Benedetto Archtop Guitar, used by John "Bucky" Pizzarelli
date: label: Date made
content: 1978
name: label: user
content: Pizzarelli, John "Bucky"
label: maker
content: Benedetto, Robert
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This guitar was made by Robert Benedetto in Homosassa Springs, Florida, in 1978.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>It is a 7 course (7x1) archtop model, serial #1678.</p>
label: Description
content: <p> Robert Benedetto was born in 1946 in The Bronx, New York into a family of artists, cabinet maker s and musicians. Benedetto made his first archtop guitar in 1968. His reputation grew as he crafted guitars for noted guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli, Chuck Wayne, Joe Diorio and Cal Collins. From 1999-2006, Benedetto had a licensing agreement with Fender Musical Instruments to produce his models in a small, controlled manufacturing environment. Following the agreement with Fender, Benedetto joined forces with jazz guitarist and corporate executive, Howard Paul, to manufacture a broad line of more affordable professional instruments without compromising the unparalleled Benedetto quality. In 1977 Benedetto met jazz guitarist, John “Bucky” Pizzarelli and made this 7-string archtop guitar, serial #1678, for him a year later. Pizzarelli played this guitar up until the time he donated it to the museum in 2005.</p>
place: label: place made
content: United States: Florida, Homosassa Springs
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
label: Exhibition
content: South Music Lobby
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Doyle, Bill. Benedetto Body and Soul: A Portrait of Master Guitarmaker Robert Benedetto
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John "Bucky" Pizzarelli
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0004.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0004
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0004.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 in x 16 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 111.76 cm x 42.8625 cm x 13.335 cm