Brazilian rosewood B&S, Alpine spruce top. Feb. 10, 2009.

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Aged Brazilian rosewood B&S, Hauser-Bellucci braced Alpine spruce top, Gabon ebony armrest, , radiused fingerboard, bindings and bridge. 640mm, Embossed leather case. MASTERPIECE!
What a beautiful guitar !! The crisp live sound coupled with the amazingly figured 90 years air dried Brazilian rosewood makes her stand out from the crowd. Art in every little corner...in the ebony bindings and luxury marquetry from Russia. The Spain inspired rosette talks of the fire that emanates from her soul. Warm sounding basses accompanied by the most brilliant trebles you can imagine. The figure on this set of Brazilian rosewood is beautiful and fantastically evened out... breathtaking! The Alpine spruce adds the clarity that only this Northern Italian species can deliver. The Bach preludes brings about the necessary contrasts to make her shine in ll her grandeur. A simply unmatched separation of voices, deep basses and the clearest trebles you can dream of.
The action is easy and playing feels natural throughout the fingerboard. 640mm added to the radius is simply an irresistible formula that I know for a fact will become the new standard in classical guitar construction. She is simply WONDERFUL !!!

Italian Alpine spruce

HAUSER-BELLUCCI

640mm or 650 mm

Radiused or flat fingerboard?

Italian Alpine spruce grows at extremely high altitudes in very cold environment. This slows the growth making the fibers tight and musically very resonant. A beautiful range of sound with a fast response. Clear trebles and a reverberating bass that makes the whole body vibrate.

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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