Brazilian Rosewood Concert classical guitar. September 8, 2011.

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100 year air dried Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Hauser braced 280 year old Sinker Redwood Top. 640mm, Ebony fingerboard, Brazilian Rosewood bridge, Luxury hand crafted marquetry on all sides, 16" radiused Macassar Ebony fingerboard, Gold plated carved tuners with Zebrawood buttons, Macassar Ebony armrest, violin style tie & bridge. Hand crafted Leather embossed case included. Magnificent !!

The sound and beauty of this Sinker Redwood top masterpiece make her rank as one of the best Bellucci guitars ever built. The 100 year air dried set of Brazilian Rosewood from Cascavel, Brazil, possessed one of the most promising tap tones a builder can dream of and the resulting instrument is proof of that. A deep mature sound that comes from deep in the wood fibers. The figure she possesses is beautiful and perfectly bookmatched. The color is deep brown with swirling streaks of black, orange and green. I topped her with a 280 year old set of Sinker Redwood. I made the fan brace in Herman Hauser 1943 style adding of course my very own personal touches to the equation like the mixed woods fan brace (Cedar, Mahogany and Spruce, image below). The combination is perfect and the instrument sings majestically and no concert hall is a match for an instrument of this caliber.
I made her a 640mm Hauser. The Air on the G string by Bach flows marvelously and the bass creates the right amount of punch in order to sustain the other voices that are always clear and marvelously separated. The vibratos are natural and playing on her is easy because the neck is slim and the action is set at 3.5mm at the 12th fret. As low as it gets ! If you were on the lookout for a master concert guitar, this babe is definitely the guitar for you.

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.
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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. In stringed instrument performance, a single millimeter can mean the difference between playing effortlessly or the exact opposite.
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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100 year air dried Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Hauser braced 280 year old Sinker Redwood Top

Sinker logs

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.

100 year air dried Brazilian Rosewood B&S, Hauser braced 280 year old Sinker Redwood Top

CASE INCLUDED

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.

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