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(ed.) Victor is a luthier and guitarist from Philadelphia, PA. I've played his 7 string guitars at the Philly shows and there are very nice.
More information available on company's web site.
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Carl Barney
P.O. Box 128
Southbory, CT 06488
203-264-9207
CUSTOM HANDMADE GUITARS SINCE 1968
- Archtop Guitars
- Classical Guitars
- Tonewood
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( from listing's site ) - I started building classical guitars in 1968, and built my first archtop guitar in 1972. Two years later, I built a guitar for jazz legend Sal Salvador - and began a long friendship and collaboration with Salvador (I later created the Sal Salvador Artist model for Salvador in 1980).
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Benedetto Guitars
Benedetto Guitars, Inc.
10 Mall Terrace, Suite A
Savannah, GA 31406
phone: 912.692.1400
fax: 912.692.1403
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Robert Benedetto is widely acknowledged as today’s foremost maker of archtop guitars. Over a prolific four-decade career, he has personally handcrafted nearly 800 instruments, including 500 archtops. “My roots are in jazz guitar. It’s been my love and my focus since Day One.”
Blue Guitar Written by Ken Vose; photography by Leslie Jean-Bart; foreword by George Benson. Guitar Text. 131 pages, 8.5 x 9. Published by Chronicle Books. (GM10008)
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Robert Benedetto was born October 22, 1946 in the Bronx, New York, into a family of artists, cabinet makers and musicians. He made his first archtop guitar in 1968. His reputation grew as he crafted guitars for noted players Bucky Pizzarelli, Chuck Wayne, Joe Diorio and Cal Collins, and, later, Johnny Smith, Jack Wilkins, Ron Eschete, Martin Taylor, Howard Alden, John Pizzarelli, Andy Summers, Jimmy Bruno and Kenny Burrell (collectively known as “The Benedetto Players”). His guitars appear on countless recordings, TV & film soundtracks, in videos, books, magazines, museums (including the Smithsonian Institution) and concerts worldwide.
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Apprenticed with classical builder Augustino LoPrinzi and Bob Benedetto for archtops. Two of the leading luthiers of the 20th century.
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