Yanuziello Guitar

 

 
 
 
Yanuziello Guitar

 
Joseph Yanuziello Guitars

 
 
    When players like Bill Frisell,  Rob Piltch,  Kevin Breit,  Don Rooke and Lee Alexander use your instruments,  you know you're doing something right!  This is the position that luthier Joseph Yanuziello finds himself in ... after 29 years of professional building ... working closely with some of the world's best professional musicians to create an instrument that works for them.

     Joseph has an uncanny knack for creating instruments that function as a modern instrument but have a distinctly vintage look and feel.  He is not only well known for his superb electric guitars such as the one I am featuring today,  but also for his line of electric mandolin-family instruments, electric lap steels,  acoustic Hawaiian lap steels and acoustic flattop guitars.  Check out the link to his own website at the bottom of this page for information and images of his full line.

 
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      The instrument that I'm featuring today is a perfect example of the Yanuziello "Modern Vintage" design ethic with its grained ivoroid binding & pickguard,  tortoiseshell pinstriping,  Brazilian rosewood fingerboard & peghead overlay,  proprietary bridge/tailpiece assembly and handmade control knobs.  If Ted McCarty had been hired to design an ultra high-end guitar for the Harmony company in the 1950's,  it may have been a lot like this instrument ... classically simple lines with an exceptionally high quality feel to it!

      The photos convey at least some of the cool visuals of this guitar,  the sound sample gives a hint of the tone,  but I really wish I could somehow convey the feel of this instrument.  When I wrap my arms around this guitar it really is like the last piece of the puzzle falling into place ... everything is right where you want it ... light & resonant yet very solid feeling ... the balance is perfect ... it's just right!!!
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Link to audio samples of this guitar by Chris Bennett

Audio file #1: with delay
Audio file #2: bridge pickup
Audio file #3: both pickups
Audio file #4: neck pickup

Link to information regarding our audio samples

Link to a large format image of the front of this instrument

Link to a large format image of the back of this instrument


 
 
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Specifications
Joseph Yanuziello Guitars

*  1 11/16" wide polished bone nut
*  bound Brazilian rosewood peghead overlay
*  one-piece tropical mahogany neck
*  precision Waverly tuners
*  bound Brazilian rosewood fingerboard
*  24 3/4" scale length (also available 25" & 25.5")
*  hollow quartersawn tropical mahogany body
*  grained ivoroid body binding
*  proprietary bridge
*  grained ivoroid pickguard bound in tortoiseshell
*  proprietary hand made knobs
*  pickups handmade by Lindy Fralin
*  12 3/4" lower bout dimension
*  2" deep body
*  5.2 pounds overall guitar weight
*  gloss lacquer finish
*  hardshell case
 

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