Caletta
Sitka/Mahogany - Tobacco Burst
Standard Build
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Soft V Neck Shape
Our “Soft V” neck profile is inspired by pre-war, vintage acoustic necks. Solid yet comfortable, in order to retain our trademark “parlor” feel and facilitate thumb fretting techniques.
B&G Under Saddle Piezo Pickup
Each pickup is carefully designed to deliver an organic, accurate and sonically responsive acoustic sound.


Sitka Spruce Top Wood
The most classic soundboard wood is Sitka Spruce. The pronounced dynamic range ensures a fast, responsive instrument. The bass provides the necessary power to deliver strong fundamentals and the treble comes through lucid and pure.
Standard Build Caletta - Tobacco Burst
Mahogany back and sides, together with a Sitka Spruce top, is one of the most classic of wood combinations in traditional acoustic guitars. Because of its inner tonal balance and the structuring of harmonics above the fundamental notes, it makes for a versatile instrument, suitable for a wide range of styles and genres.


GOLDEN ERA LUTHIERY
B&G Standard Build Caletta Acoustic guitars are hand-built using both traditional and modern techniques that deliver a vintage feel, look and sound, straight out of the case.

PRE WAR MYTHOLOGY
The Standard Build Caletta Acoustic design is a reinterpretation of the Pre-World War II acoustics. B&G's goal was to create a classic yet fresh, unique instrument, as easy and cozy to play as those legendary guitars of yore. Hence the neck joint at the 12th fret, the slotted headstock and the classic non-cutaway body shape.

ORIGINAL BODY SHAPE
This guitar body shape is an original shape, designed in-house in order to achieve the volume, sound and depth of a larger size body but in a smaller more comfortable shape.

TRADITIONAL GLUES
Glue is one of the most critical elements in the building of a guitar. Traditional hide glue is used for the neck joint and for the top, the bracing and the fretboard and fish glue is used for the frets. These glues all crystallize like glass when dry, creating a substantially thinner layer between the different wood parts, which allows for optimal string energy transfer -- significantly better than modern synthetic glues.

HARDWARE
The nut, saddle and bridge pins are all made from TUSQ. TUSQ produces more harmonics in the mid and upper range of the guitars. TUSQ nuts have a harmonically rich tone, without the inconsistency found in ivory, bone or other natural materials. TUSQ has been designed to transfer the right frequencies more efficiently from the strings to the guitar’s body.

B&G PIEZO PICKUP
Each Standard Build Caletta Acoustic guitar comes with our own B&G Piezo pickup system, including a discreet volume control. The pickup is carefully tuned to deliver a sound that is as natural and authentic as possible.

B&G SLOTTED PRO TUNERS
We worked closely with one of the world’s most advanced factories to build a premium set of tuners for our slotted headstock design. With highly adorned plated and ivoroid buttons, the Slotted Pro tuner’s elegant appearance is only matched by its smooth but solid functionality.

RULE OF 18
The vintage-size frets are precisely installed on the fingerboard, using the historic "Rule of 18" (24 ¾" scale), to ensure the comfortable playability that only a vintage instrument can deliver.

SITKA SPRUCE TOP
The most classic soundboard wood is Sitka Spruce, and for good reason. The pronounced dynamic range ensures a fast, responsive instrument. The bass provides the necessary power to deliver strong fundamentals, and the treble comes through lucid and pure.

MATTE NITROCELLULOSE FINISH
This vintage recipe for creating the best looking, thinnest and most resonant finish, remains the best. Nothing compares to a perfectly sprayed and buffed traditional nitrocellulose lacquer. It is the only finish that ages together with the wood, becoming thinner with time, merging into the wood molecules, and allowing them to vibrate freely.


Specifications
Our commitment to a great playing experience covers every detail of a guitar.
BODY
SHAPE B&G Caletta
LOWER BOUT WIDTH 14.6” / 37.1cm
UPPER BOUT WIDTH 10" / 25.4cm
BODY LENGTH 38.19” / 97cm
BODY DEPTH 3.74"-4.33” / 9.5cm-11cm
BACK & SIDE WOOD Mahogany
TOP WOOD Sitka Spruce
BRACING 89 DEegree, Shaped Spruce X-Bracing – Traditional Hide Glue
HARDWARE
BRIDGE Indian Rosewood
BRIDGE SPACING 2.25” / 5.7cm
PINS TUSQ
SADDLE TUSQ
TUNING MACHINES B&G Slotted Pro Tuners
STRINGS Elixir 80/20 Bronze 0.12 -0.53
NECK
WOOD One Piece Mahogany
NUT TUSQ
SCALE LENGTH 24 3/4"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12"
NECK JOINT Fret 12
NECK WOOD Mahogany
FINGERBOARD Indian Rosewood
FRETWIRE Nickel-Silver, Width 0.080", Crown 0.050"
TRUSS ROD One-Way
HEADSTOCK Slotted Peghead
NUT WIDTH 1.68" / 42.8mm
ELECTRONICS
PICKUPS B&G Under Saddle Piezo Pickup
