Rufini Guitars Montefalco Semi-Hollow, Aged Sonic Blue, NEW (Authorized Dealer)

Luthier Mateo Rufini is a builder of many fine handmade stringed instruments in Italy. He builds everything from violins to classical guitars and of course his own line of Electrics. This is his Montefalco Semi Hollow Body model. The Montefalco is essentially Rufini's take on offset American guitars, with hints of Italian guitar heritage from the past; with it's true celluloid pearl binding. This is not the same cheap plastic material you can find anywhere. The Pearl celluloid has a beautiful yellowed, off-white color to it. Many Pre-CBS Fender guitars have true celluloid as their pickgaurd materials, though not always pearl. 
The Monefalco is a curvy and beautifully contoured modern offset guitar, adding more comfort and eye catching details to its appearance. You'll notice the specially contoured left and right cutaways, which are more pointed and beveled in shape than a vintage instrument of this style. The left cutaway's bevel adds great comfort when reaching the boards upper registers. Aside from the body, the neck is made of gorgeous AAA Birdseye figured Maple. It has a great, full feeling C profile that would satisfy even most demanding players looking for a modern instrument with a neck that truly feels like an L-Series Fender neck from 1963 or 64. The setup is also spot on, with a low 3 1/2 & 4 64" action at the 12th fret E to E and sporting a set of 10's.

The Duesenberg vibrato works effortlessly and the hand-wound Valenti pickups make this a very versatile guitar. The the neck Humbucking Gold-Foil pickup delivers big single-coil like tones with plenty of grunt when pushed but also great clarity when clean. The bridge pickup is airy and chiming like a great Gold Foil but with more out-put and mid-range like a PAF. They sound incredible, with lots of character both dirty or clean. There is also a HPF switch like on a Jaguar, with the ability to work in all three pickup selections.

Specs:
Body Color: Aged Sonic Blue Body Wood: Two piece mahogany
Neck: AAA Birds Eye Maple neck Board: Indian Rosewood ('50 years old) slab fretboard Scale: 25.5"  frets: 21 medium Jumbo Stainless Steel frets Radius 12" Vintage truss rod Nut Width: 1 11/16" Hand cut bone nut Med "C" shape .85" - .95" Italian Celluloid dots Italian Celluloid binding Parchment pickguard Alluminium Knobs Gotoh 510 tuners Steel Saddle Roller Bridge Duesemberg Vibrato Tail Piece 2 x Gold foil PAF Alnico 8 Valenti pickups Controls: Master vol, master tone+ treble bleed (HPF) mini-switch, 3 way switch,  Finish: Aged Sonic Blue Nitro  Weight: 7lbs 6.1oz