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Robert Benedetto | Benedetto Guitars. The foremost maker of archtop guitars in the world. Over a prolific 50 year career, he has personally handcrafted nearly 1,000 instruments, including 500 archtops. “My roots are in jazz guitar. It’s been my love and my focus since Day One.”.
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The internationally renowned company builds some of the...
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Robert Benedetto (born October 22, 1946, in The Bronx, New York) is an American luthier of archtop jazz guitars. In 1968, he made his first archtop guitar in New Jersey and has handcrafted nearly 850 musical instruments.
The internationally renowned company builds some of the world’s most collectable and expensive while still focusing their production on the needs of professional and aspiring jazz guitarists. Robert Benedetto is widely acknowledged as today’s foremost maker of archtop guitars.
Robert Benedetto has ultimately redefined the nature of that quintessential American instrument, the archtop guitar. Played by three generations of jazz masters, Benedetto guitars have been crafted for such noted players as Johnny Smith, Joe Diorio, MartinTaylor, Bucky Pizzarelli, Kenny Burrell, Chuck Wayne, Cal Collins, Jimmy Bruno, Jack ...
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Jul 1, 2021 · Bob Benedetto's contribution to the art of the archtop guitar cannot be understated. He is one of the giants in the archtop guitar's history and evolution.
Mar 8, 2023 · JGT's Bob Bakert talks to guitar builder Bob Benedetto about Bucky Pizzarelli's guitar in the Smithsonian Museum.Jazz Guitar Today... The Voice of Improvisat...
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Bob Benedetto–La Cremona Azzurra. Bob Benedetto ́s 1996 masterpiece archtop guitar, “La Cremona Azzurra”, the Blue Cremona, is one of the most beautiful and marvellous pieces of art I have ever seen. Granted, as the curator of the “Benedetto Guitars Archives Collection”, tasked with preserving the Benedetto ́s legacy, I might be biased.
