Benedetto Guitars

Benedetto Bambino As its name implies, the Bambino is a baby in size...but with a big voice. This extraordinary model is a prayer answered for the musician with a lot of time on the road. Its lightweight and compact 14 ½" body is easily manageable in airport traffic or taxis. It features a laminated maple top and back, a maple neck shaped for playing comfort as only a Benedetto can be. With two chrome plated Benedetto A–6 pickups, it’s all you’ll ever need! So, if you’re looking for the tone of a big jazz box but need the compact comfort of a smaller guitar, this model was made for you. 2008, Antique Sunburst finish all maple hollowbody archtop with no soundholes. 14 ½” wide with a 25” scale neck with an ebony fingerboard. 2 humbucking pickups with ebony trapeze tailpiece. Our 2008 model awaits your pleasure. Mint with OHSC $2,350

Benedetto Bambino Deluxe, 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 placed in the rhythm position. To show off the beautiful flamed top, this instrument is available only in Natural and Honey Blonde finishes. Our 2008 model is finished in the Honey Blond finish. It is 14 ½” wide and the archtop body is 2 ¼” deep at the outer edge. It has the 25” scale neck with an ebony fingerboard. 1 gold plated humbucking pickup mounted at the base of the neck, and an ebony trapeze tailpiece. Mint $4,395

Benedetto Benny, 2008, Antique Sunburst finish spruce top on a chambered mahogany solidbody. 14 ½” wide with a 25” scale neck with an ebony fingerboard. 2 humbucking pickups with compensated stop tailpiece. Mint $4,795

Benedetto Bravo, 2008, Honey Blond finish flamed maple hollowbody archtop with unbound F soundholes. 16” wide,25” scale neck with an ebony fingerboard. 1 humbucking pickup, ebony trapeze tailpiece & bridge. Mint $4,395

We are very pleased to offer you the full range of Benedetto Guitars. Much more information coming soon. Call for special introductory offers.

Gibson Guitars

GIBSON ES-175D … 1958, This is a 16" maple body archtop in an ice tea sunburst finish. It features a single sharp cutaway design with a trapeze tailpiece. This was the 1st year for the PAF Humbucking pickups. The guitar is in all original condition with no changes made to it except for a Nashville style tune-a-matic bridge, but the original carved rosewood bridge is included. This guitar has Epiphone tulip button tuning gears that are original to the guitar; there is no evidence that any other tuners have ever been on this instrument. It has the shorter 24.75” scale length, a bound rosewood fingerboard and a 5 ply black pickguard has a dip in the shape due to age. There are very few dings or nicks in the finish. No belt rash evident on the back. Very light lacquer checking in a few places. Original Geib hard shell case included. $4,995

GIBSON L-5 CES ... 2002, A tobacco sunburst finish single cutaway archtop. This is the world standard Jazz box. It has a deep dish tap tuned top, and a carved maple body made in Nashville, Tennessee at the Custom Shop facility. It is 17” wide at the lower bout with a rounded single cutaway. The maple body is highly flamed and the carved Englemann spruce top is close grained and clear. The guitar has gold hardware including the plated engraved tailpiece with Sterling silver insert, 2 humbucking pickups, and the Gibson gears. Ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays, multi-bound black pickguard and tune-a-matic bridge with inlaid ebony base. Near Mint condition with original Gibson case. $6,750

GIBSON “No Name” Archtop … This is a sunburst finish 16” archtop with classic Gibson looks and design, but there is no name on the headstock and no other identifying marks. It has an unbound rosewood fingeboard with dot inlays, a single bound mahogany body with a spruce top and a single pickup mounted in the neck position. It features unbound “F” holes, a trapeze tailpiece and an elevated single ply pickguard. It is in excellent restored condition. HSC. It is offered at $995

*Jim Hopkins writes “Hello, I just saw/read the description of the "No Name Guitar"....It looks like my vintage (pre Gibson take over) Epiphone Century model. Mine was manufactured in February, 1954. This particular intrument may have been assembled during the time frame of the Gibson buy-out. As such, was it going to be an Epi, or a Gibson? In all likely hood, the guitar was overlooked, or an employee may have purchased it for thier own use.Also, the family was running on a pretty thin margin, and may not have had Epiphone labled parts available for production. The only thing that is different from mine is the truss rod cover, mine is white.”

Gretsch Guitars

GRETSCH Van Eps – 6 String, 1968, Model 6082. A Walnut finish 17” maple body archtop with multiple bings on the top neck and asymetrical headstock. The hardware is gold plated including the 2 eared Filtertron pickups, the “G” tailpiece, large kidney button Grover tuners, engraved headstock nameplate and control knobs. It features the master volume control on the upper treble bout, 2 tone switches in the upper bass bout and dual volume controls with an on / off switch by the tailpiece. It features a comfortable rounded maple neck with thumbnail inlays in the ebony fingerboard. Floating tuning fork bridge is included, but the guitar is set up with a tune-a-matic bridge for perfect intonation and playability. Exc. $4,995

Hofner Guitars

HOFNER 462 / S ARCHTOP The model was introduced 1953, and this would appear to be a very early one of the series with no truss rod. It is a natural finish single cutaway design, 16" at the lower bout, 2 15/16" deep at the edge of this deeply carved spruce top, with a bookmatched flamed maple back, flamed maple sides: Five piece maple/mahogany/maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard with 7 contrasting pearloid block inlays. The headstock face is white pearloid with a wedge of rosewood in the center, no inlays. 25.5" Scale Length, jumbo frets, open strip tuners with white plastic buttons. Bound cat’s eye soundholes, Hofner adjustable bridge and original nickel frequensator style tailpiece. Hofner Logo gold decal on upper bass bout of the body. It has a single pickup mounted into the end of the fingerboard, a very unusual feature. It has single volume and tone controls and a non original replacement bound pickguard. HSC Excellent condition. $3,495

Hopf Guitars

HOPF Saturn 63 … 1963, German made semi-hollow body archtop. Inspired by the dawning of the space age this was a stellar achievement in the guitar world. It has a carved spruce top that merges seamlessly with the maple back. It features 2 teardrop soundholes located on the bass side of the body that have chrome binding. It has 2 chrome covered single coil pickups controlled by 2 volume pots and a 3 way tone control located on a chrome mounting plate on the lower treble bout. The guitar features a tremelo tailpiece that is silky smooth combined with the rocker mounted adjustable bridge. It has a suspended clear plexiglass pickguard engraved with Hopf in gold letters. The neck is constructed out of vertical slats of maple about 1mm thick for high tensile strength and capped with a rosewood fingerboard. 24 ¾” scale length with a zero fret The neck is perfectly straight now after 40 years without the need of s truss rod; it has a hockey stick style headstock with 6 on a side tuning gears with crowned pearloid buttons. It is in excellent condition and has a hard shell case. $1,795

Master Guitars

MASTER GUITARS - Elite … 2005. An original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. Made in California. This is a semi-hollow double cut archtop in an emerald green finish. The flamed maple top is deeply carved and ribbed with unique soundholes over a mahogany body and set neck. It has a gold plated stop tailpiece, and pearl floral inlays in the ebony fingerboard. It has 2 humbucking pickups with a single volume and tone control with a 3 way switch, and Sperzel locking gears. All gold hardware. Extremely light weight with a unique neck / body joint angle. A superb instrument. Mint condition with a tweed case $5,495

MASTER GUITARS - Elite … 2000 Millenium Model. An original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. Made in California, they are incredible. This is a semi-hollow double cut archtop in a cherry sunburst finish. The flamed maple top is deeply carved and ribbed with unique soundholes over a mahogany body and set neck. It has a trapeze tailpiece that is ebony inlaid with blue/green abalone as is the rose fingerboard inlay. It has 2 humbucking pickups with a single volume and tone control with a 3 way switch, and Sperzel locking gears. All gold hardware. Extremely light weight with a unique neck / body joint angle. A superb instrument. Near Mint condition with a tweed case $4,995

MASTER GUITARS - Cremona … Another original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. Made in California. This is a semi-hollow double cut archtop in a cherry sunburst finish. The flamed maple top is deeply carved and ribbed with open “F” soundholes over a mahogany body and set maple neck. It has a trapeze tailpiece that is ebony inlaid with blue/green abalone with a vine fingerboard inlay. It has 2 humbucking pickups with a single volume and tone control with a 3 way switch, and Sperzel locking gears. All gold hardware. A superb instrument. Mint condition with the OHSC. $5,995

MASTER GUITARS – Nueva … 2000 Millenium Model. Another original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. This is the prototype, #1 of this design. It’s a natural blond finish single cutaway archtop with a flamed maple body and a select Englemann spruce top. The top is deeply carved and features unique maple bound soundholes, carved ebony pickguard and rose inlaid ebony fingerboard. The neck joins the body at the 13^th fret. It has an ebony trapeze tailpiece inlaid with abalone, as are the rose fingerboard and pickguard inlays. It has a hand wound humbucking pickup with a single volume, and Sperzel locking gears with ebony buttons. A very impressive archtop. Made in California. Mint condition with a custom hard shell case $7,995

MASTER GUITARS – Django … 2005, Presentation Model. An original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. It’s a Red Sunburst finish viola style (with 2 points at the waist) single cutaway archtop with a flamed German maple body and a select Englemann spruce top. The top features multiple bindings and maple trim, the soundholes are abalone inlaid, It has a carved ebony pickguard and a full “Tree of Life” vine inlaid ebony fingerboard on the 3 piece maple neck with volute. It has an ebony trapeze tailpiece inlaid with abalone. The back of the guitar is also highly inlaid top and bottom with abalone in a vine motif. It has a custom wound humbucking pickup with Alnico 5 magnets for a silky smooth sound with a single volume control all pickguard mounted. It has gold plated Sperzel locking gears with ebony buttons. An incredible archtop, museum quality, and it sounds and plays like a dream. Made in California. Mint condition with a custom hard shell case $12,995

Schultz Guitars

SCHULTZ Apollo… 2003 A single cutaway archtop in a light honeyburst finish. It has a highly flamed maple body, with a carved Englemann spruce top. It is 17” wide at the lower bout with a Venetian single cutaway. The guitar has gold hardware including the scroll trapeze tailpiece, the old style Grover Imperial stairstep gears and a single J. Smith style humbucking pickup mounted at the end of the bound ebony fingerboard with pickguard mounted volume control.. It features split pearl block inlays, multi-bound black pickguard and carved and compensated ebony bridge. Near Mint. OHSC $2,995

Triggs Guitars

Jim Triggs, Luthier ... One of the world's pre-eminent guitar builders. Master archtop builder of today's generation. He was first really noticed for his spectacular work with the Gibson Custom Shop where he ended up the 1980's as the head of their archtop department in Nashville, TN. After leaving Gibson, he was involved with the D'Angelico II project, and then set out to make his own mark under his own name. We've enjoyed his work for years, whatever he builds, it's top quality. From various styles of Maple body jazzboxes to spectacular carved archtops and some one of a kind Art Guitars.

Triggs QuattroPorte, 2009. A 17" maple body, single cutaway archtop with 4 Teardrop shaped soundholes. The guitar is finished in a Vintage Sunburst and features all chrome plated hardware. It has superb sound acoustically and includes a pickguard mounted pickup. It is set up with a single J.Smith style pickup is mounted on the bound ebony pickguard. The guitar features the new J. Triggs plate tailpiece and is set up with a carved ebony bridge. The superb neck has a bound headstock and is carved from a single piece of rock maple, as is set up with the old style Grover Imperial tuners. This is a fabulous archtop guitar. It is in New / Mint with the original hard shell case. $2,995

Triggs New Yorker Solidbody, 2008. Amber Blond finish. This is a mahogany body single cutaway solidbody with a highly flamed maple top that is multi-bound. It has a single gold plated humbucking pickup with single volume and tone controls on the lower treble bout. It has a multi-bound ebony pickguard. It features a stop tailpiece with tune-a-matic tailpiece, Grover Imperial gears on the oversize headstock with center finial. The mahogany neck has a soft V shape with an ebony fingerboard with split block inlays. The oversize “New Yorker” headstock has a gold finial piece and engraved pearl inlay. A killer guitar. Mint with OHSC $4,495

TRIGGS - Kansas City … This is an archtop based on the original Stromberg Master 400 model. It is a big 19" wide single cutaway with a highly flamed maple body in a natural blond finish. It has a carved spruce top with multi-bound "F" holes and multiple top and back binding. It has a 1 piece flamed maple neck with a multi-bound ebony fingerboard with pearl split block inlays. The headstock has a large engraved pearl inlay with “Triggs” engraved in the centerpiece and “Kansas City” beneath. Bound white pearloid pickguard with a suspended pickup mounted beneath the neck with a single volume control. Carved ebony bridge and a gold plated and engraved Stromberg style tailpiece. Grover Imperial stairstep tuning gears. This guitar is just like the one featured on the cover of the upcoming 7^th Edition of the Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars. Mint condition. OHSC $9,995

TRIGGS "Key Largo"... A "One of a Kind" Art Guitar from Master luthier Jim Triggs. A 16" flamed Maple, deep body carved archtop finished in a Blue Green Sunburst. Carved Pink flamingos on the neck heel, "Key Largo" inlaid in Pearl in the bound Ebony fingerboard. Gold plated engraved stairstep tailpiece, Imperial timers. Flamingos on the headstock. Bound tortoise pickguard. 1992 OHSC - Not for Sale

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