Sound Pure's Take

At 14 1/2" at the lower bout and with a depth of only 2 1/4", this Bambino Deluxe is a streamlined, comfortable player. This is one of the most comfortable bodies around without losing the feel and sound of a true archtop. The added sound holes and binding make this Deluxe the best looking Bambino we've ever had at the shop. Simple, but elegant, this guitar is inviting and extremely easy to play. The neck is amazing and it rests in your hand perfectly whether you're sitting or standing. 

Even with it's more modern streamlined design, this Bambino Deluxe has a surpisingly large acoustic sound with a deep, rounded tone. Plugged in, the Benedetto A6 humbucker sounds warm and full, and has plenty of clarity. The superior playability of this guitar almost defiantly invites you to play fast torrents of single lines, and the pickups are able to reproduce every tonal detail and nuance of phrasing and technique. Don't forget, though, this humbucker has a coil-tap function and can achieve clean, crisp single coil tones by pulling the tone knob.

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.

Body
Laminated Hollowbody Archtop: 14 1/2" lower bout, 2 1/4" body depth, Florentine cutaway
Top
Laminated Carpathian Elm Burl with sound openings
Back
Laminated maple
Sides
Laminated maple
Bracing
Parallel spruce
Binding
Multiples of black/white throughout
Neck
American Maple
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay
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)
Pickups
1 Benedetto A6 gold
Controls
Master volume, master tone with push/ pull coil tap, 3-way pickup selector
Hardward
Gold
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Strings
Pure nickel (.012-.052)

Free 3-Year Warranty

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Returns

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