Bambino Elite™
This captivating guitar has a master grade, hand carved spruce top and features a flamed or quilted maple, hand carved back with matching sides. At 14 ½” wide and 2 ¼” deep, the Bambino Elite is small in stature but huge in tonality and flexibility.
*options shown
*Prices subject to change without notice.
Specs
Body
Carved Archtop: 14 ½" lower bout, 2 ¼" body depth, Florentine cutaway
Top
Carved select spruce
Back
Carved select curly or quilted maple (based on availability)
Sides
Solid select curly or quilted maple (to match back)
Bracing
Parallel spruce
Binding
None
Neck
Flamed maple
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius
Width at Nut
1 11/16", ebony
Scale
25"
Frets
22
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup
1 Benedetto B–6 black
Controls
Volume and Tone
Tuners
Gotoh black with ebony buttons
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors
Violinburst only
Strings
Pure nickel (.012-.052)
Specs
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Body
Carved Archtop: 14 ½" lower bout, 2 ¼" body depth, Florentine cutaway
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Top
Carved select spruce
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Back
Carved select curly or quilted maple (based on availability)
-
Sides
Solid select curly or quilted maple (to match back)
Bracing
Parallel spruce
Binding
None
Neck
Flamed maple
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius
Width at Nut
1 11/16", ebony
Scale
25"
Frets
22
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup
1 Benedetto B–6 black
Controls
Volume and Tone
Tuners
Gotoh black with ebony buttons
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors
Violinburst only
Strings
Pure nickel (.012-.052)
Gallery
Beth Marlis with her Benedetto Bambino Elite (Violinburst) at her home in CA. (Courtesy Beth Marlis)
Howard Alden, Miner Concert 2011. (Courtesy John Brackett)
NYC jazz guitarist and composer, Benedetto Player Isaac Chatfield with his custom Bambino Elite. (Courtesy Isaac Chatfield)
Courtesy Isaac Chatfield
Like father, like son! Roberto Pagnotto (with his Bambino Elite) with his son Chicco and his Andy (Courtesy Roberto Pagnotto, Italy)
Courtesy Howard Alden
Courtesy Howard Alden
