Bravo Elite™
If you love the size and feel of a 16″ archtop with a slightly more shallow depth of 2 ½”, but must have a solid carved guitar, the Bravo Elite is the perfect instrument. Comfortable, ideally balanced, and stunning to behold, it borrows La Venezia’s violin styling. The Bravo Elite is free of binding and features our signature 12th fret, floral inlay. It also features a solid, hand graduated spruce top and book–matched flamed or quilted maple back and sides.
*options shown
*Prices subject to change without notice.
Specs
Body
Carved Archtop: 16" lower bout, 2 1/2" body depth, Venetian cutaway
Top
Carved select spruce
Back
Carved select curly or quilted maple (based on availability)
Sides
Solid select curly or quilted maple (to match back)
Bracing
Parallel spruce
Binding
None
Neck
Flamed maple
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius
Width at Nut
1 3/4", ebony
Scale
25"
Frets
22
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup
1 Benedetto B–6 black
Controls
Volume and tone
Tuners
Gotoh black with ebony buttons
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors
Violinburst only
Strings
Pure nickel (.012-.052)
Specs
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Body
Carved Archtop: 16" lower bout, 2 1/2" body depth, Venetian cutaway
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Top
Carved select spruce
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Back
Carved select curly or quilted maple (based on availability)
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Sides
Solid select curly or quilted maple (to match back)
Bracing
Parallel spruce
Binding
None
Neck
Flamed maple
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius
Width at Nut
1 3/4", ebony
Scale
25"
Frets
22
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup
1 Benedetto B–6 black
Controls
Volume and tone
Tuners
Gotoh black with ebony buttons
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors
Violinburst only
Strings
Pure nickel (.012-.052)
Gallery
Benedetto Player Chico Pinheiro with his Bravo Elite. (Courtesy Chico Pinheiro)
Ed Miner plays a Benedetto Bravo Elite 7-string at the 2009 Miner Benedetto Wine Release Concert, Napa Valley. (Courtesy Mike Oria)
Benedetto Player LUCA DI LUZIO with his personal BRAVO ELITE model in Pescara, Italy. (Courtesy Luca di Luzio)
Benedetto Player Chico Pinheiro with his Bravo Elite at the 2013 Festival Montreal. (Courtesy Chico Pinheiro)
Chico Pinheiro with his Bravo Elite, Miner-Benedetto Wine Release Concert, 2017. (Courtesy Mike Oria)
Stunning floral abalone inlay on Benedetto Bravo Elite Custom (Serial #S2206). (Courtesy Benedetto Guitars)
Benedetto Player Luca di Luzio & Kamila Staszkòw on stage of JAZZIT Jazz Festival in Collescipoli ITALY 2013 “…my Benedetto Bravo Elite impressed the audience for its great and nice sound.”(Courtesy Luca di Luzio)
Rodney Jones with his Bambino Deluxe, Chico Pinheiro with his Bravo Elite. (Courtesy Chico Pinheiro)
Chico Pinheiro on his Benedetto Bravo Elite at the Cornelia Street Cafe - Savassi Festival NYC Sept 2014. (Courtesy Chico Pinheiro)
