Benedetto Fratello 1988 Honey Blonde Built by Robert Benedetto Mint Vintage Jazz Archtop

1988 Benedetto Fratello solely built by Robert Benedetto in Clearwater, Florida. The guitar plays extremely well with low or high actions, has a very responsive low end and a clear strong high voice, and the tone woods are the highest quality European Tone Woods.

I reached to Bob on this guitar, where he reviewed and evaluated it, and he stated the following. The top is European spruce, the back and sides are European curly maple. I made the one piece neck from European maple. The wood was rough-cut in Germany for specifically making cello necks. I always preferred a select one-piece neck whenever possible. Of course a honey blonde finish with a Gibson BJB pickup. I completed this Fratello in August, 1988.

After recently corresponding with Bob about this guitar, and a few other Benedetto guitars he solely built, Bob concluded a value of $40,000 is realistic, and if he personally made
 that model today, that’s what he would charge.