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Last updated: May 8, 2008 Questions? Please email info@folkwaymusic.com. Joseph Yanuziello may be the most tasteful and distinctive luthier in business today. He is one of the few makers equally respected for both electric and acoustic instruments. His craftsmanship and detailing is second-to-none. Joe's line of electrics includes guitars, mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, and lapsteels; acoustics include resonators, flattops, Weissenborns, and even stranger creations! A few of the players using his instruments include: Kevin Breit (Norah Jones, etc, etc), Don Rooke (The Henries), Burke Carrol (Bebop Cowboys, Brothers Cosmoline), Bill Frisell, Pete Anderson, Lee Alexander (Norah Jones), Rob Pilch, Michael Picket, the list goes on... Check out his growing website at www.yanuziello.com.
Main Photo	2006 Yanuziello KG-14 Another masterpiece from Joe Yanuziello. The Kalamazoo KG-14 was the budget version of Gibson's already budget L-00 model of the depression era. It was a simple guitar, with a single-bound sunburst top and unbound back and a bound soundhole but no rosette. The neck and bridge were the same as those on the L-00, but the top's ladder bracing was what really made the guitar less-expensive - it sounded cheaper than the X braced Gibsons. Enter Joe Yanuziello, among the most tasteful and talented luthiers on earth, with an order for a Kalamazoo KG-14 styled flat-top with the voice and bracing of an L-00. The end result? This meticulously built, flawlessly finished, and fine sounding instrument. Its Adirondack spruce top is X braced exactly as were the L-00's of the mid 1930's - Yanuziello's brace pattern and carve are exactingly copied from an L-Century that sounded incredible. The Mahogany back and sides are bookmatched and quarter-sawn, and the single-piece neck is carved exactly like a 30's Gibson's would have been. The fingerboard and small rectangle bridge are of figured Brazilian rosewood, and the fire-stripe pickguard is very much reminiscent of those found on L-00's. the top's thin nitro finish is in Cremona sunburst, and the rest of the instrument is stained in Gibson reddish-brown. Finishing touches include Waverly tuners with ebony buttons, ebony nut and bridge pins, compensated bone through-saddle, a two-way adjustable truss rod, and white silk screened headstock logo. The nut is 1-3/4", the scale is 24.75". This guitar is one of Yanuziello's finest sounding flat-tops. I'd take it over an L-00 most any day of the week. It is a 2006 guitar, and although it is pre-owned, I would not call it used. With a deluxe TKL hard case SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	NEW Yanuziello Electric Joe Yanuziello has amazed us again with the latest of his instruments. Custom built for us at Folkway are this matched pair of lefty and righty electrics in Mahogany and figured maple. Joe's electric instruments feature an ultra light hollow body with handmade hardware and custom Lindy Fralin pickups. They are versatile instruments that combine a retro look with modern playability. The body is constructed of a one-piece hollowed mahogany back mated to a bookmatched figured hard maple top that is bound with a single-ply ivoroid strip. The pickups are custom-made Lindy Fralin high output DeArmond-style single coils that offer up the sound of those great late 50's Harmony pickups with modern string spacing and shielding. The bridges and pickup housings are completely machined by Yanuziello himself and designed entirely to the specifications that he requires for these original instruments. The bridge / tailpiece combo is infinitely adjustable, and mechanically perfect. The instrument is finished in a hand-polished gloss Nitrocellulose lacquer, with a Viceroy-brown sunburst to the top and matching back and neck. Ivoroid pickguard and knobs and standard two-pickup switching. The neck profile is styled after a 50's Les Paul Special and has that ultra-comfortable round and fairly beefy feel that us vintage guitar freeks just die for. The fingerboard is ivoroid bound Brazilian rosewood, as is the peghead overlay. Kluson Deluxe nickel tuners with metal oval buttons bejewel the headstock and Joe's logo finishes off the instrument with a final touch of class. The scale length is 24.75" and the bone nut measures 1-11/16". The guitars weigh in at a feathery 5.2 pounds. The tone is all vintage - imagine a combination of an early Gretsch Duo-Jet, an Harmony Stratotone, and a 50's Les Paul Special and you'll have a fairly good idea of what these guitars are all about. In our minds they are the ideal guitars - vintage tone and vibe and feel with modern playability, dependability... and a Warranty! With custom fitted TKL 8900 Les-Paul shaped hard case. On Order More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail Left & Right Guitars Left & Right Guitars - Headstocks

NEW! Yanuziello Flattops! There are many fine makers building modern versions of the great vintage guitars. Joseph Yanuziello has just raised the bar by a good head. Yanuziello has spent many years dissecting some of the coolest guitars ever made and a conversation with him is always a learning experience, even for us! Inspired by a lethal pair of guitars from our own collection, a 1934 Gibson Century of Progress and a 1934 L-00, Yanuziello chose to create a pair of modern guitars to rival these ancestors. Upon full study of the inner workings of these great old guitars, Yanuziello put his many years of experience and his own impeccable taste for details deep into the heart of these new creations. The dimensions and placement of the bracing, the feel of the neck, the voicing of the plates, all of these were done with an engineer's precision.
Main Photo	Yanuziello L-00 Koa Deluxe We envisioned this guitar as a roundneck take on Joseph Yanuziello's Hawaiian King acoustic slide guitars. With a body of first-rate curly Koa, and the top purfled with hand-cut rope binding, this guitar will have a unique appeal for lovers of the flashiest guitars of the 1930's. The lower bout is 15 3/4" wide and the body is 4 1/4" deep at the tail. The full vintage V neck has a 1 23/32" nut, the pyramid bridge has 2 5/16" spacing. The slotted headstock has Sloan Waverley tuners and a unique minimalist truss-rod cover. The soundboard has the full dome of the best Gibsons, and the back is nearly flat. This combination is a large part of the secret involved in getting the delicate warmth and punch of a great L-00. The body, fingerboard and headstock are bound in a narrow strip of ivoroid, the rope purfling is cut from ebony and holly. The fingerboard and bridge are ebony. The fingerboard inlays are gold pearl, which harmonizes nicely with the warm honey colours of the koa. This guitar has all the tone that its handsome looks suggest. For anyone who loves smaller fingerstyle guitars, this one will give balance and richness at any volume. Make no mistake: this guitar has all the subtlety that a modern player can ask for. It comes in a deluxe arched wooden case. SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	NEW Yanuziello Electric Lefty Joe Yanuziello has amazed us again with the latest of his instruments. Custom built for us at Folkway are this matched pair of lefty and righty electrics in Mahogany and figured maple. Joe's electric instruments feature an ultra light hollow body with handmade hardware and custom Lindy Fralin pickups. They are versatile instruments that combine a retro look with modern playability. The body is constructed of a one-piece hollowed mahogany back mated to a bookmatched figured hard maple top that is bound with a single-ply ivoroid strip. The pickups are custom-made Lindy Fralin high output DeArmond-style single coils that offer up the sound of those great late 50's Harmony pickups with modern string spacing and shielding. The bridges and pickup housings are completely machined by Yanuziello himself and designed entirely to the specifications that he requires for these original instruments. The bridge / tailpiece combo is infinitely adjustable, and mechanically perfect. The instrument is finished in a hand-polished gloss Nitrocellulose lacquer, with a Viceroy-brown sunburst to the top and matching back and neck. Ivoroid pickguard and knobs and standard two-pickup switching. The neck profile is styled after a 50's Les Paul Special and has that ultra-comfortable round and fairly beefy feel that us vintage guitar freeks just die for. The fingerboard is ivoroid bound Brazilian rosewood, as is the peghead overlay. Kluson Deluxe nickel tuners with metal oval buttons bejewel the headstock and Joe's logo finishes off the instrument with a final touch of class. The scale length is 24.75" and the bone nut measures 1-11/16". The guitars weigh in at a feathery 5.2 pounds. The tone is all vintage - imagine a combination of an early Gretsch Duo-Jet, an Harmony Stratotone, and a 50's Les Paul Special and you'll have a fairly good idea of what these guitars are all about. In our minds they are the ideal guitars - vintage tone and vibe and feel with modern playability, dependability... and a Warranty! With custom fitted TKL 8900 Les-Paul shaped hard case. SOLD More photos: Front Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	New Yanuziello Electric Mandolin Whoa, there! I expected to sound like Kevin Breit when I fired this one up, and what do you know...? It turns out that a good portion of Kevin's magic with Norah Jones (and so many others) comes from the relentlessly awesome instruments Joe Yanuziello has created for him. In short, I've never sounded so much like a master until I wound this incredibly smooth little monster all the way out! Joe builds the chambered body from solid mahogany with a maple cap and mills the bridge and pickup cover completely by hand from solid brass, which is then nickel plated. Every little detail is from the hand of a world-class craftsman. The ivoroid binding and pickguard follow a neo-cowboy esthetic over the flawless black nitrocellulose finish. The headstock and fingerboard are matching pieces of old-growth Brazilian rosewood. That's a custom-wound Lindy Fralin DeArmond-style pickup doing the dirty work that Joe has Lindy custom-build for his instruments... Yanuziello even customizes TKL hard cases to fit his mandolins! A hot little number from one of the planet's best luthiers. SOLD More photos: Front Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail

Main Photo	New Yanuziello Dobro Probably Yanuziello's most popular model, this square neck dobro features curly maple body, handspun Quarterman cone, Beard bridge and coverplate. Yanuziello builds his resonators with a very light soundwell, with large soundports, and I must say I have never heard a better dobro. Loud, rich and full, without distracting overtones; this is clearly one of today's most desirable professional resonator guitars. Aesthetically, there are few makers who take this kind of care. Bound in ivoroid with wood rope purfling, bound ebony fingerboard with classy diamond and arrows pattern, Bound f-holes, and a masterfully done sunburst. This one has been marked down from $3500, because of a small finish check on the back centerseam. With lifetime warranty and hardshell case. SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail

Main Photo	Yanuziello L-00 Custom The finest Engelmann spruce and mahogany voice this guitar with remarkable similarity to a 1930's L-00. The neck profile is full and vintage-feeling, with a soft V. The nut is 1 23/32", the bridge spacing is 2 5/16", the scale is 24 3/4". The body is 15 3/4" wide by 4 1/4" deep. The top features the beautiful dome of a Gibson, the back is nearly flat, just as it ought to be. The body, fingerboard, and headstock are bound in narrow ivoroid. The bridge is identical to the ones Yanuziello uses on his Hawaiian King models, delicately pyramid-ended, with a peaked belly. We've always loved Joe's decal logo, which graces the narrow headstock with a touch of Art Deco. The rosette is a single band of abalone, the fingerboard inlays are cut from gold pearl. It has Waverley tuners with ivoroid buttons. Joseph Yanuziello is famous for his fine finish work, and the hand-rubbed lacquer on this guitar brings out a truly incredible glow in the gentle sunburst. This guitar has a presence and stateliness that speak before you play a note! A great even tone, to make any blues, ragtime, or old-time player drool. This guitar is also suited to modern fingerstyle playing, with a wide palette of tonal possibilities and a bright, quick response. This guitar comes in a deluxe arched case. SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	Yanuziello Dobro A very clean second-hand instrument, featuring flamed maple body, Quarterman cone, Beard bridge and hardware, screen holes. As with all Yanuziellos, this guitar excels in both tone and craftsmanship. Flawless detailing, rope purfling, ivoroid binding all over, ebony fingerboard and headstock overlay. Big sound, warm but bright and powerful. Almost no wear whatsoever, no scratches or dings. Comes with the original fitted Calton case. An outrageous deal! On consignment. SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail

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