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African Walnut B&S, Doubletop (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood + Sinker Redwood top, Cocobolo Bindings with handmade luxury marquetry. Exclusive handmade rosette with Thai Amboina Burl center. Thai Amboina Burl work on the radiused headplate, bridge & violin tie. Master inlay "The Rose" motif on the fingerboard.  16" radiused fingerboard, Double soundport in Upper bout, 640mm fret spacing.  Embossed leather case included.  "The Anaconda 2"
Stunning is the best adjective to describe "The Anaconda 2". My workshop has been putting out instruments of the highest luthery standards and the beauty in each one of my guitars is probably unmatched by any other luthier. This is what I strive at on a daily basis and whenever I give birth to a jewel like this African Walnut queen I reaffirm my beliefs. The amount of detailing and the beauty of each wood used in the construction add up to a mind blowing instrument that will make you speechless. Every inch of wood is interesting for the eye to entertain itself for hours at a time... The South American snake is gloriously represented by this copycat of nature's work in wood. The Brazilian rosewood I used for the main top is one of 3 sets I was able to grasp at an auction in Brazil a few months ago. It is stunningly beautiful and shows the masterful hand of nature when it comes to art. I added mother of pearl inlay work on the headstock and designed a gorgeous blooming rose as a homage to South America's blossoming nature. The mother of pearl inlay work alone required 80 hours of patient labor.
I played Cavatina to show the intimacy that the African wood delivers when mixed with Brazilian rosewood and Sinker redwood. The well rounded bass with a long lasting sustain is accompanied by the glorious Australian melody and reaches peaks of indescribable beauty. The slim neck makes playing easy and the 16" radius makes you feel like you are cheating...
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The double top VARIATION 1, was developed and introduced by  Master Luthier Manuel Contreras the II at the end of the 70s and reached its peak in the 80s. In this Variation of the Double top, a second top (Cedar, Image below) is located halfway between the main top and the back. This top vibrates a fraction of a second after the first one creating an immense sustain and punch. 

 


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The double top VARIATION 1
 

 

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.
Sinker logsSinker logs, 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.
640mm or 650 mm?
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African Walnut B&S, Double top (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood

African Walnut B&S, Double top (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood
African Walnut B&S, Double top (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood
Amazing Brazilian rosewood Quadruple top
 

Amazing Brazilian rosewood Quadruple top

African Walnut B&S, Double top (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood
African Walnut B&S, Double top (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood
Amazing Brazilian rosewood Quadruple top
African Walnut B&S, Double top (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood
African Walnut B&S, Double top (Contreras style + V1), Brazilian rosewood
 
 


 

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