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| The Ultra Concept
Guitar
ZEBRAWOOD B&S, Quadruple top (Contreras style + V1), Curly Sinker Redwood top. African Padauk bindings, Exclusive handmade luxury marquetry. Ebony bridge & violin tie. Zebrawood Armrest. 16" radiused Ebony fingerboard, Lute type soundport in Upper bout, Exclusive Marquetry/Mother of pearl rosette. 640mm fret spacing. Elevated fingerboard (ULTRA construction) Embossed leather case included. STUNNING !! The source of inspiration for this type of construction is Blair, Steven and Deborah Duran daughter who is a music prodigy. Blair is a top notch violin and guitar player. If this weren't enough per se, she plays the guitar like a left handed player and the violin like a right hand player ! Blair is auditioning for some of the greatest guitar teachers in the US. Steven, Blair's father who is an Electrical Engineer and Owner of Automotive Robotics in Denton, TX. He has worked for high end companies like IBM. Steven wrote the control program that plasma coats jet engine components. I jot down these points in his amazing curriculum to make it stand out that Steven is an inventor and the ideas that he shared with me regarding a certain type of construction, were simply irresistible for a curious soul like myself. They had to be tried out and they proved to be a GREAT SUCCESS. Some of the changes are visible but most are hidden inside the case... Still, they are only visible to the keen observing eye. In other words, Steven and I have come up with a guitar that is revolutionary in many ways but she looks just like a normal Bellucci guitar... The flying fingerboard is the more visible feature because it is on the outside, but still, if you did not know it was flying, you would not notice. The reason is a very simple one: Allow the top to vibrate fully and avoid the contact between 2 very different woods (ebony and spruce) which have very different expansion/contraction ratios. But all the theory really adds up to one truth. This babe pushes a good 30% more volume than the average concert guitar in the 6th and 5th strings. On the other strings she pushes a 15-20% more power. It is quite an achievement considering that normally, gains are achieved in steps of 3-4%.... As I was mentioning, the real Engineering is inside the body. I cannot disclose all the secrets just yet because she is being patented. All I will say is that I used no Carbon fiber etc. but a clever combination of measures and wood selection for the internal structure. Listen to the video to HEAR what I mean... |
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