BENEDETTO MANHATTAN

  • Benedetto Manhattan
    Benedetto Manhattan
  • Benedetto Manhattan electric guitars
    Benedetto Manhattan electric guitars

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The Manhattan is the signature model of the Benedetto archtop line. The Manhattan incorporates Benedetto fine–lined binding package, unbound ebony finger rest and Benedetto cello–style tailpiece. Bob Benedetto selects the tonewoods, reviews the voicings and inspects each guitar. The Manhattan is also available in 7–string version.

Specificiations are:

Archtop body : 17" lower bout, 3" body depth Venetian cutaway
Carved top: hand–graduated and tuned, master grade European spruce
Carved back: 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
Fingerboard: Ebony, 12" radius, with 12th fret abalone floral inlay
Nut: 1 ¾", bone
Scalelength: 25"
Frets: 21
Bridge: Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece: Ebony with Benedetto tail adjuster
Pickup: 1 Benedetto S–6 (suspended)
Controls Volume mounted on fingerrest
Hardware: Gold tuning machines with ebony buttons
Finsh: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Color options: Claret, Antique Burst, Honey Blonde, Opulent Brown

Price $24,500 (winter 2009) at www.benedetto-guitars.com

Specifications (23)

General

Bindingneck binding
Finish colorsblonde finish, brown finish, red finish
Number of strings6 strings
Scale length25 inches scale-length

Body

Body back materialflamed maple body back
Body shape featurescarved top, single cutaway
Body sides materialflamed maple body sides
Body top materialspruce body top
Hollow bodyhollow body
Pickguard materialebony pickguard
Soundhole2 f-holes

Hardware

Bridgeadjustable ebony bridge
Hardware colorgold hardware
TunersSchaller mini tuners

Fretboard

Fingerboard materialebony fingerboard
Inlay at 12th fretebony inlay at 12th fret

Neck

Neck materialflamed maple neck
Number of frets21 fret
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Electronics

Pickups brand and modelBenedetto S-6 pickup(s)
Pickups configuration1 humbucker pickup

Controls

Tone controls1 tone control
Volume controls1 volume control

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