Built by Tel Aviv brandB&G，，，，the Caletta model is the brainchild of luthier and co-founder Kiki Goldshtein. His inspiration came from a 1904 Oscar Schmidt Stella guitar. His goal? To combine the throaty tones that characterise mass-produced small-bodied guitars made in Chicago in the early 20th century with the warmth and richness of his favourite Martin dreadnought.
Goldshtein spent a few years testing prototypes to determine the necessary body shape and depth, along with the best position, size and weight for the braces. He even devised a new neck joint, combining a Spanish heel with a mortice and tenon, to provide a greater gluing surface area for improved stability. The resulting body shape looks similar to that of the old Stella, only with a lower bout width of 368mm (14.5 inches) and a maximum depth of 112mm (4.4 inches).
All Standard Build Calettas are hand-built in Israel and, although the specs are not customisable, they’re closer to the custom-ordered Private Build models than the Chinese-made Crossroads version. All Standard Build tops are Sitka spruce but you can choose between rosewood and mahogany for the back and sides. There are Vintage Amber and sunburst options for the mahogany model but the rosewood version doesn’t come in sunburst.
Through the soundhole, we count three tall thin back braces, with a flat popsicle brace between each. Copious squeeze-out running along the sides of the braces has the unmistakable crystalline sheen of hide glue.
It’s the same story around the braces under the top. But the carving is extremely neat and there’s an elegantly crafted rosewood cross reinforcing the intersection of the X-braces. We can also see that B&G favours reverse spruce kerfing.
卡列塔（Caletta）的一件桃花心木脖子非常像B＆G的小妹妹电气。它使我们想起了吉布森（Gibson）1950年代初期的最佳努力；从柔软的V到舒适的圆度更接近脚跟，但没有任何显着增加的n深度。
与典型的战前声学相比，指板的宽度和绳子间距更符合常规的电颈部，因此，顽固的手指素应该注意到指板的狭窄。但是'板和弦距与普通的挡泥板脖子大致相同。如果您可以在电视上进行指纹，那么这里就不会遇到困难。
如果您从未拥有插槽头吉他，则可能会为前几个弦乐更改而苦苦挣扎。但是您会习惯它。除此之外，Caletta带着Elixir 80/20青铜琴弦（12-53）发货，通常持续数月。
2019年的伟大的Cites Rosewood放松意味着木材回到菜单上，这吉他肯定有很多。除背部和侧面外，印度玫瑰木还用于桥梁，指板，鞋跟帽和床头柜贴面。
非结合的指板有钻石形珍珠嵌体用于位置标记，桥梁脸颊上还有两个。除了精心镶嵌的B＆G床头库徽标和白色/黑色/白色声孔戒指外，还可以进行装饰。
However, there is a pleasant surprise just inside the soundhole: a volume control for the undersaddle piezo pickup. The pickup itself is manufactured to B&G specs and there’s a strap holder/jack socket combo at the tail block. Rather than cutting unnecessary holes into the side for the battery housing, B&G made the battery bag easily accessible through the soundhole.
In use
对于熟悉战前风格的任何具有第12粒颈部接头的人来说，Caletta听起来几乎完全像您期望的那样。有一个非常宽松的中音鸣叫声 - 但不是太多 - 加上非常快速而有力的攻击。主要区别是多数的闪光，还有更多的低音深度和力量。
有时您可能会发现电吉他，踏板和放大器组合，以某种方式钉上了很多经典音调。像这样的经验在声学上很少见，但是这种卡列塔就像是一台声音时光机，它可以直接回到20世纪初。话虽如此，它没有提出一般的挑战或调整困难，而这些困难通常与百年历史的“目录”吉他带来。
下降以打开D Tuning进行一些幻灯片演奏，这表明了Caletta对这种类型的适合程度。降低的音高还提高了复古品质，并且似乎在身体上产生了更好的共鸣。恢复标准间隔（但整个音调较低），我们非常喜欢这种效果，以至于我们可能会倾向于将这些吉他之一永久降低。
When we lower the outside strings to C and have a crack at Steve Stills’黑皇后，Caletta听起来非常像录音。尽管我们不太关心该模型的闪亮金色调谐器，但它们确实使调谐之间的跳过变得轻而易举。
The on-board pickup has a pleasing and impressively natural tone but we’re not convinced it adds much value at this price point. If you’re considering spending this much, you’re probably a serious player with strong preferences for pickup systems and may prefer to fit your own.
我们对Caletta标准版本的关注在很大程度上是美学的。尽管漆无瑕，但磨砂表面的外观略带乳白色，无助于增强如此高质量的音调的美丽，并在很大程度上掩盖了云杉的谷物。
我们还发现近乎橙色的顶部色调有些令人信服，总体效果比Vibey和Vintage-Inspired手工制造的手工仪器更为1,500英镑。脖子后部的表面确实令人愉悦，但是鉴于B＆G具有良好的能力，可以使用Nitro和氨基甲酸酯生产一些最佳的老式风格饰面。
幸运的是，阳性远远超过了负面因素。亲密的演奏感觉与战前的音调质量结合在一起，从而令人回味。尽管同样非常适合弹奏和指定样式，但Caletta的音调特征对于那些寻求通用声音的人来说可能太过小众。就是说，我们几乎不能停止玩它。我们很遗憾看到这一步。
主要特征
- PRICE£2,999 (inc hard case)
- 描述All solid wood 6-string acoustic guitar. Made in Israel
- BUILD20-year aged Sitka spruce top with alpine spruce braces, solid rosewood sides and back, Spanish cedar kerfing and head and tail blocks. Set mahogany neck and 12”-radius rosewood fingerboard, pearloid diamond markers, rosewood peghead overlay, 12th-fret neck join, 3-on-a-plate tuners, rosewood bridge, Tusq bridge pins, Tusq nut and compensated saddle, ABS body binding, custom made undersaddle piezo pickup
- 比例长度624mm/24.5英寸
- 颈部宽度螺母42.64毫米，第12粒货物为53.45mm
- 脖子深度首先是21.9mm，第9级货物为25.2mm
- STRING SPACING35.8mm at nut, 57.7mm at bridge
- 重量1.78kg/3.92磅
- LEFT HANDERSYes
- 结束优质的Amber (as reviewed) matt nitrocellulose
- CONTACTtheorthamericangity.com，，，，bngguitars.com