Aged Brazilian rosewood B&S, Lattice braced alpine top April 8, 2009, cutaway

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Aged 94 years Brazilian rosewood B&S, LATTICE BRACED Alpine Spruce top, Gabon Ebony bindings, radiused fingerboard, armrest, violin tie and bridge. Soundport. 640mm fret spacing. Embossed leather case included. SPECTACULAR !!!
Every time I play one of my cutaways, I reinforce my conviction that they are the best sounding and looking concert cutaways on the planet. This babe is no exception. The 94 years aged Brazilian rosewood set from Minas Gerais is one of the oldest air dried cuts I ever had and one of the best to react to tap tone. This set was air drying when WW I was in full blast ! That's how long it's been drying for !! The resulting sound is simply MAGNIFICENT. The Alpine top adds a tremendous separation of voices and punch to the clear sounding and penetrating trebles. The melody never loses center stage even during the most sophisticated arpeggios of the Bach Prelude. The bass sends huge vibrations through my body and the playing is spontaneous and fast responsive. Simply the best a player can expect from a concert guitar.
The art work on this beauty is glorious and not a single corner of this queen has been left without a special touch of art and mastery. The radiused 640mm fret spaced action is a dream to play on. Left hand moves are swift and the hand never feels stained or tired. A jewel guitar !

Italian Alpine spruce

The lattice is a concept based on the A frame of grand pianos. The back and sides are kept rigid by means of a sturdy A shaped frame and the top is thinned as much as possible to allow the top to vibrate generously. As you see from the picture above, the thinned area is approximately 1.2 mm thick (VS 2-2.5 in the standard thinning techniques). Lattice delivers a lot of volume (approximately 21 dbs more) and wonderfully clear trebles.

Bellucci guitars
BROWN PLUSH INTERIOR

Radiused or flat fingerboard?
The radiused fingerboard has been around the acoustic and the electric guitar since day one. The same is true for most instruments of the Stringed family of instruments (violas, violins cellos, bass). Radiusing (image above) makes barre and left hand stopping A LOT easier. The only drawback is that you will NEVER want to play a flat fingerboard after that. If you are having your custom guitar built, I am all pro radiusing the fingerboard. The standard fingerboard is flat.

The hand embossed leather case is a work of art on its own right. Built by one of a handful of very talented leather embossers in Latin America.
Its built following my specifications for the interior to fit Bellucci guitars like a glove. All Plush interior, key and accessories compartment.

640mm or 650 mm?
Regarding 650mm or 640 mm fingerboard fret spacing, keep the following rule at hand: If the distance between the tip of your thumb and the tip of your little finger is equal or less than 9 in. when fully stretched, use 640 mm. Adapting from one scale to the other takes no adaptation
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Aged Brazilian rosewood B&S, LATTICE BRACED Alpine Spruce top

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Aged Brazilian rosewood B&S, LATTICE BRACED Alpine Spruce top

Aged Brazilian rosewood B&S, LATTICE BRACED Alpine Spruce top
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