The real story behind Vinetto Guitars actually goes back to around 1972, when a kid named Vince Cunetto decided it was time to figure out how a guy might go about building his own electric guitar. The Sears acoustic he'd gotten four years earlier on this tenth birthday just wasn't enough anymore. Of course, the whole reason for wanting a guitar in the first place started many years ealier on one Sunday night in 1964, as those lads from Liverpool played their Ricks, Gretsches and Hofners on the Ed Sullivan show. He watched in amazement as hundreds of girls launched into hysterics over those really cool guitars. That's when he realized there there must be something truly magical in the instrument. Thus begins the quest to find out exactly what it would take to create that magic.
Fast-forward to late '94 and it's the beginning of one of the most interesting and enjoyable chapters in Vince's career. After over 20 years of playing, building, repairing, buying, selling, trading--basically living for the guitar--Vince is tapped by the Fender Custom Shop to help develop a new concept for the guitar industry and bring it to life. When his prototypes meet with mass approval and new orders mount, he takes a risk and forms a new company to get the ball rolling. As the story goes, Vince spends the next four and a half years using his skill and experience on a new project... making new guitars look and feel like their well-worn and well-played predecessors.
By the end of 1999, the work Vince and his crew have been doing is taken back "in-house" to be done back in California. They've shipped over forty-eight hundred guitars and it's been one sweet ride. Vince knows how lucky he's been. He'd seen huge success doing something he'd only dreamed about while growing up. He'd had the chance to do a lot of great work for many of his musical heroes (some of whom are friends today). He'd taken a risk and it had all paid off.
Today, his name is attached to an entire genre of guitars, and much his to surprise, they've already seem to have become modern collectables.
Features of The Artifact™ (artifact models: SC50BG/BG-1, SC56WG/WG-1, SC63SB/SB-1, SC62CSB/SB-1, DC55, DC57, DC60SB)
• Authentic body shapes, contours, woods, hardware styles and other appointments as inspired by the classic Fullerton, California styles of the 1950's and 60's. All bodies and necks are made from our own stock of woods to our exact specs. Body tonewoods are specially selected and graded for weight and tonality, and made using our proprietary and thoroughly researched plans and dimensions, assuring the best and most accurate shapes available today. Unlike many vintage pieces with less than ideal tolerances, all neck pockets and necks are precision machined for a tight fit neck/body fit to maximize vibrational unity thoughout the entire guitar.
• Period-correct neck shape profiles and constructions featuring a modernized 9.5" fingerboard radius for easier string bending and improved playability. Built to our own exclusive specifications and shapes, all necks utilize 100% quartersawn eastern hard maple neck blanks for stability and feature the exclusive Vinetto peghead profile and vintage-style tuners.
• Extremely thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish, available in a variety of vintage colors. These are the same vintage colors and formulas we've been using for other guitars since the 90's.
• Selected vintage-style pickups wound to exacting specs from todays' best boutique winders, including Jason Lollar, Lindy Fralin and others.
• Each guitar is individually and artistically aged and cosmetically distressed by Vince Cunetto. Vince's experience and attention to detail assures that each guitar is painstakingly crafted for ultimate tone and playability with unmatched authenticity in aged vintage look and feel.
Vinetto Deuce
Vinetto's two-pickup, solid-body model featuring the Deuce Blender Control for complete variable tonal combinations of both pickups.
The chambered version of the Deuce, the Deuce TC rings with unequaled eveness and smoothness across the tonal spectrum thanks to seven tuned tone chambers. It feaures the Deuce Blender Control for complete variable tonal combinations of both pickups.
The Legato is the flagship model of the Vinetto Line. This three-pickup solid body features the unique Legato three-mode switching system for amazing ease in selecting an almost endless array of extremely useable tones.
The Legato TC is the Tone Chambered rendition of the flagship Legato. This three-pickup model rings with unequaled eveness and smoothness across the tonal spectrum thanks to seven tuned tone chambers. It features the unique Legato three-mode switching system for amazing ease in selecting an almost endless array of extremely useable tones.
The Legato Custom is one of Vinetto's newest models and offers the widest selection of pickup types and options. This non-pickguard model is available in two or three-pickups combinations and incorporates rear-routed controls and ring-mounted pickups for a sleek yet classic look.
Similar to the other TC models, The Custom TC features an array of individually tuned Tone Chambers. Like the Custom, it offers the widest selection of pickup types and options in a TC. It's available in two or three-pickups combinations and incorporates rear-routed controls and ring-mounted pickups for a sleek yet classic look.
The Legato Custom FT/TC and Custom FT Hollow feature full 1/4 inch figured maple and mahogany tops (not veneer) over your choice of solid core woods or a specially chambered or fully hollowed core. Of course, the style is set of by the incredibly flamed tops and natural scraped or inlayed celluloid binding.
BG: Vinetto's interpretation of the time-honored style that originated in Fullerton, California at the start of the 1950's. Aged to perfection, it's dripping with classic "blackguard" look, feel, sound and vibe as if you'd just bought it from the original owner.
WG: In the mid-fifties, it was time for a change. From black to white, butterscotch to blonde and flat-poles to staggered pole pieces. Yeah, there were a few more things too, like a sweet V to C shape neck. And they're all here in the SC 56 WG.
SB: As the close of the fifites ushered in the 1960's, a redesigned neck led to a new set of tones from the the classic on which the SC 63 SB is based. A few years into the 60's finds the guitar that's throwin' down the tone made famous on the best soul and R&B cuts of the decade.
SB: With the traditional "Custom" appointments of a double bound alder body and three-layer parchment pickguard, the 62C SB reflects the top of the line for the SC series. Sure it deserves respect, but that won't keep us from beating them up a little bit.
In 1954 the world was introduced to one of the most enduring styles of electric guitar ever made. Three pickups and a whammy bar made it the quintessential music machine in no time at all. The DC 55 is inspired by the woods and neck shapes of the first few years of production. It's all the tone you expect from swamp ash and a solid maple neck.
By the end of 1956, the coolest electric guitar the world had ever seen had undergone a change. Gone was the Swamp Ash body. Alder was now the wood of choice and with it came an entirely new voice for the guitar. Gradually, the neck carve got a little sharper and sometimes smaller, but certainly just as friendly and comfortable as ever.
The months surrounding the turn of the decade brought another slight change to the classic Fullerton Double Cut. The neck carve flattened into more of a C shape, and the maple neck had been replaced by the "Slabboard" rosewood style. The pickguard got fancier too, now a three-layer style. The DC 60 SB is faithful to the vibe in every way.
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