Dual output
Guitar + Bass
Reserve
A baritone with two outputs, guitar and bass, and the garage-born finishes of the Officina line. One player becomes a small, self-sufficient orchestra. Handbuilt in Tuscany by Bruno Bacci.
Finishes freely inspired by the world of vintage luxury, born in the garage, in three textures, deep Velvet, smooth Satin, and Radiance, the iridescent option that shifts in the light.
When the bluesman Dan Mudd plugged in Bruno's first baritone, he said: “if this guitar had more bass, it would be amazing.” That one line opened a gap, and Bruno set out to fill it. He fitted half of a Precision bass pickup, and the Leonardo dual output was born: two independent outputs, guitar and bass, from a single instrument.
In Minneapolis, recording Mudd's album, a session guitarist fell for it on the spot and bought it. A month later that guitarist, Cory Wong, released the first Fearless Flyers video with the Bacci baritone in his hands. When Mark Lettieri heard it, he had Bruno build his own.
Dan Mudd asked. Bruno answered with an instrument unlike any other.
Meet Bruno Bacci, a Tuscan luthier who came to the craft the long way, through metallurgy, woodworking and design, and picked up the tools for good only after a hand injury ended his life as a player. He doesn't draw a shape and fill it with sound. He starts from the sound he can already hear, then builds the instrument around it.
The Leonardo baritone is that obsession made real: two independent outputs, guitar and bass from a single instrument, born of his relentless drive to expand the frequency range of the electric guitar. Every Officina is designed, developed and built by his hands alone, in Tuscany, and backed for life by a lifetime warranty from Bruno himself.
“For me, a well-fitting instrument is one that lets you think only about the music.”
Standard on every Leonardo Officina Baritone. Pickup voice, scale and fingerboard are chosen when you place your order.
At NAMM, Matteo Mancuso’s virtuosic homage to Paul Gilbert, performed entirely on his signature Radiance Celeste baritone, took Guitar World’s Best Guitar Solo of 2024. He wrote the piece just days after receiving the instrument from Bruno.
To my ears, a sixth string tuned down to B sounds better than the low B of a seven-string. The chords sound more even, and they’re easier to play.
Matteo MancusoMancuso’s virtuosic homage to Paul Gilbert claims pole position in this year’s rundown of spectacular solos, and he scores extra cool points for performing the whole thing on a Bacci baritone guitar.
Guitar World, Best Guitar Solo 2024Bruno Bacci’s baritone guitars have been inspiring a whole generation of top players, including Cory Wong, Mark Lettieri and Matteo Mancuso.
Jamie Gale, Boutique Guitar Showcase
The guitarist of Korn didn't pick a finish off the wall. He commissioned a one-off Officina baritone for Venera, his experimental electronic duo with composer and filmmaker Chris Hunt, dark, industrial and cinematic, built around collaborators like HEALTH and Deantoni Parks.
The Sicilian virtuoso plays without a pick, and it rewired what a guitar can do. His fluid, fingerstyle technique made him one of the most talked-about guitarists alive, and he made the Officina Radiance Celeste his signature baritone, drawn to the dual output that hands him guitar and bass from a single instrument. Bacci for the baritones, he says, Yamaha for the rest.
“When I play it, I don’t really miss the bass player.”
A multi-instrumentalist raised in the Artis Family Band in Hawaii, with credits alongside Mick Fleetwood and Jack Johnson, Ron found the baritone at one of our US dealers and couldn't put it down. He sent Bruno his album, we fell for it, and when he passed through on a cruise stop, Bruno built him a one-off Officina Blue.
“The baritone speaks to me, and helps me create new things.”
Grammy winners. Session legends. Festival headliners. Every one of them could reach for anything on earth, and they reach for an instrument made entirely by hand, start to finish, by a single luthier: Bruno Bacci, in Tuscany.
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Multi-Grammy guitarist of Snarky Puppy and The Fearless Flyers, Mark Lettieri built Deep: The Baritone Sessions around the Officina Dejavu Velvet White, the baritone is even on the cover of Volume II. Across YouTube and Facebook, his baritone work has been seen more than nineteen million times.
Cory Wong is the guitarist who bought that first baritone in Minneapolis, the red one on the debut Fearless Flyers record. He plays the Officina Dejavu Tuscan Red, and the finish's videos, led by the Flyers' ‘Ace of Aces’, have gathered more than twenty-six million views.
The Bacci Experience™ is offered to only 4 people a year. You join Bruno for the final stages of the build, in his Tuscan workshop, where the instrument is voiced, adjusted and finished by hand. No production line, no showroom, no scripted tour.
It reaches beyond the bench: a relaxed dinner under the pergola, and a local guide who opens up Florence, Lucca, Pisa and the villages around them. Then the reveal, in a darkened room your instrument waits under red velvet, your song begins, Bruno lifts the cloth, and you are the first person ever to play it.
“I’m so happy with the experience here with Bruno that I would have been happy even without the instrument.” David Ru · Bacci Experience guest
A limited edition of graphic liveries, patterns and wraps laid on like vinyl on a race car. Sold out and out of production, kept here for the record.
Where to catch these players live. Dates from their official calendars, they can change, so check before you go.
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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 AudioCommissions
Nothing here is in stock, and nothing ever will be.
Every instrument is claimed by one player before the first cut.
A €1,000 deposit holds your place at the bench and sets the work in motion. It comes off the price in full.
Woods, pickups, finish, decided one by one, together. The instrument is drawn around you.
The balance falls due once the specification is closed. Eight months later, it is in your hands.
Not sure which instrument is yours?
Ask before you commit.
