Benedetto
Bravo
NOW: $7000
- BODY : Laminated Archtop: 16" lower bout, 2 ½" body depth, Venetian cutaway
- TOP : Laminated select spruce
- BACK: Laminated select flamed maple
- SIDES: Solid select flamed maple
- BRACING: Parallel spruce
- BINDING: Top/Back: wht/blk/wht, Neck/Headstock: white
- NECK: Flamed Maple
- FINGERBOARD: Ebony, 12" radius, 12th fret abalone floral inlay
- WIDTH at NUT: 1 ¾", bone
- SCALE: 25"
- FRETS: 22
- BRIDGE: Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
- TAILPIECE: Model EPS ™ (Ebony Professional Series)
- PICKUPS: 1 Benedetto A–6 gold
- CONTROLS: Master volume, master tone with push/ pull coil tap
- HARDWARE: Gold
- FINGER-REST: Ebony
- FINISH: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
The Bravo was designed to gratify the player’s need for a tastefully–detailed, rich and full–sounding thin–body that they could travel with—the next generation archtop guitar. It utilizes lightweight laminated spruce top and flamed maple back construction. The Bravo features a hand–shaped, flamed maple neck, gorgeous abalone floral inlay at the 12th fret and the Benedetto A–6 humbucking pickup. Crafted for the player who has longed to express himself or herself on an instrument of the highest order, there simply is no substitute for the Benedetto pedigree.
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