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| African Blackwood B&S,
Doble
tapa (Contreras style Variation 1) 270 years old Sinker redwood + Cedar.
Bird's eye Maple bindings, 16" radiused ebony fingerboard, violin tie,
armrest & bridge. Master inlay work on bridge, violin tie and, rosette.
Double ebony reinforcement, truss rod, Pearl markers on 3, 5, 7, 9, &
12. 640mm fret spacing. Embossed leather case included. MASTERPIECE!
When I build one of this masterpieces I feel like there is no better profession in the world. The over 280 hours that took to produce this amazing masterpiece, were worth every single second. The project started with Tanzanian set of African Blackwood. Marvelous tap tone...by far the hardest wood on the planet. It took a whole day to bend the sides alone. I matched it with a breathtaking set of 270 years old Sinker redwood. To make her sing like no other guitar on the face of the Earth, I decided to make her a Double top (Contreras style Variation 1). The second top (Western Redcedar) is set halfway the main sinker top and the back...it vibrates a fraction of a second after the main top and it creates an AMAZING sustain and reverb. Her sound is GLORIOUS. Listen how the basses boom in the Bach Prelude. The amazing warmth of her voice combined with the unique presence, sustain and powerful vibrato. At the same time, the melody is always in center stage and my excitement grows with every measure. Blackwood has a signature to the sound that no other wood on the planet can equal. Playing the Prelude was THRILLING ! My wife who is here with me listening to the recording muttered these words: WOW QUE BELLEZA ! (What a beauty !) The mother of pearl detailing are meant to decorate her like the Empress that she is and take her beauty beyond the possibilities of my words and my photographic skills... Easy 640mm scale and radiused fingerboard will make this your best buy in 2010! |
Hear this AFRICAN BLACKWOOD Concert guitar |
 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. |
 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
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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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. |
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