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This is the prettiest guitar I have seen/owned. It is stunning, no issues , beautiful wood and Benedetto’s sound and quality. If you enlarge the photo of the heal of the neck you will see very slight crazing of the finish. Also, the pickguard broke and was professional repaired by my guitar tech to where you can not tell at all. It obviously in no way affected the sound, tone , or playability.
It was made late 1999 early 2000 in Corona, California. I don’t play jazz much anymore and I’ve kept it for a physical beauty keeping him or is a work of art. It needs to be in the hands of a player.
The Manhattan guitar has become the signature model of the Benedetto archtop line. Made under Bob’ Benedetto’s scrupulous supervision, the Manhattan consists of only the finest materials, designs and craftsmanship, including the Benedetto fine–lined binding package, unbound ebony fingerrest and Benedetto cello–style tailpiece. Bob painstakingly selects the tonewoods, reviews the voicings and inspects each guitar, assuring the ultimate in archtop beauty, tonality and playability. Imitated but never equaled, the Manhattan has raised the standard of carved top guitars and is truly the instrument by which all other archtops.
Specs:
Body:Archtop: 17" lower bout, 3" body depth Venetian cutaway
Top:Carved, hand–graduated and tuned, master grade European spruce
Back:Carved, hand–graduated master grade European flamed maple
Sides:Master grade European flamed maple
Bracing:X–braced European spruce
Binding:Fine–lined multiples of black/white throughout
Neck:Select, American flamed maple
Fingerboard:Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay
Width at Nut:1 ¾", bone
Scale:25"
Frets:21
Bridge:Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece:Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup:1 Benedetto S–6 (suspended)
Controls:Volume mounted on fingerrest
Tuners:Gotoh gold with ebony buttons
Fingerrest:Ebony
Finish:Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors:Claret, Antique Burst, Honey Blonde, Opulent Brown, Natural
Strings:Pure nickel (.012-.052)
This is the prettiest guitar I have seen/owned. It is stunning, no issues , beautiful wood and Benedetto’s sound and quality. If you enlarge the photo of the heal of the neck you will see very slight crazing of the finish. Also, the pickguard broke and was professional repaired by my guitar tech to where you can not tell at all. It obviously in no way affected the sound, tone , or playability.
It was made late 1999 early 2000 in Corona, California. I don’t play jazz much anymore and I’ve kept it for a physical beauty keeping him or is a work of art. It needs to be in the hands of a player.
The Manhattan guitar has become the signature model of the Benedetto archtop line. Made under Bob’ Benedetto’s scrupulous supervision, the Manhattan consists of only the finest materials, designs and craftsmanship, including the Benedetto fine–lined binding package, unbound ebony fingerrest and Benedetto cello–style tailpiece. Bob painstakingly selects the tonewoods, reviews the voicings and inspects each guitar, assuring the ultimate in archtop beauty, tonality and playability. Imitated but never equaled, the Manhattan has raised the standard of carved top guitars and is truly the instrument by which all other archtops.
Specs:
Body:Archtop: 17" lower bout, 3" body depth Venetian cutaway
Top:Carved, hand–graduated and tuned, master grade European spruce
Back:Carved, hand–graduated master grade European flamed maple
Sides:Master grade European flamed maple
Bracing:X–braced European spruce
Binding:Fine–lined multiples of black/white throughout
Neck:Select, American flamed maple
Fingerboard:Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay
Width at Nut:1 ¾", bone
Scale:25"
Frets:21
Bridge:Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece:Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup:1 Benedetto S–6 (suspended)
Controls:Volume mounted on fingerrest
Tuners:Gotoh gold with ebony buttons
Fingerrest:Ebony
Finish:Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors:Claret, Antique Burst, Honey Blonde, Opulent Brown, Natural
Strings:Pure nickel (.012-.052)
