Paoletti Lounge Series Guitars

Handcrafted in Tuscany, Italy, the Paoletti Lounge Series represents the semi-hollow expression of Paoletti’s reclaimed chestnut guitar platform. Each instrument is built around aged chestnut wood, carefully preserved and recovered from historic Italian wine barrels, giving the series a resonant voice rooted in Paoletti’s unmistakable family heritage.

While the Wine Series celebrates the natural beauty of reclaimed chestnut and the Loft Series brings painted custom-shop expression to the platform, the Lounge Series introduces a more open, airy, and dynamically responsive semi-hollow character. Its construction is designed to enhance resonance, harmonic complexity, sustain, and acoustic liveliness while retaining the strength, clarity, and boutique craftsmanship expected from Paoletti.

The aged chestnut semi-hollow body delivers exceptional frequency response, warmth, and tonal sustain across the full harmonic spectrum, while the roasted maple neck provides stability, articulation, and comfortable playability. Together, they create a highly expressive instrument with vintage soul, modern reliability, and a refined Italian personality.

Every Lounge Series guitar is equipped with Paoletti’s in-house handmade pickups, built to preserve the natural voice of the chestnut body while offering clarity, dynamic control, and professional performance. Premium electronics—including CTS potentiometers and CRL switches—provide dependable operation and accurate tonal selection across each pickup configuration.

Visually, the Lounge Series blends vintage elegance with custom-shop individuality. From Chianti and heavy relic finishes to brass appointments, semi-hollow styling, 3+3 headstock designs on select models, Bigsby and vibrato options, and boutique hardware choices, each instrument carries its own identity while remaining unmistakably Paoletti.

Built in limited quantities and finished with meticulous attention to detail, every Paoletti Lounge Series guitar includes a certificate of authenticity and premium case, reinforcing its status as both a professional musical instrument and a collectible piece of Italian craftsmanship.

A Paoletti Lounge Series guitar is not simply a semi-hollow instrument—it is reclaimed history given a more resonant voice through Italian artistry, sustainable materials, and unmistakable tone.

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Standard Lounge Series Specification Sheet

BODY MATERIAL

Aged / reclaimed chestnut wood from old Italian wine barrels

Custom options may vary by model, body shape, semi-hollow construction, chambering, relic treatment, and finish.

BODY STYLE

Available across Paoletti Lounge Series body families, including S-Style, T-Style, Offset-Style, 500-style, and model-specific semi-hollow configurations.

BODY COLOR / FINISH

Nitrocellulose finishes available in natural, stained, painted, relic, and custom-shop treatments. Lounge Series finishes have included Chianti Finish, Heavy Black, Heavy Surf Green, Sage Green, Ocean Fade Pickled Finish, Heavy Candy Apple Red, and other Paoletti custom color options. Customers may also request custom colors, relic treatments, matching headstocks, layered finishes, hardware combinations, and one-of-a-kind custom-shop concepts depending on configuration and availability.

NECK MATERIAL

Canadian Roasted Maple / Roasted Maple

Select models may offer curly roasted maple, 3+3 headstock styling, reverse headstock, matching painted headstocks, or custom neck options.

NECK SHAPE

Medium “C” Profile

FRETBOARD MATERIAL

Roasted Maple, Ebony, Exotic Ebony, Black Ebony, Pau Ferro, or custom-selected woods depending on model.

FRETBOARD INLAYS

Dots, olive wood dots, olive block inlays, stars, cones, or custom inlay options depending on model.

FRETS

Dunlop 6110 / medium jumbo fretwire

FRETS NUMBER

22

FINGERBOARD RADIUS

12”

SCALE LENGTH

648 mm

NUT

Bone

ELECTRONICS

CTS pots with CRL switching; configurations vary by pickup layout. Options may include 250K or 500K pots, 3-way or 5-way switching, Volume/Tone layouts, Volume/Tone/Tone layouts, push/push coil splitting, and model-specific controls.

TUNING MACHINES

Kluson Deluxe, Kluson Locking Tuners, Kluson Modern Deluxe, or model-specific premium tuners.

PICKUPS

Paoletti handmade pickups, including 60’s single coils, Walnut Paoletti 60’s, P90s, Rock II humbuckers, PAF-style pickups, and custom boutique configurations depending on model.

PICKUP CONFIGURATIONS

SSS, SH, HS, HH, 2P90, H-P90, or custom pickup layouts.

BRIDGE

Paoletti OEM Vibrato, Paoletti OEM Hardtail, Paoletti OEM 313, Bigsby, vintage-style bridges, Schaller, or model-specific bridge options.

PICKGUARD

Paoletti brass, nickel-plated brass, aged brass, Italian-style brass cuts, black matte, engraved, or custom pickguard options.

HARDWARE OPTIONS

Nickel, Gold, Black, relic, aged, brass, or mixed hardware configurations depending on model and customization.

HEADSTOCK

Traditional Paoletti headstock or 3+3 headstock style depending on model.

WEIGHT

Approximately 3.6–4.0 kg depending on model and configuration.

STRAP SYSTEM

Dunlop Dual Lock or model-specific strap system where available.

CASE

Hard Case

MISC

Certificate of Warranty & Authenticity / Digital Product Passport where available.

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Customer Note

Lounge Series specifications vary by body style, finish, pickup layout, bridge, semi-hollow construction, relic treatment, and custom selections. Each instrument is handcrafted from aged or reclaimed chestnut wood associated with historic Italian wine barrels, combined with roasted maple necks, handmade pickups, premium electronics, brass appointments, and boutique Italian craftsmanship. Final specifications are confirmed per individual guitar or custom order.

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