Sound Pure's Take
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.
- Year
- 2015
- Serial Number
- 52306
- Body
- Laminated Hollowbody Archtop: 14 ½
- Top
- Spruce
- Back
- Laminated maple
- Sides
- Laminated maple
- Neck
- American maple
Upgraded Veneers for Back, Neck and Sides
- Bracing
- Parallel Spruce
- Binding
- Multiples of black/white throughout
- Neck Shape
- C .820 - .920
- Fingerboard
- Ebony, 12
- Width at Nut
- 1 11/16", bone
- Scale
- 25"
- Frets
- 22
- Bridge
- Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
- Tailpiece
- Model EPS™ (Ebony Professional Series)
- Headplate
- Ebony with Abalone Logo
- Pickup
- Bennedetto B6
- Controls
- Volume and Tone
- Tuners
- Gotoh gold with ebony buttons
- Finger rest
- Ebony
- Finish
- Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Hardshell Case
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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