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African Bubinga B&S, Hauser Braced DOUBLE TOP, 640mm, 16"radiused Ebony
fingerboard, Alpine Spruce top,
African Padauk bindings, Handmade Russian
rosette,
detailings on the Ebony bridge, Ebony Violin tie & armrest.
16" radiused fingerboard, Double soundport in Upper right bout, 640mm
fret spacing. Embossed leather case included. UNIQUE !!
Waterfall Bubinga is one of the most striking woods from Africa. It is dense and possesses the sound qualities of the most sought after tonewoods: first class tap tone, marvelous sustain and unbeatable separation of voices. The grain makes you think of the water falling off the slopes of a Tropical waterfall. It is very beautiful and when it is combined with an appropriate top, it is responsible for creating some of the most beautiful instruments a player can dream of. The detailing is made with the appropriate care and attention to detail that you would expect from such a masterpiece. The African Padauk Bindings together with the handmade marquetry help the side merge into the top as if the two woods were one. The Ebony on the other hand creates the contrast necessary to make each part stand out on its own right. Cavatina sounded fantastic on this beautiful Cutaway. The bass is deep and long lasting. The presence that the Sinker redwood emanates from the second top can be heard and it adds a unique color to the sound she produces. Easy to play and extremely comfortable make her playability the best a player can dream of. |
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The double top with the 9 braces Hauser fan, 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 is located halfway between the main top and the back. It is held in place by means of little Mahogany bridges located above and below the second top along the inner part of the sides (frames 1 & 3). The second top rests on the upper bridges and once it is glued on each little bridge (frame 2), a second bridge is glued on top of the preceding corresponding bridge below the second top (frame 3). This second top vibrates a fraction of a second after the first one creating an immense sustain and punch using the air moving inside the soundbox and thus creating a multiplying effect of the sonorous waves. |
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640mm or 650 mm?
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 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. . |
640mm or 650 mm?
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. |
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