Cocobolo rosewood is a deep rich, orange red with black striping, dramatic grain pattern. Grain is straight to interlocked, often with many swirls. It is one of the most beautiful rosewoods in the world. It is originally found throughout Central America: mexico, Panama, Guatemala.
The set I used for this Queen is from Panama. Cocobolo's fine dust and oily texture requires the use of protective masks and gloves during the sanding process. The instrument we created is, simply put, BREATHTAKING. The beauty from an aesthetical point of view mixed with the deep, powerful and shining sound she produces, makes her an instrument to make any concert player dream of the most beautiful interpretations.  Working around the wood combinations and marquetry to enhance her elegance and fabulous lines was the artistic part of the construction. She's an eye candy !
The doble tapa was used a second top made of Rosewood and the lattice bracing was used to bring out all the brightness of the trebles and by doing so, we created the necessary contrast to make her a world class sound machine. Asturias is taken to the next level on this babe. The bass is responsive, deep and mysterious. The trebles seem to want to come out with tremendous speed and force. The action is easy and swift. Low and coupled with a 1/16 radiused 640mm spacing to render even the most intricate passages easy. 

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. As you see from the picture above, the thinned area is approximately 1.2 mm thick (VS 2-2.5 in the standard thinning techniques). Lattice delivers a lot of volume (approximately 21 dbs more) and wonderfully clear trebles.

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?
Regarding 650mm or 640 mm fingerboard fret spacing, 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. Adapting from one scale to the other takes no adaptation.