Benedetto Palm Planes… Made entirely by hand, including the brass holding cap, toe plate and ramp (I don’t make the thumb screws!) Each plane is made from quarter sawn American hard curly maple (no soft maple) and the blades are made to my specs by Ron Hock. Each plane is serialized. There are two models: […]
We are honored to be featured in Henriksen Amps Guitar Stories: Corey Christiansen Special thanks to Corey Christiansen, featured with his Benedetto Pat Martino Signature model. Corey Christiansen on Instagram A prolific author as well as active player, click here to see Corey’s many books by Mel Bay Publications Click here to view Corey Christiansen Trio’s […]
National Guitar Museum… striking the right chord (always!) HP Newquist, NGM’s Founder and Executive Director, along with his daughter photographer Kat Newquist just completed the traveling guitar museum’s 29th(!!) exhibit. It is now open to the public at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science from Nov. 19, 2021 to April 17, 2022. The Benedetto […]
Click here to see a great JAZZ GUITAR TODAY video interview with Giuseppe Continenza and JGT Editor Bob Bakert. There’s more! Click here to see Giuseppe Continenza’s Chord Melody Secrets Revealed, Part 1 , part of JGT’s JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS And MORE lessons from Giuseppe! Giuseppe Continenza plays a custom Cremona made by Bob Benedetto […]
CLICK HERE to read the exclusive JAZZ GUITAR TODAY review by contributor Brad Jeter who takes a very close look at the Benedetto 16B. (and we are thrilled!) Special thanks to Brad Jeter and Bob Bakert!
Now available from Metropolitan Music Company! […]
New… handmade from Bob’s shop… The Benedetto Neck Rest! It is the proprietary designed neck rest used exclusively at Benedetto Guitars in Savannah, Ga. Made of laminated woods and cushioned with 1/4” 100% wool felt.
Special thanks to Jazz Guitar Today’s Bob Bakert and Joe Perry for the fantastic video interviews of both Damon Mailand and Bob Benedetto. Click here to see the videos on Jazz Guitar Today. Bob Bakert is a veteran of the guitar industry and is knowledgeable as well as charming! Thank you, Damon, for keeping […]
Benedetto Archtop Guitar Templates NEW from Stewart MacDonald Guitar Supply!! Benedetto Archtop Guitar Templates video demonstration
Great article from USA Today that includes Howard Paul, Benedetto Guitar’s Pres/CEO, interviewed at the recent 2020 NAMM Show in Anaheim. Click here to see more photos from Benedetto Guitars NAMM Booth! About Howard Paul… Beautiful Benedetto Guitars (yup, they’re available!)
Wishing you all the very Merriest Christmas and Happiest Holidays! Posts of Christmas Past
A look back on reviews of Making an Archtop Guitar from 1994/1995: The 1994 edition is out of print. The 2nd edition from 2018 is available from lutherie suppliers Stewart MacDonald Guitar Shop Supply and Luthier’s Mercantile.
We were recently honored to be interviewed by Linda of Hock Tools, wife and marketing guru of Ron Hock, the famous maker of world-class Hock blades. Click here to read the Hock Tools interview and get a glimpse into all the amazing products and services the Hocks offer!! Special thanks to Linda for over-the-top interview (plus hilarious […]
20th Anniversary of the Benedetto ARCHTOP PLANS. “The tracings were done by an architect named Skot Koenig….besides being a meticulous draftsman, Mr. Koenig also displays a fine sense of style and a deep appreciation for the subject. Looking them over in the executive suite at GAL World Headquarters, I assumed at first that the drawings […]
New batch of Benedetto Palm planes in the works June 2 2019
Available from Stewart MacDonald Guitar Shop Supply!
A selection of left-handed archtops over the years
Master Luthier Wyatt Wilkie demonstrates the Benedetto Model CS100 double convex sole palm plane. Kudos to videographer Darcy Muenchrath – Hinge Visual Available now from stewmac.com!
Benedetto violins made in the 1990s in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania About Benedetto Violins
SHOWCASING THE GUITAR’S EVOLUTION THROUGHOUT HISTORY The National Guitar Museum‘s traveling Exhibit : GUITAR: The Instrument that Rocked the World is currently at Cincinnati’s recently restored Cincinnati Museum (cincymuseum.org) through January 1, 2019. Below: Benedetto Guitars exhibit at Cincinnati’s Museum – Photo by Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined 2018 “The guitar is the most enduring icon […]
Bob Benedetto and Howard Paul’s Q&A at the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala Florida, July 29, 2018. Howard lectured on the sound and architecture of the Benedetto acoustic archtop guitar for the Appleton Museum’s Inspired Speakers. Below: Patricia Tomlinson, Curator of Exhibitions, with Howard and Bob at Ocala’s Braised Onion Restaurant, following the […]
The 2018 Second Edition of ‘Making an Archtop Guitar’ is now available! (Centerstream/Hal Leonard) ISBN 978-1-57424-355-0
