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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!

From Benedetto Guitars

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.

Model
Bambino Deluxe
Serial
52306
Year
2015
Color
Autumn Burst
Top
Spruce
Back
Laminated Maple
Sides
Laminated Maple
Bracing
Parallel Spruce
Binding
Multiples of Black/White Throughout
Neck
American Maple
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12
Width at Nut
1 11/16"
Nut Material
Bone
Scale
25"
Frets
22
Bridge
Ebony, ajustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Model EPS
Pickup
1 Benedetto B-6 Gold
Controls
Volume, Tone
Tuners
Gotoh Gold with Ebony Buttons
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Upgrades
Upgraded Veneers fo Back, Neck, and Sides / C-Shape Neck / B-6 Pickup / Ebony Face Plate with Abalone Logo / Floral Pattern Inlay on Headstock / Cedar Creek Case
Case
Hardshell

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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