Bacci at the Boutique Guitar Showcase

The short answer

What the Boutique Guitar Showcase is.

The Boutique Guitar Showcase is a curated selection of independent luthiers: makers are chosen, not admitted by paying for a stand. It runs a travelling exhibition, the enTour, and it takes its own floor inside the NAMM Show in Anaheim.

Bacci is one of its featured makers, listed as est. 2013, Italy, for dual-output baritones, electric guitars and basses. The instruments have been in the enTour every year from 2021 to 2026, across Europe, the United States and Japan.

2013est., Italy

How Bacci is listed among the featured makers, for dual-output baritones, electric guitars and basses.

3continents

The instruments have travelled across Europe, the United States and Japan.

5years on the road

A Bacci has been in the enTour every year since it began.

0stands for sale

Makers are chosen, not admitted by paying for a stand. Nobody buys their way in.

The enTour

Five years on the road.

The enTour takes the selected instruments to players instead of waiting for players to reach a fair. A Bacci has been in it every year since it began.

2021: Europe.
2022: Europe and the USA.
2023: The widest year: Europe, the USA and Japan.
2025: On the road again.
2026: On the road again.

Each edition travels a different instrument, from a lavender baritone with a gold pickguard to a Leonardo Prato Essence Olivo shown in detail on its dual output.

Bruno was also the guest of episode seven of the Showcase’s interview series, Life With Strings Attached, recorded from the workshop in Tuscany.

On tour

The two that travel.

Two instruments are going out with the Showcase this autumn. One from the Parato line, hand-painted in Tuscany, one from the Vinyl capsule, the limited run where the body becomes the artwork.

Parato · hand-painted

Peach Waves

Velvet peach waves rolling over celeste, red, blue and brown. A 1970s Italian dream, painted by hand on a Leonardo baritone.

Shape: Leonardo
Body: Solid red alder
Finish: Velvet, nitrocellulose
Neck: Figured maple
Scale: 28″ (711,2 mm)
Frets: 22, abalone inlays
Bass pickup: Dreamsongs Custom Modern
Output: Dual, guitar and bass
Strings: Dogal custom carbon 13/72

See the Parato line →

Officina · Vinyl capsule, limited

Butterwhite
Vinyl Beatles

A cream body turned album cover, the apple laid on like artwork. From the Vinyl capsule, graphic liveries laid on like vinyl on a race car, built to order in limited numbers.

Shape: Leonardo
Body: Solid red alder
Finish: Graphic livery, Butterwhite
Neck: European figured maple, figured ebony
Scale: 28″ / 30″, made to order
Frets: 22, Jescar 55090
Pickups: Dreamsongs Gold Foil ×2 + Modern Bass
Output: Dual, guitar and bass, passive
Tuning: B to B, recommended

See the Officina line →

At NAMM

Twelve instruments, on the best floor at the show.

Inside the NAMM Show the Showcase holds a floor of its own, and it gathers the finest guitars and basses in the world. Bacci stands in there with twelve instruments, among makers chosen one by one by Jamie Gale. A place on that floor is earned, and the company it puts Bacci in is the value of it. So the line reads Bacci at NAMM with the Boutique Guitar Showcase.

At NAMM 2026 the Showcase address was booth 4210, and it was there that Tosca was presented: fifty numbered instruments, ten years of development, seven of prototyping with the architect Eri Goshen.

If you are planning the show, the boutique floor is the part worth walking slowly. Everything on it was chosen by someone who builds instruments for a living.

Bacci at NAMM, with the Showcase →

The maker

Wood comes with a soul.

Bruno Bacci, master luthier, in his Tuscan workshop

This is how the Showcase introduces him: instruments “created with a sixth sense, with Bruno Bacci’s feeling for the soul of the wood. This is why Bacci’s instruments are truly one-of-a-kind and sought after by musicians worldwide.”

Born in 1975, Bruno came to lutherie through metallurgy, carpentry, marketing and graphic design, and trained at the violin-making school of Cremona. The workshop is in Pescia, in the country between Florence and Lucca.

Italian lutherie, and why Tuscany →

Played by the musicians that players love

They chose Bacci.

Matteo Mancuso / Tim Lefebvre / Munky / Cory Wong / Mark Lettieri / Michael League / Vincen Garcia / Paul Davids / Derek Frank / Matteo Mancuso / Tim Lefebvre / Munky / Cory Wong / Mark Lettieri / Michael League / Vincen Garcia / Paul Davids / Derek Frank /

In their words

What players say.

Put flats on it and it sounds like an old P bass. Put round-wounds on it and there’s a lot of bite.

Michael LeagueSnarky Puppy1.8M views · on the Amrita

The amount of low end and even saturation coming from this bass is insane.

Grigor FrissBass The World18K views · Marlita demo

When I play it, I don’t really miss the bass player.

Matteo MancusoGuitaristBest Guitar Solo 2024

This is a funk machine, it nails the baritone funk rhythm sound.

Mark LettieriSnarky Puppy861K views · ‘Naptime’

The precision bass for the modern era. Everything I love about vintage basses, with all the innovation of a modern one.

Marlita ownerVerified reviewCustom build

I’ve never found anything like this. The shape, the sound, the playability, everything is really in the right place.

Nathaniel MurphyGuitaristPlays Orange Circles & Slalom

Bruno’s baritone guitars are inspiring a whole generation of top players, he’s developing a whole new musical canon.

Jamie GaleStrings expertGlobal strings authority

Put flats on it and it sounds like an old P bass. Put round-wounds on it and there’s a lot of bite.

Michael LeagueSnarky Puppy1.8M views · on the Amrita

The amount of low end and even saturation coming from this bass is insane.

Grigor FrissBass The World18K views · Marlita demo

When I play it, I don’t really miss the bass player.

Matteo MancusoGuitaristBest Guitar Solo 2024

This is a funk machine, it nails the baritone funk rhythm sound.

Mark LettieriSnarky Puppy861K views · ‘Naptime’

The precision bass for the modern era. Everything I love about vintage basses, with all the innovation of a modern one.

Marlita ownerVerified reviewCustom build

I’ve never found anything like this. The shape, the sound, the playability, everything is really in the right place.

Nathaniel MurphyGuitaristPlays Orange Circles & Slalom

Bruno’s baritone guitars are inspiring a whole generation of top players, he’s developing a whole new musical canon.

Jamie GaleStrings expertGlobal strings authority

Where to play one

Authorised
dealers.

A short, hand picked network of shops keeps Bacci on the wall.
Go and play one in person, or start a custom build directly with Bruno in Tuscany.

Austin Guitar House

Chicago Music Exchange

Eddie’s Guitars

Empire Music

Guitars Etc

Heartbreaker Guitars

Lead Music

Music Store Live

Musikhaus André Louis

Pitbull Audio

Good to know

Questions.

What is the Boutique Guitar Showcase?

A curated selection of independent luthiers. Makers are chosen rather than admitted by paying for a stand. It runs a travelling exhibition, the enTour, and takes its own floor at the NAMM Show.

How long has Bacci been part of it?

Bacci instruments have been in the enTour every year from 2021 to 2026, across Europe, the United States and Japan.

Where can I see the Bacci page on the Showcase?

At boutiqueguitarshowcase.com/bacci-guitars, where Bacci is listed as a featured maker, est. 2013, Italy.

Is there an interview with Bruno Bacci?

Yes. He is the guest of episode seven of the Showcase’s series Life With Strings Attached, recorded from the workshop in Tuscany.

Where do I find Bacci at NAMM?

On the Boutique Guitar Showcase floor, with twelve Bacci instruments on it. At NAMM 2026 the Showcase address was booth 4210.

Commissions

Crafted for one

Nothing here is in stock, and nothing ever will be.
Every instrument is claimed by one player before the first cut.

01
Reserve

A €1,000 deposit holds your place at the bench and sets the work in motion. It comes off the price in full.
02
Define the sound you need

Woods, pickups, finish, decided one by one, together. The instrument is drawn around you.
03
Play

The balance falls due once the specification is closed. Eight months later, it is in your hands.

Begin your commission Talk to Bruno

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Ask before you commit.

Bacci on tour with theBoutique Guitar Showcase.

What the Boutique Guitar Showcase is.

A trade stand

The Showcase

Five years on the road.

The two that travel.

Peach Waves

Butterwhite
Vinyl Beatles

Twelve instruments, on the best floor at the show.

Wood comes with a soul.

They chose Bacci.

What players say.

Authorised
dealers.

Questions.

Play one for yourself.

Western USA

Eastern USA

Europe

Crafted for one

Reserve

Define the sound you need

Play

What the Boutique Guitar Showcase is.

A trade stand

The Showcase

Five years on the road.

The two that travel.

Peach Waves

ButterwhiteVinyl Beatles

Twelve instruments, on the best floor at the show.

Wood comes with a soul.

They chose Bacci.

What players say.

Authoriseddealers.

Questions.

Play one for yourself.

Western USA

Eastern USA

Europe

Crafted for one

Reserve

Define the sound you need

Play

Butterwhite
Vinyl Beatles

Authorised
dealers.