Handmade guitars

LA SERENISSIMA


From an interview with ” Venezia 1600 ” “The Serenissima”. Conceived and built with traditional techniques and enriched with details architectural, historical and artistic typical of Venice, “La Serenissima” is the homage I wanted to make to celebrate the 1600th anniversary of Venice. It’s a 15” acoustic-archtop guitar which took 300 hours to build. Precious […]


MAPLE & OLIVE


15″ Concert shape. AAAA flamed maple board. 100 years old Olive sides and bottom, maple centre. Ziricote fretboard and bridge. 3-piece maple neck, 25.5″ scale. Grover tuners. Sterling silver. “Peace sign”12th fret dots.


THE POPLAR


15″ Acoustic archtop, Bob Benedetto’s “Sinfonietta” inspired. Val di Fiemme “Stradivarius” spruce carved top, 1st quality. Poplar burl bottom, tailpiece and peghead, heavy figured poplar sides and inserts. Tortoloid bindings. 3-piece figured maple neck. Ziricote fretboard, poplar leaves dot inlays courtesy of Massimo Del Col. 25.5″ scale. Schertler tuners.


PEARL


Semi-hollow body electric/acoustic 15″ Body: Padouk and Val di Fiemme. Neck: flamed maple. Fretboard: Padouk. Inlays: M.O.P., sterling silver Tuners: Schertler. Electronics: ’59 Seymour Duncan, Barbera transducer Finish: Laquer Bracings: skeleton box.


JOY


Archtop/Acoustic 15″ Body: 100-years old walnut from Balcans Neck: Italian walnut Fretboard: ebony. Inlays: M.O.P., sterling silver Tuners: Schertler. Electronics: Barbera transducer Finish: Laquer Bracings: X


QUILTED


Acoustic 15″ Body: Val di Fiemme AAA top, Oregon quilted maple Neck: Honduras mahogany Fretboard: ebony. Inlays: M.O.P., sterling silver Tuners: Schertler. Electronics: Barbera transducer Finish: Laquer Bracings: X


BLACK OLIVE


Semi-hollow body electric/acoustic 15″ Body: 100-years old olive and Val di Fiemme’s top. Neck: quilted/flamed maple. Fretboard: ebony. Inlays: M.O.P., sterling silver Tuners: Schertler. Electronics: ’59 Seymour Duncan, Barbera transducer Finish: Laquer Bracings: skeleton box.


VICTORIA


JP2 electric original design. Body: swamp ash. Top: quilted maple Neck: maple/padouk Fretboard: ebony Inlays: sterling silver peace sign Tuners: schertler Bridge: Hipshot Electronics: EMG Finish: “Florida Keys burst” Iaquer


MY-HOGANY


1938 0-17 acoustic model. Body and top: Florida Keys’ pink mahogany. Neck: Honduras Mahogany. Fretboard in ebony. Inlays: sterling silver peace signs. Tuners: Grover Electronics: Barbera Soloist system


WOODY


Woodstock 50th Anniversary 16″ Archtop acoustic Body: quilted maple and Val di Fiemme’s top. Neck: quilted/flamed maple. Fretboard: ebony. Inlays: M.O.P., Abalone, by Massimo Del Col. Tuners: Schertler. Finish: Laquer, “TYE DYE BURST”. Bracings: X.