Amazing Jazz guitar, Carved top Napolitano Primavera. Spectacular spruce top, flame maple back and sides. Ebony fretboard. Serial#: 3090. Although Arthur Napolitano is not exactly a household name, this is a very well-constructed, top-of-the-line 17" archtop guitar that anyone - from hobbyist up to the most demanding professional - would be happy to own. This specific guitar is featured in an article in the no. 12 issue of Just Jazz Guitar from August 1997. A premier master grade instrument built in the tradition of John D'Angelico, the Primavera fully hand-carved from all solid woods, featuring carved flame Maple back and sides, carved master-grade Sitka Spruce top, 5-piece flame Maple neck, bound ebony fingerboard, ebony bridge, ebony carved tailpiece as well as an ebony bound pickguard. With its 9-ply top binding and 6-piece back binding, the guitar is appointed with pearl 'storybook' inlays on the fingerboard, a Kent Armstrong floating pickup, and a beautifully-designed headstock with typical Napolitano inlays.
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