Cocobolo B&S, Cedar top Concert guitar. December 13, 2011.

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Highly figured and rare Cocobolo B&S, Bellucci/Hauser braced Cedar Top Concert guitar. Ebony bindings, 640mm, 20" radiused Ebony fingerboard. Pearl details on Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Cocobolo armrest, Luxury hand crafted marquetry on all sides. Double concentric Pearl rosette, Gold plated carved tuners, Indented Cutaway. Hand crafted Leather embossed case included. Masterpiece!
Cocobolo is always one of my favorite tonewoods. This particular set, ranks among the 10 best sets of wood I have EVER seen, and, to be even more just, I'd rank this set as top 3 ever. Simply stunning ! The display of artistry that mother nature puts to display is unbelievable. Amazing Brushes of Sunset Red, Orange, yellow, Black are mixed in a fantastically bookmatched pattern and she takes your breath away. I was so looking forward to the completion of this queen because I knew she would crown 2011 and being the end of the year just a few days away, I find her to be the perfect closing Masterpiece. She will make you breathless, that's how beautiful she is. Her beauty is only comparable to her sound and playability that will make you feel like you are holding an old companion. She responds beautifully and the separation of voices, sustain and clarity on all her registers is simply unequaled. I play The Air on the G string by Bach, a work that always demands an instrument to be expressive on all fronts in order for the inner beauty of the work to shine, and I also play a very demanding arpeggio from the 70's from a pop group from Topeka called Kansas's: "Dust in the Wind". I used it in the demo to show off how easily she brings out the main counterpoint note in the tricky arpeggio with just a slight adjustment of the singing right hand finer...
I thought to put a price tag of 5K and more, but I decided to come half way towards my "crisis hit" friends and colleagues and I guarantee that whoever gets her, makes the investment of a lifetime.

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.

Adjustable saddle bone
Adjustable-saddle-bone
When ordering a guitar, every player will ask me to set the action as low as possible without any buzzes... Since every player applies different amount of strenght when plucking the strings it is impossible to set the action precisely to each player's will. The Spanish builder Fleta, had come up with this genial idea which consists of pushing the bone more or less into the groove on the bridge. The player would set the action to his liking and then either cut off the excess or keep it intact in case he decided to lower or raise the action depending on humidity conditions etc.

The fan brace is based on the Hauser 1943 Frame. It incorporates 4 different species of wood: Sinker redwood, Spruce, Cedar and Mahogany. The sinker Redwood is the transversal strut that shortens the trebles side to augment the power of the high registers whilst Cedar and spruce were used on the bass side to augment the power of and resonance of the bass line. I think I can affirm that she has the most powerful 6th string I have ever heard and one of the best ringing trebles you can hope for. Simply amazing. The top was reduced to less than 1 mm towards the edges and just a little over 1 mm towards the bridge area where I installed a new underbridge system that connects the bridge with each strut in the fan brace whilst directing each frequency to the right portion of the top.

650 mm or 640 mm?
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. In stringed instrument performance, a single millimeter can mean the difference between playing effortlessly or the exact opposite.

Highly figured and rare Cocobolo B&S, Bellucci/Hauser braced Cedar Top Concert guitar

Optional Velvet guitar cover (USD 35)

PROTECTIVE GEAR

These attractive hand sawn velvet guitar covers are very useful if you like to leave your instrument out of the case for long stretches of time. They are a great solution to avoid scratches during practice from the friction of buttons with the finish. To use it while playing, use it in the position shown to the right.
These are hand sawn by the wife of my Leather cases embosser.

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