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12-01-2014 12:48 AM
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Gorgeous. Congrats.
To date the finest guitar I've played was a Buscarinio. Corey Christiansen let me strum his for a bit.
Fabulous guitars
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Stunning - enjoy!
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Exquisite and delicious! Enjoy!
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Congratulations on your new Virtuoso from John. I hope that it is everything that you hoped it to be and more!
Kudos
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Congrats looks very sweet
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Superb...enjoy!
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Great!
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Congrats, That's an amazing instrument.
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Happy NGD! I have a Buscarino too.
Just curious - is that a Manhattan next to it or something else?
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wow class!
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It is a Benedetto Cremona actually.
Originally Posted by fumblefingers
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Congratulations on acquiring truly top of the line instrument. What is your experience with other archtops?
I understand that a guitar of this magnitude excels at pretty much everything, but what is it that most stands out about your new guitar? What separates your masterpiece from the masses?
By the way, I love the look of the soundport.
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Some guys just know how to build a perfect arch top guitar. Buscarino is one of those guys. Congrats! It's beautiful.
I do feel that I've seen these very photos before? "It's like deja vu all over again".
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Agreed w/ Jazzrat, best acoustic archtop I've played!
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She's pretty, and I bet she can sing.
Thanks for sharing the joy!
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Uh oh. You know what's coming next don't ya? Originally Posted by steves3972
please compare them for us!
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I gig with my 1990 Benedetto Cremona and would also be interested in your comparison with the Buscarino. I have played a few of John's instruments and found them to be amazingly good. My understanding is he studied with Bob Benedetto at some point.
I enjoy every moment working with my Cremona, it is a superb instrument in every aspect. Congrats on owning both!
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Originally Posted by Patrick2
Well, you're half right Patrick. I did post different photos of this same guitar in a for sale post a few months back. I had it in my possession for a few months and then gave it back to the owner. After giving it back I missed having it so I made him a ridiculous offer for the Virtuoso plus an Alessandro Italian which he agreed on. I hope to pick up the alessandro today.
And the Benedetto Cremona is not mine, it is Neo's(the guy I bought the virtuoso from). He wants me to try and sell it for him. I'm happy to give it a try, but selling a guitar like this internationally is a bit tough.
I will do a comparison when I have the time. First impressions is that the buscarino excels in every way over the Benedetto. I can't believe how different they sound.
The Buscarino's workmanship is amazing, the tone is warm and mellow. Amplified tone is better than my Benedetto Bravo. And no feedback issues either, quite remarkable.
I played a gig with it on Sunday(yes, I plan to actually play this guitar) through a polytone and it sounded great! Really retained that acoustic tone through the amp.
Here is a vid, playing is horrible but you'll get the idea.
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John made many guitars with Bob for years, they were a duo. Originally Posted by SierraTango
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John was a classical guitar student in his youth and first studied classical guitar luthiery with Augustine LoPrinzi for about 1-year. He went on to apprentice with Bob Benedetto for 2-years learning his foundation in archtop guitar luthiery. 35-years, and about 1,500 guitars later, John is now one of the masters of luthiery.
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To my ears, it could have been the same guitar in both clips, with the amp tweaked a bit and different strings on each. I would also assume that that each has a different floating pup? Bob's pups say Benedetto and John's pups say Buscarino. But, depending upon the year of the Benedetto, it could have been a KA . . or it could have been something different. I also wouldn't be too surprised if both pups were private labeled by the same maker.
The Buscarino was a bit warmer and fatter . . at times. The Cremona was more clearly defined, but thinner . . at times. It seems to me that your pick attack on the Buscarino changed a bit at 50 seconds in. The tone seemd to get a bit brighter . . very similar to the Cremona.
They're both so similar, it's sometines hard to pick them as being apart from each other.
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yes I agree, that they do sound similar in the recording. I was surprised by that, to me, in real life they sound and feel quite different to each other. Acoustically they sound really different.
The recording was through a Polytone so maybe direct into the recording interface will be a better comparison.
I am going to pick up the Alessandro today so look forward to hearing these guitars through that.
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