African
Rosewood B&S, Hauser braced Alpine spruce top Concert guitar. 640mm
fret spacing, African Padauk bindings and Luxury marquetry on all sides.
Gold plated carved tuners, 16" radiused Ebony fingerboard, armrest and
decorated bridge. Indented Cutaway. Amazing grain and sound! African
Rosewood is without any doubt one of the most striking woods on the planet
and one that possesses a fabulous sound and tap tone quality. It seems
to be the beautiful curly red hair on a lady as seen from behind. The combination
of the perfect woods and an amazing sound make her a unique concert guitar.
The grain on this amazing African Rosewood is perfectly bookmatch, it possesses
a silky texture that when hit by the light changes giving the impression
of having metallic qualities to it. Stunning to say the least ! I made
2 clips to try to convey to the best of my possibilities the huge voice
she has and how clear each string rings throughout the fingerboard. The
bass is deep and lively and the separation of voices as well as sustain
are tremendous.
The decoration is perfect and it
enhances her gorgeous curves and the way each piece of wood matches with
the adjacent one speaks of a guitar built with love and mastery. The action
is perfect ! Agile with and height of the strings of only only 3.8mm at
fret 12 and, a slim neck and the 16" radiused that combined with the 640mm
fretboard scale makes playing swift and effortless.
A jewel worthy of a special place
in a concert player home.
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The 9 braces Hauser fan is
the most thoroughly tested fan brace setup on the planet. It is the result
of many years of experimenting. It is braced on Torres 4 fan brace design.
The braces act as sound vibrations highways...they carry the vibration
of each string to a specific spot on the soundboard. If you put your fingers
on the soundboard as you play the 6th string for instance, you will feel
the upper portion of the top vibrate with more power than the rest of the
top. You will be able to feel this vibrations with your fingertips
all the way to the 4th strings. It is harder to feel the vibration caused
by the treble strings. The variations on the 9 braces fan is enormous.
Luthier taylor each fan to achieve a specific sound and match the instrument
with the rest of the woods used in the construction. Above to the left
is a 9 braces all Spruce fan. I often use a mixture of Cedar, Spruce and
Mahogany to match different wood combinations.
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.
Italian Alpine Spruce is
the highest growing tree on the planet. It grows at or above 1,800 meters
where the oxygen is rarefied. This makes the grain much tighter resulting
in a strong reverberating tone wood. This is the species Stradivarius used
for his legendary violins.
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.
Optional Velvet guitar
cover (USD 35)
PROTECTIVE GEAR
These attractive hand sawn velvet guitar
covers are very useful if you like to leave your instrument out of the
case for long stretches of time. They are a great solution to avoid scratches
during practice from the friction of buttons with the finish. To use it
while playing, use it in the position shown to the right.
These are hand sawn by the wife of
my Leather cases embosser.
When ordering a guitar, every
player will ask me to set the action as low as possible without any
buzzes... Since every player applies different amount of strenght
when plucking the strings it is impossible to set the action precisely
to each player's will. The Spanish builder Fleta, had come up with this
genial idea which consists of pushing the bone more or less into the groove
on the bridge. The player would set the action to his liking and then either
cut off the excess or keep it intact in case he decided to lower or raise
the action depending on humidity conditions etc. On request, I can prepare
a Fleta saddle bone for an extra 80 US$.
Radiused
or flat fingerboard?
