Nbenedetto archtop guitar book

Sep 23, 2014 introducing the cremona handmade archtop guitar. Whether you want a new guitar built by a talented luthier or you want a used or vintage archtop, you can find archtop guitars for sale through fine archtops. Building an archtop guitar gibson l5 from bob benedettos. This guitar was constructed with methods used by a very well known luthier, bob benedetto, of benedetto guitars his book, and a series of videos, was the inspiration to not only build this instrument, but to also create it with cad methods. Located in savannah, ga, benedetto creates the highest caliber guitars. It was initially introduced as an acoustic archtop but was later modified to have a pair of p90 pickups and was named l5 ces. Get the best deals on soundboard style archtop when you shop the largest online selection at. This is the definitive set on carvedtop guitarmaking. Im basing the design on bob benedetto s beautiful archtops, and using his book and plans. In order for the guitar to function at its highest potential, the tone bars or braces, must be perfectly matched to the contours of the inner arch of the guitars top. A some people need little more than a reference book.

The driving force and inspiration for my work as a luthier has always been rooted in never saying a design is good enough, in relentlessly pursuing higher and higher levels of excellence, and continual refinement in vision and sound. Archtop guitar buyerss guide, from riverboat musictm as jazz developed in the early 20th century, evolving jazz orchestras wanted to move from banjo to guitar. Wanted to buy new or used benedetto bambino guitar or any benedetto archtop guitar will negotiate a good price for a well looked after instrument. Benedetto, whose guitars are all constructed in the companys factory in georgia, usa, produce some of the very best jazz guitars available today. Making an archtop guitar by robert benedetto alibris. Visit our long island guitar shop in farmingdale, new york for an amazing experience. The benedetto archtop book was a valuable investment, showing some details not found through the other internet sources. Welcome to part 3 of the new web based version of my archtop guitar book, the creation of the natura elite archtop guitar. Making an archtop guitar the luthier of this guitar followed his book and the result is this guitar bob benedetto guitars, sava.

By master luthier robert benedetto, renowned jazz guitar craftsman. Guitar gom width at lower bout 1578 1414 side depth 2. Books at stewartmacdonald your source for guitar parts, tools, and supplies. Here are some tips that folks attempting to use this book to build a first instrument may find useful. The top countries of supplier is turkey, from which the percentage of archtop jazz guitar supply is 1% respectively. Guitar cases jazz guitar archtop jazz guitar benedetto. Bob talks about that guitar in his video series on how to build an archtop guitar. Robert benedetto born october 22, 1946 in the bronx, new york is an american luthier of archtop jazz guitars. The most influential jazz guitar builder of the late 20th century, bob benedetto almost singlehandedly jumpstarted the contemporary revival of fine handbuilt archtop guitars, and his client roster is an alist of the topmost echelon of jazz guitar. Operating out of their shop in savannah, georgia, the company only produces americanmade instruments tailormade for professionals and collectors alike. These templates are laser engraved from 18 thick clear cell cast acrylic. In a career that stretches back nearly half a century, bob has refined the sound and playability of the archtop guitar, earning him the honor of being living legend of american lutherie. Electronic version build your own guitar with these benedetto 17 archtop guitar plans from georgia luthier supply the most detailed guitar plans youll find anywhere.

These capable instruments are great for gypsy jazz, bebop, swing, and more. Archtop guitar buyerss guide, from riverboat musictm. Vintage kay mahogany archtop blues guitar k36 solid top. Bob benedettos fantastic and updated second edition on making your own archtop guitar. Making an archtop guitar by robert benedetto, paperback. A wide variety of archtop jazz guitar options are available to you, there are 525 suppliers who sells archtop jazz guitar on, mainly located in asia. The most influential jazz guitar builder of the late 20th century, bob benedetto virtually singlehandedly jumpstarted the contemporary revival of fine handbuilt archtop guitars, and his client roster is an alist of the topmost echelon of jazz guitar. Benedetto 6string guitar goldplated bravo tailpiece 0061296000.

And neither is the following, but hopefully it will give you pause for thought. The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar, this updated second edition features 288 pages of content. An archtop guitar is a hollow steelstringed acoustic or semiacoustic guitar with a full body and a distinctive arched top, whose sound is particularly popular with jazz, blues, rockabilly, and psychobilly guitarists. Without dispute, the arch top acoustic guitars built by robert benedetto have been the standard for jazz guitars since 1968. Awesome customer service and secure checkout are always included with your hollowbody archtop purchase. Acoustic archtop guitar bracing bob benedetto the art. Unfollow archtop guitars to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Regarding the history of the archtop guitar, i was loosely aware that orville gibson created the arch, and lloyd loar as a gibson employee added the fshaped sound holes.

This roundhole archtop takes its name from the concept of phior the golden ratio, 1. Robert benedetto is widely acknowledged as todays foremost maker of archtop guitars. Guitar cases benedetto guitars offers a variety of case options for your benedetto guitars. About custom archtop guitar luthiers about fine archtops. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. I will be posting a new chapter every week or so from now through the end of the year to allow you to more easily read and enjoy it online and to see some of the many photos and other media that we were not able to include in the printed version. Born in new york city, bob began building archtop guitars in the 1960s, quickly attracting a clientele that reads. A stepbystep look at how an archtop guitar is crafted. Each has the top bracing and bridge placement etched on the template with holes cut to allow the braces pattern to be easily transferred to your top. A lot of users get stymied when attempting to implement the arched plates. Building an archtop guitar gibson l5 from bob benedettos book luthier tools jig. Making an archtop guitar is beautifully laid out, with supporting photographs and technical illustrations, plus. Click download or read online button to get archtop guitars book now.

Then over christmas i saw and heard a really nice acoustic archtop jazz guitar. That is the most beautiful guitar i have ever seen. In this book you will join tom on his journey of creating a fine handcrafted archtop guitar. Scharpach master guitars classical concert, nylon string jazz and archtop jazz guitars made by master luthiers guitarmakers theo scharpach and menno bos. From the popular bambino series to the ultracustom sinfonietta oneoffs, benedetto is one of the first names in the boutique guitar realm. He purposedly required a guitar made from the same type of scrap woods.

Included in the price of your new guitar, we have the following cases built specifically to our body shape and specifications. Gibson l5 is the quintessential jazzbox and is certainly the most influential archtop jazz guitar. Archtop guitar design and construction, book and dvd set. I know of no other work offering comprehensive step by step coverage of the making of an acoustic jazz. The soundhole is cut out as well for easy transfer to your top. Here are some tips that folks attempting to use this book to build a first. The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar, this updated second edition features 288 pages of content, including 24. A lot of the books on guitar construction out there are little more than construction manuals. I have long felt the need for a venue in which the makers of these remarkable instruments could be showcased. Donation bob benedetto dutch archtop guitar museum. From benedetto to eastman, we carry a wide range of archtop jazz guitars acoustic and acousticelectric, including many smalloutput, boutique, singleman builders. This guitar was made by robert benedetto in homosassa springs, florida, in 1978. Building an archtop guitar gibson l5 from bob benedettos book.

March 2017 noted luthier robert benedetto video and author of the book making an archtop guitar donated some other stuff to the museum. Each of our complete body templates is the precise outline of the guitar based on the plan referenced. The classic full hollowbody fhole archtop guitar is a unique traditional vintage style of guitar. These models are gig ready right out of the box to perform in the most demanding large venues and just as enjoyable when playing alone in your living room or studio. Here is my first archtop build, i have been doing solid bodies for the past 10. Now you can learn from a true master, bob benedetto, renowned jazz guitar craftsman. Archtop guitars we have an extensive selection of acoustic and electric archtop guitars. Making an archtop guitar second edition hal leonard online. In 1968, he made his first archtop guitar in new jersey and has handcrafted nearly 850 musical instruments. In a career that stretches back nearly half a century, bob pioneered refinements in sound and playability that set the standard for the modern archtop guitar. Sep 14, 2015 a stepbystep look at how an archtop guitar is crafted. I have been a collector and player of archtop guitars for more than forty years.

Benedetto walks the reader through all aspects of construction through to marketing your finished work. For over 30 years, cindy has photographed and extensively documented bobs guitars and their players. Here i will provide all information as it pertains to the modeling of an archtop acoustic guitar. I specialize in used collectible and affordable jazz archtop guitars and rare collectable out of print illustrated guitar books. However, it is the limited editions which include famous guitar collections that are usually at the top of the list and they are mostly the first editions, with hardbound covers and dust jackets. Making an archtop guitar by benedetto robert for sale. Any illustrated and informative guitar book in very good condition is worth collecting. A on these pages you will find information that will assist people on both ends on the. Acoustic archtop guitar bracing bob benedetto the art of lutherie.

Buy hollowbody archtop online now from the music zoo. Over a prolific 47 year career, he has personally handcrafted nearly 1,000 instruments, including 500 archtops. Im grateful to experience benedetto and walker, two master luthiers who made the cut to create their own blue masterpieces for the scott chinery blue guitar. Books jazz guitar archtop jazz guitar benedetto guitars. Join part a to part b, do this, then do that, build an exact copy of my guitar etc. The problem was that the old traditional flattops what we call parlor guitars today were not very loud. Sep 11, 2018 tips on using robert benedetto s book. The friends of the archtop guitar fotag is a group of professional and amateur builders, players, collectors, hobbyists and enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation and innovation of the art of. These are plans for building an archtop guitar, typically used for playing jazz. His reputation grew as he crafted guitars for noted players bucky pizzarelli, chuck wayne, joe diorio and cal collins, and, later, johnny smith, jack wilkins, ron eschete, martin taylor, howard alden, john pizzarelli, andy summers, jimmy bruno and kenny burrell collectively known as the benedetto players. Every musician has the dream of crafting their own instrument.

The interior surface of an archtop guitar has a very complex shape to it. Robert benedetto b 1946 made his first archtop guitar in 1968. Aug 18, 2019 regarding the history of the archtop guitar, i was loosely aware that orville gibson created the arch, and lloyd loar as a gibson employee added the fshaped sound holes. Making an archtop guitar by robert benedetto goodreads. Benedetto archtop guitar, used by john bucky pizzarelli. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The classic model above was the closest to the l5 wes montgomery but lighter and much more responsive. An archtop guitar is a hollow steelstringed acoustic or semiacoustic guitar with a full body and a distinctive arched top, whose sound is particularly popular with jazz, blues, and rockabilly players typically, an archtop guitar has. Nelson palen started building his acoustic archtop palen guitar in november, 1998 and finished it the last week in june, 1999. The iconic name in the contemporary archtop guitar, bob bendetto has set the standard for the craft in over three decades of innovative custom luthiery. Fine archtops has a mission to connect archtop guitar enthusiasts with professional luthiers, or guitar makers. See more ideas about archtop guitar, guitar and jazz guitar.

No name is more associated with contemporary archtop guitars than that of robert benedetto. If you just want to make some functional knockoff of an existing guitar, you might want to buy a different book. The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar, this updated second edition features 288 pages of content, including 24 color pages and 4 tearouts. The definitive work on the design and construction of an. See what industry greats have said about this book. The top was ponderosa pine and the backsides was made out of several pieces of maple taken from a shipping pallet.

Benedetto guitars are renowned as highend americanmade instruments tailormade with the jazz guitarist in mind. Acoustic archtop guitar bracing bob benedetto the art of. Making an archtop guitar the luthier of this guitar followed his book and the result is this guitar bob benedetto. Jun 23, 2015 the new gibson les paul standard 60s is it worth buying. The manhattan is the signature model of the benedetto archtop line, with tonewood selection and quality control being undertaken by bob benedetto. Vienna apex archtop jazz guitar with classicalstyle tuners, by theo scharpach. Archtop guitars download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar by one of the most talented luthiers of the twentieth century. A with the right guidance and a little time, this dream is achievable. Kiesel guitars custom shop in stock semihollow carved top synth access guitar with bigsby vibrato, serial number 118839 made in the usa and ready to ship.

Robert benedetto b 1946 made his first archtop guitar in. He read the book and viewed the 6hour video by bob benedetto, who has been building guitars and violins for 30 years and is considered the premier archtop builder in the country. The creation of the natura elite archtop guitar by tom bills. In my experience first time builders have a lot of problems wrapping their heads around. Making an arch top guitar by robert benedetto reverb. Robert benedetto was born in 1946 in the bronx, new york into a family of artists, cabinet maker s and musicians. The gibson l5 ces then went on to be the standard on which jazz guitars are measured against.

The bravo series is the ultimate extension of a process begun some 60 years ago, with the introduction of the gibson es175. Finally a big brunette has arrived to join her friends 55 l5 ces and 47 es350p in fending of the encroaching blondes. Friends of the archtop guitar public group facebook. Take a look at our talented benedetto players both past and present. We have a tremendous collection of oneofakind instruments from the best builders in the world, and have one of the most premier enthusiasts of modern archtop guitars on our staff. Georgia luthier supply benedetto 17 archtop guitar plans.