Hear "Asturias" on this fabulous
Brazilian Rosewood
US$ 2,780
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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.
650 mm
or 640 mm?
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
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Limited Edition
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.
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Guitar Specs
-Aged Brazilian Rosewood B&S
-260 years old Highly figured Sinker
Redwood top
-52mm nut
-640 mm scale
-Lattice Bracing
-Walnut bindings
-Exclusive strutting
-Mixed wood bracing style
-Gold plated tuners with Brazilian
Rosewood knobs
-Ebony armrest, tie and bridge
-19 frets
-Double Brazilian Rosewood/Maple
headplate
-special cutaway
-16" radius
-Ebony fingerboard
-Luxury hand crafted luxury marquetry
on all sides
-Triple Maple and Ebony neck reinforcement
truss rod
-Thin Polyurethane finish (new formula)
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Request the Signed POSTER
23.6 in X 51 in
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