The Artisan
Designed with the working musician in mind, the Artisan is our entry level Archtop which stands on its own as a quality player's instrument. Its statement of elegance and simplicity makes this guitar a pleasure to own and play. Made with the highest quality tone woods, an attention to detail that is beyond compare and an intuitive design that just begs to be played the Artisan will be your go to guitar for years to come.
Artisan Specifications
| Base Price | $9,800 (A $1,000.00 non-refundable deposit is required) |
| Body Width | Choice of 16” or 17” body width |
| Body Depth | 3” (other depths from 2” to 3 3/8” are available upon request) |
| Neck | Choice of 1 ¾” or 1 11/16” neck width (custom neck widths available upon request) Laminated 3-piece Flame Maple |
| Back & Side Wood | Single A aged and seasoned Flame Maple |
| Top Wood | Single A aged and seasoned Sitka Spruce |
| Cutaway | Single Venetian |
| Finish | High-gloss nitro-cellulose lacquer in natural applied as thinly as possible for maximum sound quality |
| Binding | Matching wood binding and purfling on body and fingerboard |
| Fingerboard | Solid Ebony, 25” fingerboard scale, 22 frets |
| Pickguard | Solid Ebony |
| Tuners | Schaller M6 Gold tuners with Ebony buttons (gold buttons available also) |
| Truss-Rod | Two-way adjustable, Solid Ebony Truss-rod Cover |
| Pickups | Buscarino Signature floating Humbucker |
| Knobs | Volume and tone controls on top of pickguard or concealed underneath pickguard |
| Case | Custom-made 5-ply double-arched plush-lined Signature case |
| Wait | 1 to 1 ½ years. |
Artisan Options
| European Cello woods | $1,200 |
| AAA highly-figured American woods | $650 |
| Sunburst finish | $500 |
| Honey Blonde or Vintage Natural finish | $300 |
| Custom color | $500 |
| Chamfered F-Holes | $300 |
| Block Inlays on fingerboard | $350 |
| Tree of Life inlay on fingerboard | $800 |
| Tree of Life inlay on tailpiece | $350 |
| Personalized scroll on tailpiece | $250 |
| Personalized scroll with floral inlay on tailpiece | $350 |
| Floral inlay on tailpiece | $250 |
| Built-in Humbucker | $300 |
| Schaller Tune-A-Matic bridge (Gold) | $100 |
| Large Ebony pickguard with gold bracket | $100 |
| Bound pickguard | $100 |
| 7-String option | $800 |
| 18” body width | $800 |
| Left-handed | $800 |
The Artisan Headstock
The Artisan comes standard with a layered and beveled headstock of solid Ebony and Maple. The face plate is a single piece of solid Ebony inlayed with the Mother-of-Pearl Buscarino logo.
The Artisan Neck
The Artisan comes standard with a three-piece quarter-sawn multi-laminate neck constructed from Rock Maple.
The Artisan Body
The Artisan is constructed of the highest quality Quarter-Sawn nicely figured Single A Seasoned Flame Maple back and sides. The Top is carved from Single A aged and seasoned Sitka Spruce. Highly Figured triple A Woods are also available.
The Artisan Tailpiece
The Artisan comes standard with a true Buscarino innovative tailpiece. This superior performing tailpiece adds sustain and warmth to the performance of this and every Buscarino archtop guitar. It is sculptured from a solid block of Ebony with a machined, solid brass hinged bracket to couple the tailpiece to the body.
The Artisan Pickguard
The Artisan comes standard with a one piece solid Ebony 3/16" thick pickguard. The compact design of this pickguard does not restrict the f- holes, allowing the sound to freely transfer from the body. A larger L-5 style pickguard with bracket is available as an option.
The Artisan Binding
The Artisan comes standard with matching wood binding on the body and neck. F-holes are un-bound but inlayed perfling around the f-holes is available as an option (as shown.
The Artisan Tuners
The Artisan comes standard with Schaller gold precision tuning machines with Ebony buttons.
The Artisan Pickups
The Artisan comes standard with the custom Buscarino Signature floating humbucker designed by Kent Armstrong. This pickup is specially tuned to maximize the performance of the archtop and enhance that classic jazz sound. This pickup was designed with special feedback reduction features and is molded into an ebonized epoxy compound for long life and superior performance.