Caletta Sitka/Mahogany

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Caletta

Sitka/Mahogany - Vintage Amber

Standard Build

The concept of the Standard Build Caletta was based on the success of our Private Build Caletta. A guitar inspired by pre-World War II parlor guitars. Without compromising quality and tone, we were able to produce an amazing instrument at a more attainable price point. Here at B&G, we are great traditionalists. While we know that traditional building techniques provide various advantages in tone, play-ability, look, and overall mojo, we also know first-hand the weak points of century-old acoustic guitars. The Caletta is built using the best that the American acoustic guitar building tradition has to offer, combined with our own carefully crafted and road-tested innovations. Read More

The concept of the Standard Build Caletta was based on the success of our Private Build Caletta. A guitar inspired by pre-World War II parlor guitars. Without compromising quality and tone, we were able to produce an amazing instrument at a more attainable price point. Here at B&G, we are great traditionalists. While we know that traditional building techniques provide various advantages in tone, play-ability, look, and overall mojo, we also know first-hand the weak points of century-old acoustic guitars. The Caletta is built using the best that the American acoustic guitar building tradition has to offer, combined with our own carefully crafted and road-tested innovations. To enable us to stay true to our envisioned tone, we brace our soundboards with a traditional X-bracing pattern, allowing for a punchy, yet full-bodied sound. This, combined with the warmth and musical tone of the 12th fret neck-to-body joint, and a well-tuned sound hole, results in a very balanced instrument. All our braces are made of shaped spruce which allows for an unhindered resonance of the soundboard. Our guitars are glued using hot hide glue (the use of which goes as far back as ancient Egypt and has long been traditionally used for musical instrument making). It chemically bonds with the wood, allowing the instrument to resonate more fully. We believe that a great guitar is one that inspires your passion for playing. A guitar that calls you to unite with it and melt into the music. Every aspect of the Standard Build Caletta guitar was designed for comfort and play-ability. The Standard Build Caletta is now available for the first time ever as part of our Standard Build series. Made in Tel-Aviv, Israel according to our unparalleled standards. Read Less

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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 - Vintage Amber

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.