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Benedetto Bravo One-off Plum/Purple S1185 Archtop Guitar  From Benedetto

Guitar Extraordinaire Andreas Oberg's Prototype One-Off Purple Finish, with a video of Joe Beck playing this actual guitar!

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What We Think

This is one of the coolest One-off Benedettos we've seen. The story is interesting: Benedetto's latest endorser, Andreas Oberg, asked for a purple Manhattan as his first Benedetto guitar. Since Bob had never done a purple guitar he wanted to make sure he got the finish right first. This is the prototype for the purple finish that is going to be on Andreas's guitar and man did it turn out nice. It was an aboslute show-stopper at NAMM- it hard to miss, and even some celebs couldn't help but pick it up and play it!

Check out the photo and video download below of Joe Beck digging on this one-of-a-kind guitar at the NAMM show in January 2008. What an instrument!

Manufacturer's Description from Benedetto

The Bravo was designed to gratify the player's need for a tastefully-detailed, rich and full-sounding thin-body that they could travel with-the next generation archtop guitar. It utilizes lightweight laminated spruce top and flamed maple back construction. The Bravo features a hand-shaped, flamed maple neck, gorgeous abalone floral inlay at the 12th fret and the Benedetto A6 humbucking pickup. Crafted for the player who has longed to express himself or herself on an instrument of the highest order, there simply is no substitute for the Benedetto pedigree. More pictures available by request.

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About Manufacturer

Robert Benedetto is widely acknowledged as today's foremost maker of archtop guitars. Over a prolific four-decade career, he has personally handcrafted nearly 800 instruments, including 500 archtops. "My roots are in jazz guitar. It's been my love and my focus since Day One." Robert Benedetto was born October 22, 1946 in the Bronx, New York, into a family of artists, cabinet makers and musicians. He made his first archtop guitar in 1968. His reputation grew as he crafted guitars for noted players Bucky Pizzarelli, Chuck Wayne, Joe Diorio and Cal Collins, and, later, Johnny Smith, Jack Wilkins, Ron Eschete, Martin Taylor, Howard Alden, John Pizzarelli, Andy Summers, Jimmy Bruno and Kenny Burrell (collectively known as The Benedetto Players). His guitars appear on countless recordings, TV & film soundtracks, in videos, books, magazines, museums (including the Smithsonian Institution) and concerts worldwide. Bob & Cindy Benedetto were married in 1975. For over 30 years, Cindy has photographed and extensively documented Bob's guitars and their players. In 1994, they published the landmark book, Making an Archtop Guitar, following it in 1996 with its companion video, Archtop Guitar Design & Construction . That same year, Cindy organized the Benedetto Players in Concert series. In 2004, Mel Bay Publications produced the acclaimed "Benedetto: Body and Soul" DVD, a biography by William Doyle. From 1999-2006, Benedetto had a licensing agreement with Fender Musical Instruments to produce his models in a small, controlled manufacturing environment. In 2006, Benedetto joined forces with Howard Paul to bring Benedetto Guitars to the next level, manufacturing a broad line of more affordable professional instruments without compromising the unparalleled Benedetto worldwide reputation for singular quality. The new shop is located in Savannah, GA and is producing some of the finest guitars to ever carry the Benedetto name. Everything is done under Bob’s watchful eye with his unparalleled attention to detail and craftsmanship.

Specifications

Body: Laminated Hollowbody Archtop: 16" lower bout, 2 1/2" body depth, Venetian cutaway

Top: Laminated select spruce

Back: Laminated select maple

Sides: Solid Flamed maple

Bracing: Parallel spruce

Binding: Top & Back: wht/blk/wht
Neck: white
Headstock: white

Neck: Flamed Maple

Fingerboard: Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay

Width at Nut: 1 3/4", bone

Scale: 25"

Frets: 22

Bridge: Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts

Tailpiece: Model EPS (Ebony Professional Series)

Pickups: 1 Benedetto A-6 Gold

Controls: Master volume, master tone with push/ pull coil tap

Hardward: Gold

Fingerrest: Ebony

Finish: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer

Strings: Pure nickel (.012-.052)

Sound Clips

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Joe Beck Digging on the One of a Kind Purple Bravo at the NAMM show

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LA Jazz Guitarist Jim Fox Taking a Photo Op with this Gorgeous Guitar

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Photo of Joe Beck with S1185 at NAMM