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2009 Buscarino Rhapsody Plum Pudding Mahogany/Adirondack
John Buscarino’s Rhapsody is unique in the guitar world in that it pairs a carved arched back with a flattop. This combination produces voice that blends the energy and attack of a steel string with the clarity and separation of an archtop guitar. This one is Adirondack Red Spruce over rare Plum Pudding Figured Mahogany.
To find a set of this wood big enough to carve a back from is quite rare indeed. Equally special are the Snakewood appointments. The fingerboard, headplate, bridge and bindings are all crafted from Snakewood which is equally rare and stunning. An elegant Ribbon rosette makes the oval sound hole a centerpiece of beauty on this fine Buscarino Rhapsody. There is also a side soundport. You need only listen to the samples by Al Petteway to hear the unique and truly special voice John Buscarino has created in this arched back flat top design. What a guitar…
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.06 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany 
1995 Buscarino Cabaret American Sycamore/Cedar
We are thrilled to have another rare preowned Buscarino Cabaret. This example from 1995 features a carved back of American Sycamore and a Cedar top. It is also outfitted with John’s own Implant pickup system as well as an RMC Pickup System with 6 individual pickups/saddles and the RMC Polydrive Preamp built in. Each pickup has it’s own output so you can drive an amp via the 1/4″ jack or a MIDI synthesizer via a 13 pin DIN connector. Perfect for the gigging musician.
Here are some thoughts about the Cabaret model from the Buscarino Guitars Website: “THE CABARET is the perfect blend of traditional classical guitar and an acoustic archtop guitar. Specifically designed to meet the needs of the jazz or fingersytle player, the CABARET is based on the Herman Hauser I classical guitar design. The CABARET incorporates traditional classical building methods with modern innovations necessary for today’s jazz and fingerstyle playing. The graceful cutaway facilitates greater access for playing the upper register of the fretboard. Its carved back, unique among nylon-string guitars, enhances the lower midrange while aiding in projection. The two-way adjustable truss rod gives easy access at the headstock for a perfect set-up.”
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 2 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Cedar, Sycamore - American 
2000 Buscarino Cabaret Indian/Engelmann
We are thrilled to have located a rare preowned Buscarino Cabaret. This example from 2000 features a carved back of Indian Rosewood and a lattice braced Engelmann Spruce top. It also sports John’s own Implant pickup system which makes consistently great sound as simple as plugging in.
Here are some thoughts about the Cabaret model from the Buscarino Guitars Website: “THE CABARET is the perfect blend of traditional classical guitar and an acoustic archtop guitar. Specifically designed to meet the needs of the jazz or fingersytle player, the CABARET is based on the Herman Hauser I classical guitar design. The CABARET incorporates traditional classical building methods with modern innovations necessary for today’s jazz and fingerstyle playing. The graceful cutaway facilitates greater access for playing the upper register of the fretboard. Its carved back, unique among nylon-string guitars, enhances the lower midrange while aiding in projection. The two-way adjustable truss rod gives easy access at the headstock for a perfect set-up.”
The previous owner of this guitar loved it and played it professionally so it shows some play wear, but it’s been fully inspected by John and is solid and ready for another owner to puts some notes through it.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.94 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Engelmann, Rosewood - Indian 
Buscarino Electric Hybrid Quilted Maple
A beautiful, atypical Buscarino Electric Hybrid guitar capable of a variety of sounds. The combination of a chambered Ash body and Tiger Maple neck is simply wonderful. The EMG pickups deliver a wide range of electric sounds, and the Piezo pickup packs a great acoustic-tinged punch. The controls offer a wide array of possibilities by way of 5-way, 3-way and 6 rotary knobs. Outputs include a 4 pin XLR and 1/4 jack. The fretwork and neck construction on this guitar is top notch and makes this beautiful Buscarino very hard to put down!
2009 Buscarino Rhapsody Bolivian Rswd/Adirondack
John Buscarino’s Rhapsody is unique in the guitar world in that it pairs a carved arched back with a flattop. This combination produces voice that blends the energy and attack of a steel string with the clarity and separation of an archtop guitar. This one is Adirondack Red Spruce over Bolivian Rosewood, aka Pau Ferro and includes a side soundport. It has good headroom and power and is very versatile. From Jazz to Fingerstyle to strumming you’ll feel right at home.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.06 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Bolivian (Pau Ferro) 
2006 Buscarino Mira Ash/Birdseye Maple
John Buscarino’s Mira solid-body electric boasts top-of-the-line components, select-grade woods and John’s fanatical attention to detail. You’ve got to check out this bird’s eye maple neck yourself — striking! The Mira comes with three of John’s finest custom pickups. The result is a guitar with voices for your every genre — jazz, rock, funk… whatever! Pickup-wise, there’s a high-output Alnico 5 in the rear, one Alnico 3 in the middle (with the coils facing each other in the center for a fat single coil sound), and one Alnico 3 in the front with series parallel wiring and a push pull pot to go from a warm jazz sound to a brighter single-coil sound. Controlling all this power is a five-position switch. It’s a fantastic setup guaranteed to get nearly ANY sound you need out of an electric guitar!
2009 Buscarino Starlight Nylon String Mahogany/Maple
For all of you crossover players out there, this is a beautiful piece of work by John Buscarino. It’s his nylon-strung Starlight model, and it’s every bit as lovely to play as it is to look at. John really hit a home run with this design. We’ve played a lot of hybrid classical-electrics, and this is as good as they come. Great playability, strikingly handsome looks, and a sweet tone that would do Antonio Carlos Jobim proud.
1999 Buscarino Cabaret Flamed Maple/Spruce
John Buscarino’s Cabaret model is one of the most popular Jazz Nylon crossover guitars on the market. He employs a carved arched back in combination with a flat top for power clarity and punch. This Cabaret is crafted from stunning flamed Maple and adorned with a Snakewood Bridge and red perflings. It’s been upgraded with an L.R. Baggs Hex pickup and RT preamp with hidden volume and tone inside the soundhole. It also has Gilbert tuners so this is really setup for the serious player or gigging musician. The neck is slightly wider on this one so it will please the classical player as much as the Jazz player.
New Buscarino Cabaret Indian/German
The Buscarino Cabaret design is perhaps the finest Nylon crossover we know of. The carved arched back design make for a voice that excels at Jazz, Brazilian and many other crossover genres. This beauty was custom made for a lucky customer but call us and we’ll help you get your very own.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 1.97 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Indian 
Buscarino Starlight Nylon String Acoustic Electric Mahogany/Quilted Maple
John Buscarino’s new Starlight model is designed for the gigging nylon string player. It’s thin body is hollow but with a solid tree beneath the bridge and a B-Band pickup installed so it can be played at volume with clear tone and no feedback. John built this one for us and topped it with a Master Grade Quilted Maple top that is just stunning. It is beautifully simple with gorgeous details such as the Ebony knobs and Abalone trimmed tie block on a Snakewood Bridge. The 50mm nut and 57mm spacing allow for a multitude of styles from Jazz to Brazilian to Classical. Now you can have a hassle free gigging guitar with Buscarino quality.
19921993 Buscarino Telstar Basswood/None
John Buscarino is a premier Luthier well known for creating some of the very finest archtops, electrics and nylon strings. Here we have a custom Telestar from 1992/3 and man is it a cool guitar. It features a satin Maple neck with a rosewood board on a slim, solid Tele style body and pair of active EMG pickups that really sound amazing. It was easy for us to get Robben Ford like tones out of this guitar, the midrange is strong and it’s easy to put just on the verge of feedback for a very vocal sort of tone. It plays like a dream and has been kept in perfect condition by it’s only owner.
2005 Buscarino Jazz Strat Swamp Ash/Swamp Ash
The Jazz Strat was created by John Buscarino to the discriminating player who prefers a solid body sound and feel but stills seeks a clean and pure tone and the perfect playability that all Buscarino’s share. You immediately know this is a fine handmade guitar lightyears ahead of a factory strat, the thick ebony fingerboard, stainless steel frets and hand shaped neck heel and body contour give the feel of quality. The Swamp Ash body pulls all the tone from the 2 single coil and 1 humbucking pickups for an array of tonal possibilities. Even distorted this guitar sounds beautiful and musical. If you’ve been craving a top-shelf electric guitar properly suited for Jazz, blues and even rock, this is your Buscarino.
2006 Buscarino Virtuoso Big Leaf Maple/European
The Virtuoso model is John Buscarino’s Masterpiece design. This is the very model that exemplifies what John does as a luthier. Only the absolute finest materials are chosen including Flamed Big Leaf Maple and Burled woods. Only the most intricate details are employed including the mother-of-pearl ‘Virtuoso’ banner and delicate fine line purflings. This one also included custom soundport cut into the side bout as well. One minute with this guitar in your hands and you understand why George Benson, Gene Bertoncini, Steve Morse and so many other top players have selected John Buscarino to craft the guitars that make there music. This Virtuoso comes to us from it’s original owner in like-new condition. The acoustic voice is alive and rich and plugged-in it’s a knock-out. Truly a Dream from John Buscarino.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods Spruce - European, Maple - Bigleaf 
2005 Byers Concert Classical, Brazilian Rosewood/Spruce
Gregory Byers 2005 Classical—Brazilian Rosewood and Spruce, with a fingerboard extension providing a high-end range up to a second octave D. The fingerboard is also elevated, and the top is sloped, ensuring optimum access to higher notes. Great tone, great access—this guitar has had 20 years of play time, and it shows. Sageworks leg rest magnets are also installed in this one. All wrapped up in a Hiscox case, this instrument is ready for both student and master alike.
Other keywords/misspellings: Luthier, lutherie, bespoke, handmade, classic, segovia, spanish, braz, hiscox.
2011 Greg Byers, Indian Rosewood/European Spruce
Greg Byers’ Classicals are defined by a taste of innovation that’s based in tradition. With this bent top model from 2011, that’s fully on display. Byers combines a European Spruce top that’s ‘bent’ towards the heel with an elevated fingerboard to preload the top with tension and provide easier lefthand access to the uppermost frets. The result is handsome, distinct, and oh so easy on the hands. Sides are made up of straight-grain Indian Rosewood, with a 12-hole tieblock on top, 650mm scale, and a fantastically transparent French Polish finish throughout. The voice is characterized by a dark, emotive definition that really sings in the bass and mids, with a focused top end to tie it all together. We love the colors Byers employs in the rosette, paired up with wheat purflings, for a subtly dramatic effect that’s echoed with the marquetry at the center of the headplate.
Other keywords: classical guitar, classical, nylon string, luthier, lutherie, fingerstyle, marquetry, handmade, french polished, steve newbrough, andy jurik, perez guitars, fernando troche, 265, tkl
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 2.05 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - European, Rosewood - Indian