Cremona™
This is Bob’s top of the line Flagship model guitar, the stuff of legend: The Cremona guitar. Featuring spectacular fiddle-back European maple and tight-grained spruce, it is totally acoustic with a huge, balanced voice. It has Bob’s traditional flared headstock, delicate mother-of-pearl ribbon inlay, exotic burl faceplate, abalone side-dots, and ebony fitted tailpiece, bridge, fingerboard and finger rest. Available with an S-6 floating pickup at no additional charge. Archtop Artistry and a piece of Italian-American heritage all in one.
*options shown
*Prices subject to change without notice.
Specs
Body
Archtop: 17" lower bout, 3" body depth Venetian cutaway
Top
Carved, hand–graduated and tuned, master grade European spruce
Back
Carved, hand–graduated master grade European flamed maple
Sides
Master grade European flamed maple
Bracing
X–braced European spruce
Binding
Fine–lined multiples of black/white throughout
Neck
Select, American flamed maple. Exotic wood burl headstock face
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay
Width at Nut
1 ¾", bone
Scale
25"
Frets
21
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup
1 Benedetto S–6 (suspended) - Optional
Controls
Volume mounted on fingerrest
Tuners
Gotoh gold with ebony buttons
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors
Honey Blonde, Antique Burst, Natural
Strings
Pure nickel (.012-.052)
Specs
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Body
Archtop: 17" lower bout, 3" body depth Venetian cutaway
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Top
Carved, hand–graduated and tuned, master grade European spruce
-
Back
Carved, hand–graduated master grade European flamed maple
-
Sides
Master grade European flamed maple
Bracing
X–braced European spruce
Binding
Fine–lined multiples of black/white throughout
Neck
Select, American flamed maple. Exotic wood burl headstock face
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay
Width at Nut
1 ¾", bone
Scale
25"
Frets
21
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup
1 Benedetto S–6 (suspended) - Optional
Controls
Volume mounted on fingerrest
Tuners
Gotoh gold with ebony buttons
Fingerrest
Ebony
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors
Honey Blonde, Antique Burst, Natural
Strings
Pure nickel (.012-.052)
Gallery
Guitar Great Andy Summers with his Cremona, 1997. This guitar was exhibited at the Smithsonian's Electrified and Deified Exhibit. (Courtesy Andy Summers)
Giuseppe Continenza with his Benedetto Cremona model. (Courtesy Giuseppe Continenza)
La Cremona Azzurra featured in the Blue Guitars Smithsonian Institution poster. (Courtesy Scott Chinery)
Giuseppe Continenza and Bireli LaGrene at the Eddie Lang Jazz Festival 2013. (Courtesy Giuseppe Continenza)
Joe Braccio with his Benedetto Cremona, 2014. (Courtesy Joe Braccio)
