African
Rosewood B&S, Hauser braced Alpine Spruce top Concert guitar. 640mm
fret spacing, Cocobolo bindings and Luxury marquetry on all sides.
Gold plated carved tuners, 20" radiused Ebony fingerboard, armrest and
decorated bridge.
Double sequential soundport in
the upper bout & oval shaped soundport on the indented cutaway.
Amazing grain and sound! This
African Rosewood concert guitar, is one of the best sounding Bellucci guitars
to date. The combination of perfect woods and a perfect sound make her
a one in a million concert instrument. The grain on this amazing Rosewood
is perfectly bookmatch, it possesses a silky texture that when hit by the
light changes giving the impression of having metallic qualities to it.
Stunning ! In my rendition of Asturias, I try to convey to the best of
my possibilities the huge voice she has and how clear each string rings
throughout the fingerboard. The bass is deep and lively and the separation
of voices as well as sustain are tremendous. I feel her back and
sides vibrate against my chest and she seems to be alive.
The decoration of her lines is perfect
and it enhances her gorgeous curves and the way each piece of wood matches
with the adjacent one speaks of a guitar built with love and mastery. The
action is perfect ! Agile with and height of the strings of only only 3.8mm
at fret 12 and, a slim neck and the 20" radiused that combined with the
640mm fretboard scale makes playing swift and effortless.
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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.
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.
Italian Alpine Spruce is
the highest growing tree on the planet. It grows at or above 1,800 meters
where the oxygen is rarefied. This makes the grain much tighter resulting
in a strong reverberating tone wood. This is the species Stradivarius used
for his legendary violins.
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.
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. On request, I can prepare
a Fleta saddle bone for an extra 80 US$.
Radiused
or flat fingerboard?
