Paoletti Stratospheric Loft Darrell Braun Signature Guitar, Roasted Maple Fretboard, Relic Black

Player's Perspective

Paoletti guitars are absolutely extraordinary boutique guitars with a unique take on a tried and true, classic design. The beautiful brass split-design pickguard and aging on this Stratospheric Loft Darrell Braun Signature's awesome Black over Sunburst finish are very artistically done and the roasted maple neck looks, sounds, and feels fantastic.

The playability is absolutely off the charts. The meticulous attention to detail is immediately evident. It's a guitar that really gets the job done and sounds absolutely phenomenal! The fretwork, which needs to be of the highest standard for a guitar of this price point, more than meets expectations - the craftsmanship is something to marvel at and the neck is expertly carved from top to bottom.

This guitar's platform will look very familiar to fans of the earliest "Superstrats" - a vintage-style "S" type guitar modified with two humbuckers. Darrell Braun's specification for his signature guitar features Paoletti's awesome-sounding Rock II humbuckers in both the neck and bridge positions. This vintage-output set is nice and bright while having some great fullness and body across the 3 switch positions. These pickups are low-output enough to have some great clarity while clean, and can hit your pedals and amp with some solid punch to retain definition when overdriven. The pickups are hand-wound, which gives them a lot of the same sort of magic that was found in some of the most iconic guitars of yesteryear.

An extra feature that adds a ton of versatility and tonal possibilities is the addition of coil-splits on the volume pots on both pickups, allowing to get some classic single-coil tones along with the humbucker thickness and aggressiveness in series.

Who needs a Ferrari when you can have the Ferrari of guitars?

Handmade in Italy by master builder Paoletti Fabrizio, these really are special instruments that have that "masterbuilt" vibe, and this one is no exception.

Item Specifics

The Paoletti Loft Series features their signature 150 year old Chestnut body, roasted maple neck, and Paoletti handmade pickups.