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Condition: Used, Good Signs of age, finish checking, some scratching, blemishes on headstock.
A beautiful Benedetto from the 80's! This instrument is worthy of a professional and if you've been looking for a traditional 17" archtop guitar to end your search this could be it!
From Benedetto Guitars
The Manhattan guitar has become the signature model of the Benedetto archtop line. Made under Bob’s scrupulous supervision, the Manhattan consists of only the finest materials, designs and craftsmanship, including the Benedetto fine–lined binding package, unbound ebony finger rest and Benedetto cello–style tailpiece. Bob painstakingly selects the tonewoods, reviews the voicings and inspects each guitar, assuring the ultimate in archtop beauty, tonality, and playability. Imitated but never equaled, the Manhattan has raised the standard of carved top guitars and is truly the instrument by which all other archtops are measured.
- Serial Number
- 19089-A
- Year
- 1989
- Body
- Archtop: 17" lower bout, 3" body depth Venetian cutaway
- Top
- Carved, hand–graduated and tuned, master grade European spruce
- Back
- Carved, hand–graduated master grade European flamed maple
- Sides
- Master grade European flamed maple
- Bracing
- X–braced European spruce
- Binding
- Fine–lined multiples of black/white throughout
- Neck
- Select, American flamed maple
- Fingerboard
- Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay
- Width at Nut
- 1 ¾", bone
- Scale
- 25"
- Frets
- 21
- Bridge
- Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
- Tailpiece
- Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
- Pickup
- 1 Benedetto S–6 (suspended)
- Controls
- Volume mounted on fingerrest
- Tuners
- Gotoh gold with ebony buttons
- Fingerrest
- Ebony
- Finish
- Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
Returns
Not eligible for Try Before You Buy or the 48-hour approval period. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.
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