Full size, full tilt, full frontal: our 1996 Buscarino Monarch Archtop in Sitka and Flamed Maple. This is the cream of the archtop crop from ’96 that’s been waking up handsomely in the intervening years, and is now oh so wide awake. AA aged and seasoned Sitka Spruce top pairs up with an AA aged and seasoned Flame Maple body and a 17” lower bout, Abalone tree of life fretboard inlays plus Burl headstock veneers and Scheller M6 tuners. Benedetto humbucker with volume at the pickguard, and a 25 inch scale that’s just so easy on the hands. This is a showstopper Buscarino Monarch—you won’t want to put it down.
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John Buscarino is well-known as one of the top American archtop guitar makers, and this is a fine example. From the mid 90s this is a Monarch model, hand carved from John. It's still plays with ease and sounds even better with all the music that has passed through it! 
Big boy! Comes trimmed like a king, and sings like so much velvet. Here’s a powerhouse example of John Buscarino’s archtop meister work from ’96 that’s been aged to perfection. | Scale Length | 25 in |
|---|---|
| Nut Width | 1.688 in |
| String Spacing | 2 in |
| Woods | Spruce - Sitka, Maple - Figured |
Full size, full tilt, full frontal: our 1996 Buscarino Monarch Archtop in Sitka and Flamed Maple. This is the cream of the archtop crop from ’96 that’s been waking up handsomely in the intervening years, and is now oh so wide awake
John Buscarino is well-known as one of the top American archtop guitar makers, and this is a fine example. From the mid 90s this is a Monarch model, hand carved from John
Big boy. Comes trimmed like a king, and sings like so much velvet 