Paoletti Custom Shop Options & Add-Ons

Handcrafted in Tuscany, Italy, Paoletti Custom Shop Options allow players to move beyond standard configuration and create a more personal instrument built around their sound, style, and visual identity. Each custom build begins with Paoletti’s signature aged chestnut wood, reclaimed from old Italian wine barrels and shaped through the same boutique craftsmanship found across the Paoletti guitar and bass families.

While Paoletti’s core models already carry a distinctive Italian character, the Custom Shop expands that foundation with personalized selections across finish, hardware, pickups, electronics, neck choices, fretboard woods, inlays, engravings, prints, and model-specific details. The result is not simply a modified instrument, but a guitar or bass tailored to the player’s preferences and built with long-term musical purpose.

Standard options may include left-handed configuration, available color choices, neck selections, hardware finish options, pickup layouts, control configurations, bridge choices, and model-specific variations such as reverse headstocks, modern machine heads, brass appointments, or bass string-count options.

Premium options extend the instrument further through custom color palettes, artist-inspired finishes, elaborate engravings, custom prints, intricate inlays, specialty pickup and electronics combinations, exotic fretboard selections, walnut pickup covers, olive wood details, and fully plastic-free build concepts where available.

The aged chestnut body remains central to the Paoletti voice, delivering resonance, sustain, harmonic richness, and visual individuality. Paired with roasted maple neck construction, premium fretboard materials, handmade pickups, brass hardware, CTS potentiometers, CRL switching, and custom finishing work, each option is selected to enhance both performance and identity.

From refined appointments to one-of-a-kind custom concepts, Paoletti Custom Shop Options transform an instrument into a personal piece of Italian craftsmanship—built to play, built to endure, and built to carry the character of the musician for years to come.

Standard Custom Shop Options Specification Sheet

BODY MATERIAL
Aged / reclaimed chestnut wood from old Italian wine barrels
Custom options may vary by model, body shape, chambering, finish, and build concept.

BODY STYLE
Available across Paoletti guitar and bass platforms, including S-Style, T-Style, Offset-Style, Single-Cut, Lounge, SkyBass, Lap Steel, and model-specific custom formats.

BODY COLOR / FINISH
Available color choices vary by model and series. Options may include natural chestnut finishes, painted finishes, relic treatments, metallic finishes, burst finishes, layered color treatments, matching headstocks, and custom color concepts.

LEFT-HANDED CONFIGURATION
Available on many Paoletti models. Select product pages indicate left-handed configuration may be available at no additional price.

NECK MATERIAL
Canadian Roasted Maple / Roasted Maple
Select models may offer curly roasted maple, matching painted headstocks, reverse headstocks, or model-specific custom neck selections.

NECK SHAPE
Medium “C” Profile or model-specific Paoletti neck profile.

FRETBOARD MATERIAL
Pau Ferro, Maple, Roasted Maple, Ebony, Exotic Ebony, Curly Maple, or custom-selected fretboard woods depending on model and availability.

FRETBOARD INLAYS
Dots, olive wood dots, olive block inlays, pearloid block inlays, cone-style inlays, custom inlays, or model-specific decorative treatments.

FRETS
Dunlop 6110 / medium jumbo fretwire or model-specific fret selection.

FRETS NUMBER
Typically 22 on guitars; bass and specialty models may vary.

FINGERBOARD RADIUS
Typically 12” on many Paoletti guitar and bass models; specialty instruments may vary.

SCALE LENGTH
Varies by model. Common examples include 648 mm for many guitar platforms, 628 mm for select Lounge and Single-Cut formats, 864 mm for SKYBASS models, and specialty scale lengths for lap steel or baritone instruments.

NUT
Bone or model-specific nut material. Select specialty instruments may use brass.

ELECTRONICS
CTS potentiometers with CRL switching where applicable. Configurations vary by model and pickup layout and may include 250K or 500K pots, 3-way or 5-way switching, push/push coil splitting, HotSwitch layouts, and model-specific controls.

TUNING MACHINES
Kluson Deluxe, Kluson Locking Tuners, Kluson Modern Deluxe, modern machine heads, or model-specific premium tuners.

PICKUPS
Paoletti handmade pickups, including 60’s single coils, Rock II humbuckers, P90s, PAF-style pickups, Paoletti bass pickups, walnut-covered pickups, Seymour Duncan® pickups on select bass/custom models, or specialty pickup sets depending on the build.

PICKUP CONFIGURATIONS
SSS, HSS, HS, SH, HH, 2P90, P-style, PJ-style, humbucker bass layouts, or custom pickup configurations.

BRIDGE
Paoletti OEM Tremolo, Paoletti OEM hardtail, Gotoh hardtail, Vintage Style bridge, Bigsby, Floyd Rose, Schaller, Vibrola, Paoletti Lap Bridge, Paoletti bass bridge, or model-specific bridge selections.

PICKGUARD
Paoletti brass, aged brass, nickel-plated brass, black matte, engraved brass, Italian-style brass cuts, no-pickguard builds, or custom pickguard concepts.

HARDWARE OPTIONS
Nickel, gold, black, brass, aged, relic, or model-specific hardware configurations depending on custom selections.

BASS STRING CONFIGURATIONS
4-string standard on many SKYBASS models. 5-string available on select bass configurations.

CASE
Hard Case / Paoletti Hard-case depending on model.

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

Premium Custom Shop Options

CUSTOM FINISHES
Artist-inspired colors, one-off color concepts, custom relic work, layered finishes, special bursts, matching headstocks, and visual concepts developed around the player’s preferred style.

ENGRAVINGS
Custom engraved brass pickguards, control plates, hardware details, decorative plates, or model-specific metal appointments.

CUSTOM INLAYS
Personalized fretboard inlays, olive wood details, block designs, decorative motifs, and premium material choices depending on build feasibility.

CUSTOM PRINTS
Graphic prints, artist treatments, themed visual concepts, or one-of-a-kind body decoration where available.

SPECIALTY FRETBOARD WOODS
Exotic Ebony, Curly Maple, Maple, Pau Ferro, Ebony, or other selected woods depending on availability and build requirements.

PLASTIC-FREE BUILD CONCEPTS
Select builds may incorporate olive wood inlays, walnut pickup covers, brass appointments, and natural material details to reduce or eliminate plastic components where possible.

SPECIALTY PICKUPS & ELECTRONICS
Custom pickup pairings, boutique voicings, walnut-covered pickups, coil-splitting, alternate switching layouts, or model-specific control systems.

ARTIST / ONE-OFF BUILDS
Fully personalized Custom Shop instruments built around a specific artistic direction, visual concept, or professional performance requirement.

Customer Note

Paoletti Custom Shop specifications vary by body style, finish, fretboard material, pickup layout, bridge selection, hardware finish, inlay work, engraving, print detail, string configuration, and individual build request. Public pricing is generally shown by instrument model rather than by individual custom option. Final specifications and pricing are confirmed per custom order.

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