Stories from the workshop.
Commissions told from the first conversation to the finished instrument, plus the woods, the finishes and the bench they come from.
Commissions told from the first conversation to the finished instrument, plus the woods, the finishes and the bench they come from.
Imagined
2 Jan 2027
Mr. Guitar made the deep register sophisticated. The baritone his style points to.
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Imagined
27 Dec 2026
He made the bass sing. The passive Bacci his sound points to, fretted or fretless.
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Imagined
21 Dec 2026
Motown, flatwounds, a passive Precision. The Marleo recipe, almost to the letter.
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Imagined
18 Dec 2026
Chord-melody, with the bass line finally given its own voice.
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Imagined
15 Dec 2026
The King of Twang made the low strings a lead voice. The baritone was his home.
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Imagined
12 Dec 2026
The father of electric jazz guitar, and the pickup that still bears his name.
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The baritone
10 Dec 2026
What gauges to use for B and A standard, and why heavier strings matter.
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The baritone
7 Dec 2026
B standard, A standard and drop tunings, and why scale keeps the low note tight.
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The baritone
4 Dec 2026
Matteo Mancuso, the Paul Gilbert solo Guitar World crowned best of 2024, his two Baccis.
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Signature
30 Nov 2026
Why Michael League plays the Amrita, built from worm-eaten alder.
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The sound
26 Nov 2026
Flatwounds, roundwounds, and where the old P-bass sound comes from.
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The bass
23 Nov 2026
32-inch vs 34-inch, and why the low B still stays a note.
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The maker
19 Nov 2026
What makes a guitar handmade, and what the price really buys.
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Commissions
16 Nov 2026
Ordering a handmade guitar or bass, step by step with Bruno.
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The woods
12 Nov 2026
Does wood change an electric's tone? Where it matters, and why.
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Design
9 Nov 2026
Hollow, semi-hollow or solid, and how the Tosca resonates.
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The bass
6 Nov 2026
What the difference really is, and why the Marleo is passive.
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Extended range
4 Nov 2026
Scale length versus an extra string, and how to choose.
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The rare ones
4 Nov 2026
A sliding, singing voice in the deepest register.
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Finishes
4 Nov 2026
Art finishes, from 1970s Parato to grain-led Art of Nature.
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Buying guide
4 Nov 2026
What the extra cost of a handmade baritone actually buys.
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Buying guide
4 Nov 2026
The funk and fusion buying guide the metal lists forget.
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Made in Tuscany
4 Nov 2026
Inside the small world of Italian handmade electric guitars.
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Explained
4 Nov 2026
Three low instruments, clearly explained.
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Boutique bass
4 Nov 2026
What the extra cost of a boutique bass actually buys.
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Should you?
4 Nov 2026
Who it is genuinely for, and who should save their money.
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Scale & tension
4 Nov 2026
Scale length, string tension, and the tight low end.
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The players
5 Nov 2026
Bass, chords, melody and percussion, from one guitar.
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The dual output
3 Nov 2026
What a dual-output guitar is, and three ways to use the Leonardo.
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Design
12 Nov 2026
Ten years and eight prototypes behind the fully hollow Tosca.
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In Tuscany
5 Nov 2026
What the Bacci Experience actually looks like, from the airport to the table.
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How it plays
1 Nov 2026
The same part across a guitar, a baritone and the Leonardo's dual output.
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In the studio
29 Oct 2026
Three ways to route the Leonardo's guitar and bass voices when you record.
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From the workshop
29 Oct 2026
A Bacci starts in a timber store, not at the bench. Bruno went looking with Joe Glaser.
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A commission
28 Oct 2026
Derek Frank tried a Marleo at NAMM, then flew to Tuscany to specify his own.
Read the story →Nothing here is in stock, and nothing ever will be. Every instrument is claimed by one player before the first cut.
A deposit, a call with Jo, then the specification written down together, one choice at a time.