2015 Benedetto Bravo Elite Custom Electric Archtop, Mint w/ Case, Paperwork
$11,999.99
$11,999.99
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Up for sale, a 2015 Benedetto Bravo Elite Custom archtop in showroom-clean, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case and owner’s manual. Founded in 1968 by master luthier Robert Benedetto in Savannah, Georgia, Benedetto Guitars have crafted some of the finest archtops and jazz guitars available for more than 50 years. This one-of-one Bravo Elite Custom features a full 16” lower bout width with a relatively slender 2 1/2“ body depth and a Venetian cutaway for exceptional playability and comfort.
The premium tonewood complement comprises an unbound parallel-braced, hand-graduated select carved spruce top, heritage mahogany carved back and sides recovered from a Brazilian river bed, and a Honduran mahogany neck capped with a slab ebony fingerboard. Offering bold midrange chop, exquisite detail, and exceptional dynamics, this archtop has a notably smooth, balanced response, accentuated by the 12-53 flatwound strings. There is exquisite warmth and glassy articulation in all registers. The trebles are equal parts sweetness and immediacy, simply leaping from the fretboard, and there’s an airy quality to the low end with a pronounced, responsive low-mid cut. The Seymour Duncan-built Benedetto B6 humbucker is designed to capture the natural tone of the instrument without any additional color. This Bravo Elite Custom weighs 5lbs 14oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with easy-playing action and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Honduran Mahogany
-Shape: Slender C, full shoulders, measuring .830” 1st fret, .925” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Ebony, 12" radius, small abalone floral inlay and side position dots
-Frets: Medium jumbo, no wear
-Scale Length: 25”
-Nut: 1 3/4”, ebony
-Tuners: Gotoh 510, ebony buttons
-Serialization: Handwritten on back of peghead with “For Kaia” and Bob Benedetto's signature
Body Specs:
-Wood: Select spruce top (hand graduated), heritage mahogany back/rims
-Pickups: Benedetto B6 humbucker (Seymour Duncan)
-Hardware: Carved ebony compensated bridge, tailpiece, pickguard, pickup ring and knobs
-Label: Matching serial, Bob Benedetto signature
The high-gloss nitro lacquer Natural finish highlights uniform, broad figuring on the back, with a few lines of lacquer checking on top. There's barely a scratch on the body, and the gloss on the neck profile is similarly immaculate.
The original Benedetto-branded TKL hardshell case is included, along with the owner’s manual.
The premium tonewood complement comprises an unbound parallel-braced, hand-graduated select carved spruce top, heritage mahogany carved back and sides recovered from a Brazilian river bed, and a Honduran mahogany neck capped with a slab ebony fingerboard. Offering bold midrange chop, exquisite detail, and exceptional dynamics, this archtop has a notably smooth, balanced response, accentuated by the 12-53 flatwound strings. There is exquisite warmth and glassy articulation in all registers. The trebles are equal parts sweetness and immediacy, simply leaping from the fretboard, and there’s an airy quality to the low end with a pronounced, responsive low-mid cut. The Seymour Duncan-built Benedetto B6 humbucker is designed to capture the natural tone of the instrument without any additional color. This Bravo Elite Custom weighs 5lbs 14oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with easy-playing action and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Honduran Mahogany
-Shape: Slender C, full shoulders, measuring .830” 1st fret, .925” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Ebony, 12" radius, small abalone floral inlay and side position dots
-Frets: Medium jumbo, no wear
-Scale Length: 25”
-Nut: 1 3/4”, ebony
-Tuners: Gotoh 510, ebony buttons
-Serialization: Handwritten on back of peghead with “For Kaia” and Bob Benedetto's signature
Body Specs:
-Wood: Select spruce top (hand graduated), heritage mahogany back/rims
-Pickups: Benedetto B6 humbucker (Seymour Duncan)
-Hardware: Carved ebony compensated bridge, tailpiece, pickguard, pickup ring and knobs
-Label: Matching serial, Bob Benedetto signature
The high-gloss nitro lacquer Natural finish highlights uniform, broad figuring on the back, with a few lines of lacquer checking on top. There's barely a scratch on the body, and the gloss on the neck profile is similarly immaculate.
The original Benedetto-branded TKL hardshell case is included, along with the owner’s manual.
