Condition: Used, Excellent

In looks, feel, and sound, it simply does not get more comfortable, more elegant, or more refined than this superlative Bambino Deluxe.  For starters, it's a hard guitar to keep from looking at.  The inlay work, the clean as can be purfling and binding, the fullbody burst, the figuring in the back--oof.  The neck just seems to say "go, go, go!"  We plugged this one when it showed up into a Henriksen JazzAmp and every jaw in the room hit the floor.  Clean and articulate, full and rich--a more genuine voice you will not find in a guitar this size!  At a minimum year lead time and $7500 price tag, these don't show up on the used market very often.  Once folks get a hold, they don't let go!  We're lucky to have this, no question--almost as lucky as the player who brings it home!

This is a Bambino with a Jazz Attitude. This deluxe version maintains the dimensional specifications of the Bambino model but adds modern sound holes, a flamed maple veneer top, gold hardware, and a deluxe binding package (w/b/w/b/w) to the body, neck and headstock. The sound holes enhance the acoustic volume to the unplugged instrument and give the guitar a more traditional archtop look with only a single pickup place in the rhythm position.