Thirty-eight year GAL member Bob Benedetto has been making archtop guitars since 1968 and violins since ’83. In 1994 he wrote Making an Archtop Guitar. He’s a past GAL author and convention lecturer.
▪ bio current as of 2014
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Questions: Get Better at Lutherie
2016
AL#128 p.71
Bob Benedetto
▪ What’s the best way to get better at lutherie?
Meet the Maker: Bob Benedetto
2001
AL#68 p.8 BRB6 p.242
Jonathon Peterson Bob Benedetto
▪ Benedetto has had as large an impact on the modern archtop guitar as anyone. He’s also a really nice guy, unpretentious and level-headed. You’re gonna like him. With 11 photos.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
Archtop Guitars: It All Creates Music
2001
AL#68 p.16 BRB6 p.250
Bob Benedetto
▪ For a builder of orthodox archtop guitars Benedetto certainly has some iconoclastic ideas. His opinions about bridges, tailpieces, guitar setup, and tonewood may turn your head around. With 9 photos.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
Letter to the Editor: Scott Chinery
2000
AL#64 p.3 read this article
Bob Benedetto
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Letter to the Editor: Lutherie Schools
1986
AL#5 p.3
Bob Benedetto
▪ Benedetto suggests that lutherie schools be taken seriously.
Letter to the Editor: Making a Living as a Luthier
1985
AL#3 p.2 BRB1 p.79 read this article
Bob Benedetto
▪ Benedetto offers advice on making a living as a luthier.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.