African Blackwood B&S, Double Sinker/Spruce top Concert guitar. DEC 7, 2009.

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Aged Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Doble tapa (Contreras style), Lattice braced Sinker Redwood TOP. EBONY bindings, 16" radiused Ebony fingerboard, violin tie, armrest & bridge. 640mm fret spacing. Embossed leather case included MASTERPIECE!
Masterpiece is the right word to define this amazingly beautiful and wonderfully sounding Brazilian rosewood/Sinker Redwood top concert guitar. The mixture of woods is simply perfect. The marvelous almost 100 years old set of Brazilian rosewood is originally from Cascavel (Rattle Snake City, Brazil). The sinker top has aged almost 300 years and both woods have a tremendous tap tone that translated in the big sounding instrument that she is. The lattice braced top gives the guitar a brilliant tone and this enhances and complements the deep resonant bass coming from the Brazilian rosewood B&S. The Sinker top adds depth and mystery to the top which and this makes it simply irresistible. 0.7 mm of sinker have been blended to 1 mm of cedar. Redwood is one of the oldest trees living on the planet. It was around when the Dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Some living trees were born around the times when Jesus was born. It is magical wood and it passes all its properties to the sound of the guitar. The western redcedar delivers the sweetness typical of the species which in turn is responsible for the amazing expressiveness on this instrument. I used a gorgeous handmade rosette for the sound hole and combined it with the luxury handmade marquetry that enhances her lines with lines of goldish yellow. She's easy to play and is set at 3.5mm at fret 12. It can be raised and lowered according to your particular needs. The swift 640 mm radiused ebony fingerboard makes every position easy and natural and the left hand NEVER feels strained or fatigued. As I played Asturias I could flavor all the nuances of the work and I could express myself in the most colorful way throughout the Leyenda Prelude. A truly wonderful concert guitar.

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Sinker logs like the ones above, 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.

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".

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.

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.

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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Aged Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Doble tapa (Contreras style), Lattice braced Sinker Redwood

Aged Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Doble tapa (Contreras style), Lattice braced Sinker Redwood

Aged Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Doble tapa (Contreras style), Lattice braced Sinker Redwood
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