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| Aged Brazilian Rosewood B&S,
Doble
tapa (Contreras style), Lattice braced ALPINE SPRUCE TOP CUTAWAY
. EBONY bindings, 16" radiused Ebony fingerboard, violin tie,
armrest & bridge. DOUBLE Soundports in lower bout, single soundport
in upper bout, 640mm fret spacing. Tahiti Mother of Pearl ROSETTE AND BRIDGE
detailing. Embossed leather case included. WORK OF ART !
Bellucci concert cutaway are the ultimate cutaway guitars by far. Averaging 220 hours each to be constructed, when Tahiti mother of pearl is added to the rosette, bridge, violin tie and headstock like with this babe, the work hours easily stretch to 300. She's breathtakingly beautiful. Her sound is full, powerful and long lasting. Listen how the bass booms while the melody dominates throughout Romance. I felt the vibrations of her body every time the bass strings were plucked. It is quite a sensation and one that only the best instruments on the planet can deliver. I matched the gorgeous book matched Brazilian rosewood from Minas Gerais (Brazil) with an equally beautiful set of Alpine spruce. This particular spruce is the highest growing tonewood on the planet: above 1800 mts. The high altitude forces the fibers of the wood to be much tighter resulting in a much more sonorous tonewood. It grows on the Italian Alps and I get all my supply by my schoolmate Pierre that lives in Val D'Aosta. This is the type of Spruce Stradivarius used for his violins and the sound on spruce top instruments is known to age for centuries...so much so that Stradivarius violins peaked in sound around the year 2000. Almost 600 years after being built ! The mother of pearl is hand sawn and is originally of Tahiti. Beautiful greens and full of sea blues. Marvelous ! She's easy to play and I set the action at 3.5mm although there is room to lower the saddle and extra mm or 2 should you find it necessary and more adapt to your plucking style. Swift changes of positions, easy barres thanks to the radiused 640mm fret spacing. Definitely, the best cutaway money can buy ! |
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| The doble tapa,
was developed and introduced by Master Luthier Manuel Contreras the
II at the end of the 70s and reached its peak in the 80s. The word "Tapa"
in Spanish translates to top in English but it refers to the back
of the instrument. Therefore, Contreras doble tapa is actually a "Double
back".
Radiused or flat fingerboard?
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. Lattice delivers a lot of volume a tremendous clarity. 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. You can request an upgrade to a Cow hive front and back version. 640mm or 650 mm?
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