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     My passion for the classical guitar started in Italy in 1968. It has taken me to study with Andres Segovia, Narciso Yepes and Abel Carlevaro among other legendary classical guitar players and teachers. Master craft luthiers, low cost of labor and the proximity to the best source of woods at the most competitive prices available, have made it possible for me to come up with great concert class instrument. I incorporate many construction breakthroughs that I have discovered through meticulous and uninterrupted experimentation. I build classical guitars from a player's perspective and rescue the best work of every great luthier that has walked this path before me. A custom concert guitar with these characteristics is sold anywhere between 8,000 to 20,000 US dollars in Europe and the US. Bellucci concert guitars are built using all solid wood exclusively, are 100% hand crafted in Asuncion, Paraguay by the best luthiers in the region and are played in over 83 countries.

Brazilian rosewood B&S
LATTICE braced
DOUBLE TOP (Contreras style)
Alpine spruce top

US$ 2,380
1,665 €uros

Ready for immediate shipping

US$ 2,380
1,665 €uros

94 years air dried, Highly figured Brazilian rosewood B&S, Doble tapa(Contreras style) Lattice braced Cedar top Masterpiece! Ebony bindings, 16" radiused ebony fingerboard, violin tie, armrest & bridge. 640mm fret spacing. Embossed leather case included. SPECTACULAR !

Hear this BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD Concert guitar
This spruce top is the type of guitar that makes you go WOW from the very first note I pluck on her. An amazing sound that projects majestically due in part to the double top (made also in Brazilian rose) and to the lattice braced spruce combination that produces some of the finest instruments o the planet. The set of Brazilian rose is originally from Cascavel (Rattle Snake, Brazil) and I made it a double top using another set of Brazilian rose from Minas Gerais. Contreras used to make the double top in cedar, but in my region Brazilian rosewood is quite affordable. therefore, I indulged in using it for the double top (and sides). Everything on this beauty speaks of art and beauty and you can contemplate her for hours at a time. Asturias felt like it was going to explode and the lung on this babe is simply AMAZING. Swift, easy action to render the piece like the best players out there...

The doble tapa, was developed and introduced by Master Luthier Manuel Contreras the II at the end of the 70s and reached its peak in the 80s. The word "Tapa" in Spanish translates to top in English but it refers to the back of the instrument. Therefore, Contreras doble tapa is actually a "Double back".

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.

640 mm Scale length
Guitar scale lenght

Lattice barcing x-ray
X-ray view of a Bellucci lattice braced top
Italian Alpine spruce

African Blackwood B&S
270 years air dried Sinker redwood
DOUBLE TOP (Contreras style Variation 1)
Cedar double top

US$ 4,200
2,923 €uros

Ready for immediate shipping

US$ 4,200
2,923 €uros

Triple top

African Blackwood B&S, Doble tapa(Contreras style Variation 1) Lattice braced Cedar top Masterpiece! Ebony bindings, 16" radiused ebony fingerboard, violin tie, armrest & bridge. 640mm fret spacing. Embossed leather case included. 1 in a MILLION !

Hear this African Blackwood Concert guitar
Whenever 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 complete her, I made her a Contreras style double top 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 nd it creates an AMAZING sustain and reverb effect. Her sound is GLORIOUS. Listen how the basses boom in the bach prelude. At the same time, the melody is always in center stage and my excitement grows with every measure. As I finished playing the piece, my daughter Chiara clapped her hand vivaciously and her brown eyes shined like stars... "Que belleza papi !" were her words....
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 2009!

The doble tapa 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. The Variation 1 consists of a second top, in this case cedar, which is placed halfway between top 1 and the back. The second top vibrates a fraction of a second later. The sustain that this top produces is simply amazing.

640 mm Scale length
Guitar scale lenght

Lattice barcing x-ray
View of the second top
Italian Alpine spruce

Brazilian rosewood B&S
LATTICE braced
DOUBLE TOP (Contreras style)
Cedar top

US$ 2,380
1,665 €uros

Ready for immediate shipping

US$ 2,380
1,665 €uros

98 years air dried, Highly figured Brazilian rosewood B&S, Doble tapa(Contreras style) Lattice braced Cedar top Masterpiece! MAPLE bindings, 16" radiused ebony fingerboard, violin tie, armrest & bridge. 640mm fret spacing. Embossed leather case included ! MARVELOUS !

Hear this BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD Concert guitar
Barrios' Una Limosna por el amor de Dios is perhaps the best piece to test an instrument on a hugely vast spectrum. As I played the piece I could immediately notice the spectacular 5th string that carries a counterpoint line in the first few measures of the piece; The 6th sends a big punch through the player's body; the third sings wonderfully and this alone sets her apart from many concert classicals. Finally, the melody is clear and sweet and sings majestically.
I achieved this by using one of the oldest sets of Brazilian rosewood I have had the chance to work. It air dried almost 100 years which means that WW1 had not even started when this set begun drying ! This certainly puts the age of this set in perspective. I matched the Brazilian rosewood with a gorgeous set of Cedar and bonded the different parts using all the Bellucci artistic enhancements to make her Royal and a TOTAL eye candy. The action is easy and I can move around the different positions od Una limosna with ease and practically no left hand squeaks. A true JEWEL !

640 mm Scale length
Guitar scale lenght

Lattice barcing x-ray
X-ray view of a Bellucci lattice braced top Doble tapa

Brazilian rosewood B&S
DOUBLE TOP (Contreras style)
ALPINE SPRUCE top

US$ 2,280
1,594 €uros

Ready for immediate shipping

US$ 2,280
1,594 €uros

94 years air dried Brazilian rosewood B&S, Double top (Contreras style) Alpine spruce top, African BUBINGA bindings. 640mm fret spacing, 16" radiused ebony fingerboard. Embossed leather case included. HUGE, Wonderful Sound !!

The inspiration for this babe came from listening to a Decca recording from the late 60s where Segovia plays a Ramirez whose interior had been covered with Cypress. What I did is make the double top using Cypress instead of Cedar and went ahead and covered the sides with Cypress as well to achieve the sound that had drawn ne to the Segovia recording. Cypress is meant to give a Flamenco character to the sound while it accelerates the sound to come out of the body amazingly fast. Ramirez only made a handful of these guitars because the work involved it extremely time consuming. I am happy I decided to revive the idea because the resulting instrument is worth every minute involved in making her. In Romance listen to the amazing bass and power that comes out of this beauty. The 6th string seems to have a turbo compressor that makes the string sound AMAZING. The sound from every other string is also huge making this a masterpiece worthy of the great Spanish Master.
The Brazilian rosewood is a 94 years air dried sober set from Minas Gerais (Brazil). Lightly striped and with a first class tap tone. The instrument is elegant and I indulged n some exotic woods like African Bubinga to give her lines a great definition. An easy and swift action take this babe to the Olympus of guitars.

640 mm Scale length
Guitar scale lenght

Italian Alpine spruce Doble tapa

Brazilian rosewood B&S
LATTICE braced
Cedar top

US$ 2,080
1,448 €uros

Ready for immediate shipping

US$ 2,080
1,448 €uros

98 years air dried, Highly figured Brazilian rosewood B&S, Lattice braced Cedar top Masterpiece! EBONY bindings, 16" radiused Ebony fingerboard, violin tie, armrest & bridge. 640mm fret spacing. Embossed leather case included ! WOW !

Hear this BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD Concert guitar

I decided to build a pure breed Lattice braced concert guitar inspired in Williams' recordings since 1986. I was in London when Smallman passed his Lattice braced to John Williams for the Australian master to play it in a noon concert in the London city broadcasted by BBC3. Little did I know I'd be building lattice guitars 23 years later. Unlike Smallman, I only use wood. No composite materials whatsoever because these pass a "plastic sound" to the instrument. The set of Brazilian rose I used is from near Rio de Janeiro (Angras, Brazil) it is GORGEOUS and its tap tone was a total omen as to the guitar that would come out of it. I matched it with cedar to achieve the Spanish sound and the sweetness typical of the species. Cavatina is a worthy testament to the Australian master that made it famous over 33 years ago.

640mm or 650 mm?
Guitar scale lenght

Lattice barcing x-ray
X-ray view of a Bellucci lattice braced top

.-Custom orders: Order today and your custom concert guitar will be ready August 30, 2010

Brazilian rosewood

US$ 2,550 with case

Gabon Ebony/Sinker

US$ 3,680 with case

Maple

US$ 1,950 with case

African Blackwood

US$ 3,375 with case

African Padauk

US$ 1,780 with case

10-Strings

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8-Strings

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Indian Rosewood

US$ 1,780 with case

Cocobolo

US$ 2,014 with case

Special Design

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Sri Lankan Macassar Ebony

US$ 2,170 with case

Flamenco

US$ 1,780 with case

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CLICK HERE to learn more about Back and sides characteristics

These are the main characteristics or Spruce, cedar and redwood: Spruce will give you a brighter crispier sound with more punch....open, clear tone. Cedar, will be a little warmer. Spruce takes longer to open up. You can also see it this way: Baroque Classical and Renaissance music will sound better on spruce, Romantic, Spanish and program music will sound better on cedar. These are of course generalizations and what is definitely true is that both Cedar and Spruce make for excellent sound boards. Redwood is very similar to Cedar but with more presence. Italian Spruce is my favorite. Brilliant sound and tight grain. Port Orford cedar has qualities of both Spruce and cedar. Sinker redwood is simply outstanding but rare and expensive. If you have other wood varieties in mind for the top, let me know.

640mm or 650 mm?

Guitar scale lenght

stretch

Regarding 650mm or 640 mm guitar construction, 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 (image above). In over 33 years teaching and playing the classical guitar and having worked closely with such great teachers as the Spaniard Jose Tomas and the Uruguayan Abel Carlevaro, it came clear to me that often hard to polish musical passages were not the fault of the player but a fault of the scale used for the fingerboard. Modern guitar construction is no longer dependent on scale length to produce a substantial volume. When we talk about scale length we are talking to the relative distance of the frets from one another... we are talking millimeters or fraction of a millimeter, but it is these fractions that make all the difference between flawless and sloppy technique....let alone the great frustration that derives from never being able to polish a given musical passage.

Radiused or flat fingerboard?

radiused

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. When you relax the hand, you will notice that the natural shape is with a slight curve on all 5 fingers. Pros playing is about achieving to perform on the guitar in as much a natural and relaxed manner. Whenever you part from these directives, you are making your path to perfection steeper.
The radius is standards on the acoustic, electric and archtop (jazz) guitar and, if you look closely, you will notice that these players will use lot less energy than classical players and that their fingers are almost always curved.

Machine head:.

model 1: Argentinean Luxury Gold plated tuners
model 2: Carved Gold plated tuners w/ white butt.
model 3: Carved Gold plated tuners w/ black butt. model 4: Exclusive Bellucci hand painted tuners

Construction for the top:
Hauser Bracing, Lattice or Double top with Nomex, Doble tapa Contreras style
Bellucci Lattice X-Ray

X-Ray picture of a lattice Braced Bellucci Concert guitar. Thanks to my dear friend
photographer/guitarist Alberto Martinez from France for the fabulous picture
(Copyright 2009).
Lattice VS fan

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. As you see from the picture above, the thinned area is approximately 1.2 mm thick (VS 2-2.5 in the standard thinning techniques). Lattice delivers a lot of volume (approximately 21 dbs more) and wonderfully clear trebles.
The Doble tapa was introduced by Manuel Contreras II and refers to an additional piece of wood that is covering the inside of the back. "Tapa" in Spanish means back. Therefore, the Contreras Double top is actually a Double back. The other variation to the doble tapa, is a system I first saw and played on a 1986 Ramirez Doble tapa when I lived in Madrid. The system was a Contreras based one nevertheless. It is variation to the doble tapa Contreras. It is extremely powerful. It consists of a second top (normally cedar) that runs parallel to the first one halfway between the top and the back. It is the system that better seems to show what one would expect a double top to look like. The 2 tops are connected through the sides and the transversal struts and the resulting sound is full and very powerful. This is the most laborious of the 3 doble tops from a construction point of view.

Double top with Nomex core Doble tapa, variation 1 Doble tapa Contreras style (variation 1)

The double top with Nomex is basically a sandwich where a thin layer of synthetic fire retarding material (Nomex) is inserted between two super-thin tops. The total thickness of the 3-layered top is equivalent to a normal top. The center layer is practically speaking hollow, therefore it is also called "hollow guitar top". This is more expensive because 2 tops+Nomex and special adhesives have to be used in the construction... Double top makes the sound of the guitar stay up longer before it decays. It brings about balance in the voices and approximately 21 dbs more in overall volume.

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Rosette

Special features
Special guitar features

The violin type of bridge or archtop guitar style bridge are a great input in guitar construction. A lot of the strain caused to the guitar top by the pull of the strings is taken away prolonging the life of the woods for many decades. The armrest is also genial because it keeps the tendons in the forearm more relaxed and is a source of comfort during performance. The hole in the upper and/or lower bout augments the trebles output and works as a sound monitor for the performer.

Highly detailed mother of pearl inlay

Inlay work on the fingerboard, rosette, bindings, headplate and tuners. See this inlay beauty we built recently

Add US$ 688 for mother of pearl inlay fingerboard
.........Add US$ 152 for mother of pearl rosette

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Adjustable truss rod

The action on Bellucci guitars is set-up for maximum playability. Still, some players like to try different strings and the thickness changes from brand to brand resulting in unwanted buzzes. Acoustic and electric guitar players are especially attached to this gadget. The Truss rod is an excellent remedy which is a lot safer than tinkering with the saddle and nut bones. The action is only moved a few millimeters or fractions of a millimeter by means of a regulator which is placed on the headstock, after the nut. The truss rod is not meant to adjust the height of the strings on the fingerboard but to counter the pull or thickness of the strings especially if you like high tension strings. Still, over 99% of the world classical guitars do not carry a truss rod. I have received the request in the past and I want to offer the option to my customers. One thing is sure, the truss rod will keep your neck straight for several lifetimes.... I built my spruce top with a truss rod and I love the gadget !

add US$ 375 for adjustable model ($95 for fixed)

Classical or cutaway

cutaway: add US$ 230

Position markers

Position markers are used by novice and pros alike. Using them is a very personal decision. They come very handy helping one of memory's strongest allies: sight.

none or:
position markers
mother of pearl

guitar position markers
add US$ 33 each
-add US$ 75 each
-18kt gold markers: Add US$ 50 each
-Diamond, brilliant cut, position markers (below)
Diamond marker

Number of frets

19 (standard)
or 20: add US$ 70

Scale length

640 mm, 650 mm (standard) 660 mm (big hands)

18 kt gold gold plaque with your name
and 4 essential accessories

Solid 18kt gold plaque with your name engraved
ADD US$ 79

Electronics

Onboard equalizers have no effect on the acoustic performance of the instrument. Installing them, is not just a matter of making a couple of holes on the ring but a time consuming highly precise labor. The tuner which comes with the EQ is in my opinion a GREAT plus which you will find useful many times over.

Optional Artec 4 band Eq/digital chromatic tuner add US$ 290

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,4 Essential accessories
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4 optional accessories

ADD US$ 77

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Bellucci label

PREMIUM GUITAR CASE (hand embossed leather)

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. You can request that your initials
be engraved on the case.

Standard Professional Guitar Case: US$ 239 PREMIUM Leather GUITAR CASE: US$ 299
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Exclusive embossed leather case, 100% handmade, Cow hide option

Custom Concert guitar. You choose every single part.
Mark your options. At the end of the form, you get the total price.
*The options with an asterisk MUST be selected

Type of
Construction*

Classical (1400)
Flamenco (1400)

Special Configuration
Cutaway (230)
SPECIAL Cutaway (395)

7 strings (550)
8 strings (850)
10 strings (990)

Fingerboard*

Flat (0)
Radiused -16"- (145)

640, 650, 660 mm*

Stretch
640mm (85)
650mm (0) standard
660mm (110)

Special Features

Armrest (180)
Sound port, in upper bout (140)
Lute type soundport upper bout (230)
Lute type soundport upper & lower bout (460)
Sound port, in lower bout(160)
Soundports in upper & lower bouts (300)
violin tie (190)

Select the back and sides*

Brazilian rosewood (1150)
African Blackwood (1975)
Cocobolo (614)
Maple (550)
Macassar Ebony (770)
Padauk (380)
Cypress (Flamenco) (380)
Gabon Ebony (711)
Koa Normal figure (550)
Koa Special figure (890)
Ziricote (790)
Lapacho (350)
Goncalo Alves (380)
Bubinga premium (650)
Bloodwood (360)
Indian rosewood (380)
Goncalo Alves (390)
Coyote (390)
Purple heart (580)

Tuners*

Argentinean gold plated tuners (0)
Carved gold plated w.
white buttons (58)
Carved gold plated w.
black buttons (64)
Exclusive Hand painted tuners (150)
Gotoh Luxury tuners (199)

Inlay work

Master Inlay work (680)

Electronics, Truss rod

Truss rod adjustable (375)
Truss rod non-adjustable (95)
Artec 4-band Eq. digital Tuner (290)
Pearl position marker on 7 (33)
Pearl position markers on 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
(198)
Gold position marker on 7 (50)
Gold position markers on 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
(300)
Diamond pos. marker on 7 (75)
Diamond pos. markers on 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
(375)

Nut and saddle*

bone (0)
buffalo horn (60)

Number of frets*
19 (standard) (0)
20 (70)

Rosette*

Rosettes ZZ001. ZZ002, ZZ007 (0)
All other wood rosettes (44)
Mother Pearl rosette (152)

Select the top*

Western redcedar (0)
Italian Spruce (240)
Port Orford (200)
Canadian spruce (0)
Sinker redwood (320)
Redwood (224)
Alpine Spruce (300)

Type of Bracing*

Hauser (0)
Flamenco (0)
Lattice (210)
Double top Nomex (290)
Doble Tapa "Contreras" Variation
1 (390)

Accessories

Guitar Bag (25)
Pro hardshell (239)
Premium leather case (299)
Cow hide premium case (399)
Gold plaque with your name (79)
4 essential accessories (77)

DHL shipping*
DHL shipping to Americas (144)
DHL Shipping to Europe & Africa (183)
DHL shipping to Asia & Oceania (238)

Insurance (MANDATORY)
Insurance (47)
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