CALETTA CROSSROADS & PRIVATE BUILD

When a 1904 Oscar Schmidt Stella landed on the workbench of one of B&G’s co-founders and head luthiers, Kiki Goldstein, he came to love the guitar so much he bought it. Over time, he decided to try and create his dream acoustic guitar by combining the comfort and the vibe of the Stella with a bigger and richer tone.

Kiki had to determine the best shape and depth, find the right bracing pattern, work out the optimal top thickness and scale length–and more besides. The process took almost two years and the result is the B&G Caletta–named after Robert Johnson’s wife, Caletta Craft–with a body size between a 00 and 000.

B&G describes the Caletta as being “made according to traditional American lutherie”, however, some innovations have been made to enhance