The always marvelous Beth Marlis showing off her daily warm up routine on rhythm changes in a very animated way!

When we scheduled this post on Friday we hoped someone might see it Monday morning and be enticed by its beauty. It turns out you have to be quick on the draw when our most popular model shows up in Bob’s Boutique… One lucky guitarist in California beat you to it (Don’t worry we’ll have more soon)!

It features a super comfortable 16″ x 2.5″ body with laminated spruce top, laminated maple back, and solid maple sides. Other standard features are 25″ scale, 1 3/4″ nut width, and A-6 pickup. Act quickly as these never last long! Head on over to Bob’s Boutique for details.

Whenever we make demo videos we try a couple different tunes… so it’s time for B sides! Here is a quick version of All the Things You Are on the Ambrosia Maple 16-B we demonstrated a few weeks back.

We love seeing our artists in print! Here’s a great article from Vintage Guitar Magazine featuring King Solomon Hicks! 

This unbelievable example of a Bravo Deluxe is heading to California, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have it… It just means you get a chance to try it before you buy it by visiting our friends at Imperial Vintage Guitar in Sherman Oaks. Because we don’t have dealers, it’s rare to have a chance to try one of our instruments in the wild. Imperial Vintage Guitar have very generously offered us wall space which gives our West coast friends a chance to see and hear this beauty in person.

The non-standard, Light Antiqueburst finish has been an extraordinarily popular choice for our Bravo Deluxe model. This particular guitar is glammed up a little bit with Fratello motif position markers on the fretboard and a matching, inlaid Benedetto logo.

A great introduction to Leandro Pellegrino from his teaching studio! Man, he can play (and teach)!

A great track from Barry Greene in New York in 2013!

A very lucky customer ordered this stunning, custom Bambino Elite. It is being built with an incredible piece of fiddleback mahogany which was sourced from the Fiddleback Tree, a once-in-a-lifetime find according to our supplier. It exhibits the most intensely flamed mahogany we’ve ever seen. Only ten billets for archtop guitars were sourced from this tree.

(Photo by Sherri Newell)

We don’t like to play favorites here at Benedetto… I’m sure we’d all have one of each model if we could. It might be worth noting, though, that both President/CEO, Howard Paul and Sales Manager, Jackson Evans do the bulk of their performing (hundreds of nights/year combined, normally) on the 16-B model. It’s the perfect gigging guitar with all of the expressiveness a carved archtop should have, but in a comfortable, compact package. We have two available on Bob’s Boutique!

Happy 8th Benne-versary to Phillip Archibald! Phil is the craftsman behind every Professional Series body and assists with the binding and finish prep on the Flagship Models. His constant attention to detail and ability to solve problems creatively make him an invaluable member of the Benedetto team. Keep up the great work, Phil!