Brazilian rosewood B&S, Lattice braced alpine Cedar top. Dec. 9, 2008,

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Aged Brazilian rosewood B&S, LATTICE braced Canadian Cedar top. 640mm, radius, armrest, violin tie, soundport. Magnificent ! !
This gorgeous Cedar top was built between November 24 and today, December 9. She's literally fresh out of lacquering.
All her qualities, both aural and aesthetical are simply magnificent. A wonderful set of Brazilian rose from Rio that has air dried for approximately 92 years. Tap tone and tight grain to deliver the best sound. I made her an Lattice to deliver the most brilliant sound possible. Western redcedar adds the sweetness to a shining sound. A huge amount of overtones and a superb separation of voices sets this babe apart from the rest.
Ebony bindings, armrest and violin tie ... 2 colors on the headstock and the most delicate marquetry imaginable crowned by a Russian rosette.
Swift action and ease of play are the norm on all my concert instruments, with the 640mm scale making everything more " natural for the LH".
An A+ babe from every angle.

640mm or 650 mm

Radiused or flat fingerboard?

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

640mm or 650 mm?
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. Adapting from one scale to the other takes no time at all.

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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