120
year air dried Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Bellucci/Hauser braced Cedar
top Concert guitar. 640mm, 20" Radiused Ebony
fingerboard, Luxury marquetry on all sides, Gold plated carved tuners.
Ebony armrest and decorated bridge, African Padauk bindings. Handmade Roman
style Russian rosette, Indented Cutaway, double sequential soundport on
the left upper bout. Embossed leather case included. Masterpiece! I cannot
think of a better instrument to deliver a full bright sound. An Ideal guitar
to play Baroque, Classical and Romantic music. Romance sounds and
flows majestically when I play it on this beautiful Cedar top. I feel that
her sound capability is endless. Fast response, aggressive bass, penetrating
trebles... What a presence !! The sound changes immediately to every
slight change in the angle of attack of the right hand fingers. The phrasing
becomes spontaneous and this is quite a challenge to achieve in a piece
like The Godfather or Romance.. Everything is natural when
performed on this masterpiece. I indulged in every Bellucci guitar construction
enhancement to make her BEAUTIFUL to both the ear and the eye. The Set
of Brazilian rosewood is approximately 120 years air dried. It has some
wonderful flame that is perfectly bookmatched. The Cedar top vibrates creating
a punch and sustain you will not believe. Padauk bindings, luxury trims
and amazing detailing along with a spectacular indented cutaway that requires
30 hours to make. Playing her is easy and never stressful. Quite the opposite
actually. She always feels natural. The action is set at 3.5 mm and can
be lowered if your playing requires so. She's tremendously easy to play
and the left hand ever becomes tense which will allow you to minimize mistakes
and play for much longer stretches of time.
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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.
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Request the signed poster
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.
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.
