with Bob; see photos below. Washington State is fortunate to have not one, but two, very active jazz guitar societies!)

Left: Howard talks about the guitars to a full house at Nodland Wine Cellars in beautiful Spokane, where the clinic was held. Special thanks to Tim Nodland, President of the JGS of Spokane, for all his help as well as to journalist Michael Breckenridge of the Inland Echo for the great photos.

   Four Benedetto models on display at the Spokane Jazz Guitar Society clinic:

L to r: BRAVO DELUXE (Autumn Burst); BRAVO (Antique Burst); BAMBINO DELUXE (Honey Blonde); and BAMBINO (Espresso).

 SMOKIN' IN SPOKANE

 Spokane Jazz Guitarist Nick Herman (on our BRAVO) joins Howard (on BRAVO DELUXE) for several tunes at the Clinic...

Thank you, Nick! [and to all the Spokane JGS members for being such a gracious audience :-)  ]

ON A CLEAR DAY

Partial view of the Stage and seating at Miner Wines, getting ready for the Big Night...and Full Moon :-)

Photo by Mike Oria

MORE GREAT PHOTOS COMING THIS WEEK!

THE SIGNATURE OF JAZZ GUITAR(ISTS!)

Bob, Dave Miner and Guitarists Howard Alden, "our" Howard Paul, Bucky Pizzarelli & Andreas Oberg autograph one of the magnum ( aka "Big") bottles of Miner-Benedetto vino ;-)

MAJOR MINER - Part 2...

Bucky Pizzazz-arelli swings... Right: Dave Miner and Andreas Oberg

Photos courtesy Mike Oria!

A busy weekend at Miner Wines! Left: Bob is interviewed by Maestro Bill Doyle for the Miner/Benedetto documentary... Right: Bob and Howard (and Howard Alden & Bucky) sign the Miner Benedetto Signature 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon bottles - lots of them!

Photos by that fellow Mike Oria again ;-)

HAVE ANDY, WILL TRAVEL.

Below is the information you have all been (or should have been!) anxiously awaiting on our very popular ANDY model.

ANDY is a 3/4 scale archtop electric guitar perfect for either travel or for serious youth guitarists. Not a toy, the guitar's 23" fingerboard scale features a solid carved spruce top and a solid carved maple back, with laminated maple sides. The guitar incorporates the same design features of its big brothers with an ebony fingerboard, fingerrest, tailpiece and bridge.

A mini-humbucking pickup with volume and tone control is built into the top. ANDY comes in a traditional Antiqueburst finish, or with a Natural Top and Espresso back, sides and neck. With a gigbag, the retail is, like the guitar, a very small $2,475.00. :-) Check with your favorite dealer today!

DON'T FORGET OUR ARCHIVES!

 If you've enjoyed perusing the above, you might enjoy seeing 33 (oops, now 42!) more pages of Archived BENEDETTO NEWS!