120
year air dried Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Hauser braced Sinker Redwood
top Concert guitar. 640mm
fret spacing, African Walnut bindings and Luxury marquetry on all sides.
Gold plated carved tuners, 20" radiused Ebony fingerboard, Brazilian Rosewood
armrest and Macassar Ebony decorated bridge.
Double
sequential soundport in the upper bout and oval shaped soundport on the
Indented cutaway. Masterpiece! This
Amazing Sinker Redwood top is one magnificent guitar. Crisp, lively tone
and looks to die for. The perfect formula to make any concert player fall
in love with his concert companion immediately. She's incredibly responsive
and any slight move of the right hand will translate in a myriad
new tones available to the player to embellish his music making. When analyzing
the right hand, the slightest change in the angle of attack will translate
in a broad palette of color and tone. The aged brazilian rosewood
from Minas Gerais (Brazil) was matched with a spectacular set of Sinker
Redwood from North Dakota (USA). The warm tones of the Tropical species
mixed with the deep guttural sound of Sinker Redwood, combine in producing
a superb instrument. Romance is elevated to a whole new level of
beauty and Bach's Air on the G string is expressive and all the
voices are revealed fully whilst keeping the perfect separation of voices
intact.
Artistry is present at every glance
and your eyes will be filled with beauty every time you look at her and
stop to admire the incredible detailing required to make this beauty. The
640mm radiused fingerboard will make playing extremely easy nd passing
from one position to the next amazingly easy. An A+ instrument you don't
want to miss.
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The 9 braces Hauser fan is
the most thoroughly tested fan brace setup on the planet. It is the result
of many years of experimenting. It is braced on Torres 4 fan brace design.
The braces act as sound vibrations highways...they carry the vibration
of each string to a specific spot on the soundboard. If you put your fingers
on the soundboard as you play the 6th string for instance, you will feel
the upper portion of the top vibrate with more power than the rest of the
top. You will be able to feel this vibrations with your fingertips
all the way to the 4th strings. It is harder to feel the vibration caused
by the treble strings. The variations on the 9 braces fan is enormous.
Luthier taylor each fan to achieve a specific sound and match the instrument
with the rest of the woods used in the construction. Above to the left
is a 9 braces all Spruce fan. I often use a mixture of Cedar, Spruce and
Mahogany to match different wood combinations.
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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Sinker logs, are pulled from
the bottom of lakes and rivers. Sometimes, scuba divers are needed to achieve
the extraction. Most of these logs are hundreds of years old (In
one of the pictures above, you can see that the tree was cut with an hatchet).
Due to a series of factors (The logs were too big and heavy to be pulled
out of the rivers or the logs were caught by currents and were sucked to
the bottom) these logs were trapped by the muddy buttons of these
water beds and this created like a time capsule where the wood was preserved
in fantastic humidity conditions that made the wood season in a slow natural
way during many centuries. Some of the logs are selected for musical instruments
construction. The sound that these woods produce is unique and the grain
has a beautiful coloration that changes according to the type of mud present
in the water bed.
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.
Radiused
or flat fingerboard?
