Sinfonietta™
The Sinfonietta is a 16″ x 3″ deep, non-cutaway acoustic guitar with a symmetrical Benedetto tailpiece and a 25″ fingerboard scale. From there, we put totally unique appointments and materials into every instrument. Different features have included oval holes, elongated oval holes, f-holes, exotic woods, traditional European woods, unique bindings and inlays. While appointments vary, these Golden Period instruments all have stunning tonal qualities.
*options shown
Specs
Body
16" lower bout, 3" body depth, non-cutaway
Top
Carved, hand graduated, optional wood selection
Back
Carved, hand graduated, optional wood selection with matching sides
Sides
Optional wood selection
Sound Holes
Optional oval hole or F holes
Bracing
Optional X or parallel bracing
Binding
Optional wood selection
Neck
Optional wood selection
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius, with optional 12th fret inlay
Width at Nut
1 ¾", optional bone or ebony
Scale
25"
Frets
21
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Tuners
Waverly gold with snakewood buttons
Fingerrest
Optional
Finish
Optional gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, oil varnish or French polish
Colors
Optional
Strings
Phosphor bronze (.012-.052)
Specs
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Body
16" lower bout, 3" body depth, non-cutaway
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Top
Carved, hand graduated, optional wood selection
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Back
Carved, hand graduated, optional wood selection with matching sides
-
Sides
Optional wood selection
Sound Holes
Optional oval hole or F holes
Bracing
Optional X or parallel bracing
Binding
Optional wood selection
Neck
Optional wood selection
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12" radius, with optional 12th fret inlay
Width at Nut
1 ¾", optional bone or ebony
Scale
25"
Frets
21
Bridge
Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece
Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Tuners
Waverly gold with snakewood buttons
Fingerrest
Optional
Finish
Optional gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, oil varnish or French polish
Colors
Optional
Strings
Phosphor bronze (.012-.052)
Gallery
Benedetto Player Susan Carson with her Sinfonietta archtop in 2014. (Courtesy Susan Carson)
Sinfonietta S2061GP on Bob's Boutique (Courtesy Benedetto Guitars)
Howard Paul & Bucky Pizzarelli (on Benedetto Sinfonietta S2061GP from Bob's Boutique) at the Benedetto shop in Savannah, 11-7-12. (Courtesy Benedetto Guitars)
Bob Benedetto and Howard Paul with a Sinfonietta. (Courtesy Benedetto Guitars)
Guitarist Dwight Spencer plays our Big Leaf Maple Sinfonietta (Serial #S1620GP) at the 2012 Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville last week. (Courtesy Dwight Spencer)
