{"product_id":"guild-benedetto-artist-award-sunburst-used-c-2001","title":"Guild Benedetto Artist Award Sunburst (USED, c. 2001)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Artist Award is the crown jewel of Guild guitars built in Westerly RI. Only the most experienced luthiers in the Guild workshop were entrusted to build these fine instruments and they used their best materials in the production. This one happens to be built by famed luthier Bob Benedetto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis 2001 Benedetto Artist Award features a beautifully figured flame maple back, sides, and neck paired with a bookmatched spruce top. Multi-ply bindings, an \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eengraved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003egold-plated tailpiece, ebony bridge, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003egold Grover Imperial tuners, and a tortoise pickguard w\/floating pickup round out the Artist Award's \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003edeluxe '30s-'40s inspired appointments. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter spending some time with this gorgeous guitar we immediately got why these are so sought after and highly regarded by working jazz players. It has a wonderful, rich midrange and acoustic voice when played acoustically. To make things easy, we usually think of archtops as falling into either the Wes camp or the Jim Hall camp tonally - this guitar lives more in the Jim Hall world to our ears - meaning - it has more of an acoustic quality, an air surrounding each note, that Jim's tone has. It's really gorgeous and inspired a prolonged playing session as a result. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlugged in, the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBenedetto Model S-6 Floating Single Coil Pickup delivers exceptional tone with clear top end and a tight bass that supports the acoustic voice very well. It's a beautiful sound and one that pairs perfectly with this guitar. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67716049502420,"sku":"ES26247","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/1387\/6381\/files\/ES26247-1.jpg?v=1791922338","url":"https:\/\/themusicemporium.com\/products\/guild-benedetto-artist-award-sunburst-used-c-2001","provider":"The Music Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}