Marc Beneteau’s Nick Lucas design is very popular. It harkens back to the 1920s and 30s Gibson model who’s namesake was a famous player of the day. One key part of the design is the 13 Fret neck joint that keeps the bridge in the wider portion of the lower bout but allows that one more fret to play in. This sunburst beauty is Adirondack over Mahogany with a short 24.9″ scale, lovely Maple bindings and a Spalted Maple rosette. The one modern touch, its side soundport, is a welcome upgrade that sounds great in the driver’s seat. The beauty you see is equalled by what you hear. This is a very strong and proud small body guitar with volume and energy to spare. Blues, Rag and Old Time player will flip over this one.

Marc Beneteau’s amazing clarity and articulation come through in every guitar he makes. For this Concert Standard Marc chose premium African Blackwood and paired it with European Spruce so it offers up the combination of rich, dark lows and mids along with bright and clear highs. This is certainly one of those guitars that can serve many masters as it’s happy to play styles ranging from Blues to Celtic and beyond. It’s happy played soft or hard. The cutaway, armrest bevel and Calton Case compliment the premium woods to make this a sophisticated Beneteau.

We hand picked this guitar at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival. The voice of the slightly larger M sized body is big and bold. From the Beneteau Website: “The best way to describe my “M” model is to say that it is the same shape as my OM but enlarged to a full 16″ width giving it an expanded bass response. Like the Mini Jumbo and Concert Standard, this model offers another choice in a full sized guitar suitable for fingerstyle playing or full strumming.” Marc Beneteau has been working with us for a number of years now and our customers who’ve bought his instruments just love them. He somehow achieve amazing clarity and balance without lacking any power and punch. The Ebony & Spruce body here make a real impression both when you play soft and when you play hard. No wonder Tony McManus and Don Ross own Beneteau Guitars.

Marc Beneteau is one of the premiere independent luthiers from Canada. We’ve been working with Marc for years and have helped many a happy customer find their Dream Guitar with a Beneteau label inside. Marc’s small body 000 is powerful, clear and resonant, perfect for fingerstyle in any genre but also powerful enough, with it’s Adirondack Spruce top, for flatpicking and strumming. This stunning 000 sports Marc beautiful sunburst, a slotted headstock, a wooden rosette and a cutaway, so it has it all.

Marc’s MJ design offers a lot of power with it’s 16″ bout. The combination here of Cocobolo Rosewood and Adirondack is perfect for the player who likes his power with a full voice. There is lovely midrange mixed with crystal clear Adirondack trebles and and ample bass response. Marc understand beauty and top notch construction are sure to please. This one includes a K&K pickup and a Calton case so you can take it with you. Canadian guitar are rising drastically due to the dollar so this is a great time to find a preowned Beneteau and this one is super.

We see very few preowned Beneteau guitars and they never last very long. This one features a stunning set of Cocobolo Rosewood with deep wine red hues and it’s topped with Adirondack Spruce that’s fully of silky medullary rays that prove it’s well quartered. This Concert Standard again shows off Marc’s clear and natural voice that is strong on fundamental tones for exquisite clarity and separation. This is a superb fingerstyle guitar that’s equally at home being strummed and it comes complete with a cutaway and a B-Band pickup system.