TRADED Sanzone Archtop - The Most Spectacular Build I've Owned! TRADED

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2008 Chuck Sanzone archtop, fan fret, arch top guitar

This guitar is THE MOST SPECTACULAR BUILD WITH THE COOLEST AND PRETTIEST WOODS I'VE OWNED!

DEAD MINT CONDITION!

Cost to Build Today:$16,000

Purchase Price $ TRADED
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-The back of this guitar is a stunning 1 piece flamed maple back
-Maple sides
-Top is Aged Hazelfichte (Bearclaw) European Spruce Cello Wood
-Brazilian rosewood pickguard, bridge, tail piece, truss rod cover & headstock plates.
-It has a patented sound hole cover that is magnetic in its attachment.

SPECS

Guitar-Sanzone "Carmella" Archtop
Bracing on Top-Asymetric Tone Bracing Arms
Case-Access heavy duty nylon case with multiple compartments
Cutaway-Venetian
Total Length-42"
Length-20 1/2"
Upper Bout-11 1/8"
Waist-9"
Lower Bout-15 1/4"
Depth-3 3/8" to3 1/2" archtop
Neck Width @ Nut-1.7895", 1 12.63/16", 45.46"
Width @ Nut-Outside E to E-1.5435", 1 4.38/16", 39.26"
String Spacing @ Saddle-2.267", 2 4.25/16", 57.58mm
Radius-16"
Dimensions-Scale-24 3/4" to 25 1/2" fan fret (parallel at 7th fret)
Electronics Dual Stereo/Mono-Kent Armstrong custom handwound Humbucker AND a K & K Archtop Pickup
Fingerboard-Bookmatched Master Grade Multio-Scale Brazilian Rosewood
Finish-Nitrocellulose lacquer finish over shellac ground coat, aloe used for coloration
Frets to Neck-14
Frets Total-21
Inlays-Mother of Pearl vertical rectangle in headstock with Sanzone "S" logo and 3 small squares cut out and showing in Brazilian Rosewood overlay
Luthier-Chuck Sanzone
Luthier Website-sanzoneguitars.com
Neck Truss Rod-Two way adjustable truss rod with carbon fiber rods through neck
Notes-"2008 Chuck Sanzone archtop, fan fret, arch top guitar:
Sanzone went to Roberto Venn Guitar Building School in 1995, moved back to Boston, then bought property in Stowe, Vermont that had a 1 room school house on it for his shop. He worked for Bill Tippin in the late 1990's and built over 200 guitar bodies for Tippin. Chuck moved his family to Ventura, California in June 2020 after being recruited to become the head luthier with Guild Guitars in Oxnard, California.

Chuck Sanzone wrote to me about the two pickups in the guitar, ""The Kent Armstrong custom humbucker (not available commercially) is a great pickup, very versatile and capable of many sounds. Chuck said that is great if you run an acoustic amp for the K & K, and tube amp for the Armstrong. Since K & K are passive pickups, I find that they work best with either a PA or acoustic amp.""

This guitar has a signed label from March 2009, and the inside of the soundboard is also signed.

Between the Brazilian rosewood fittings and the incredibly rare, aged cello tone wood, this is a truly special guitar. Chuck Sanzone's current price for a new build of similar quality would be around $16k. The guitar has a magnetically attached removable sound port. Sanzone has a patent on the magnetic sound port, bridge, tail piece, truss rod cover, headstock plates.

Nut-2 different colors mother of peal sandwiching a thin layer of paduak wood; scalloped like Somogyi nuts
Pickguard-Brazilian Rosewood
Pickups-Dual Stereo/Mono: Kent Armstrong Custom Handwound Humbucker AND a K & K Archtop Pickup
Purchase-Date Purchased-Sunday March 28, 2021
Replacement Cost-$16,000
Rosette-None
Saddle-Brazilian Rosewood on European Maple
Seller-Chuck Sanzone
Seller Location-Ventura, California
Serial #-This guitar has a signed label from March 2009, and the inside of the soundboard is also signed.
Shape-F Hole Arch Top with Patent Applied For elliptical magnetic removable oval soundport
Tuners-Nickel Waverly Tuners With Oval Buttons
VALUE MARCH 2021-$12,000
Where Made-Stowe, Vermont
Back-Extremely Rare Quartersawn 1 Piece of European Flamed Maple
Binding-Master Grade Brazilian Rosewood &handmade 8 layer fineline purfling in paduak/maple
Bridge-Master Grade Brazilian Rosewood Bridge, Pickguard and Tailpiece
Headstock-Mahogany with Master Grade Brazilian Rosewood overlays front & back
Neck-Mahogany
Sides-Flamed Maple
Top-Aged Hazelfichte (Bearclaw) European Spruce Cello Wood
Year Made-March 2009

Chuck Sanzone Carmella archtop - full body front by Bruce Robinson, on Flickr

Chuck Sanzone Carmella archtop 1. front body by Bruce Robinson, on Flickr

Chuck Sanzone Carmella archtop 2. headstock by Bruce Robinson, on Flickr

Chuck Sanzone Carmella archtop 3. back by Bruce Robinson, on Flickr

Chuck Sanzone Carmella archtop 4. back body by Bruce Robinson, on Flickr

Chuck Sanzone Carmella archtop 5. bass side with removable soundport cover by Bruce Robinson, on Flickr

Chuck Sanzone Carmella archtop 6. treble side by Bruce Robinson, on Flickr

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Sanzone Archtop: Amazing woods, build, the most spectacular I've had!

Doesn't get prettier than this.

Price reduced to $TRADED
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This is as good as it gets gang.........

Archtop.............incredible!

[Quickstep192]

Beautiful!

Any chance you have a video of the guitar being played unplugged?

[Robbypad]

Quickstep...........I sent you a PM.

Guitar is loud for an archtop when unplugged, much louder than my 1954 ES-175 or obviously my 335.

Beautiful, beautiful instrument.

[Robbypad]

This is truly terrific..............I have WAY too many guitars and archtops.

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Sanzone Archtop

Price $TRADED

Chuck is head of Guild's vintage guitar building..........recruited from his east coast solo shop...............similar to Andy Powers at Taylor............

This is an amazing guitar with even more amazing wood!

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TRADED this amazing archtop for a very cool guitar from member! Two happy AGF'ers.