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The Ultra  Tasmanian Blackwood B&S, Double top  Contreras style V1, Alpine Spruce top.  African Padauk bindings, Exclusive handmade luxury marquetry.  Ebony bridge & violin tie. Walnut Armrest.  16" radiused Ebony ELEVATED fingerboard, Lute type soundport in right Upper bout, 640mm fret spacing. (ULTRA construction)  Embossed leather case included. BOOMING !!!  I struck gold again ! As if Tropical woods were not stunning enough, sometimes, they carry peculiarities that are only visible when the instrument is finished (lacquered). Such is the case with this amazing Tasmanian Blackwood Doubletop. As soon as lacquering was finished and the instrument was polished, a stunning metallic like reflection appeared that makes her simply irresistible. It is as if the wood captured the surrounding light, amplified it and reflected it back adding a myriad spectacular reflections. This has only happened three times since I build guitars. In other words, it is not a feature that can be requested on custom order. Everything looks the same when you look at the wood in its natural state but something (I presume it is the way the wood fibers are oriented) changes the overall appearance when the instrument is finished. I played Romance to show off her amazing expressiveness and power. Sustain is top notch and when she needs to produce a passionate vibrato she's unbeatable. Aggressive and with vibrant trebles when contrast is called in for...  Everybody present was struck by the power and beauty she created (namely my wife and 2 of my daughters). The Tahitian Mother of pearl rosette alone took 6 days to make. Luxury handmade mosaic marquetry along with African Padauk were used to decorate her lines. If an instrument was ever EASY to play, this is the one, Tremendously instinctive and natural to both hands. An A++ instrument.  The Ultra  Tasmanian Blackwood B&S .       The double top 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. In this Variation of the Double top, a second top (Cedar, Image below) is located halfway between the main top and the back. This top vibrates a fraction of a second after the first one creating an immense sustain and punch. Italian Alpine Spruce is the highest growing tree on the planet. It grows at or above 1,800 meters where the oxygen is rarefied. This makes the grain much tighter resulting in a strong reverberating tone wood. This is the species Stradivarius used for his legendary violins.   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. 640mm or 650 mm? 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. Ultra enhancements Request the Signed  POSTER  OF THIS AMAZING GUITAR 23.6 in X 51 in       LIMITED EDITION SERIES

The Ultra Tasmanian Blackwood B&S, Double top  Contreras style V1, Alpine Spruce top.  African Padauk bindings, Exclusive handmade luxury marquetry.  Ebony bridge & violin tie. Walnut Armrest.  16" radiused Ebony ELEVATED fingerboard, Lute type soundport in right Upper bout, 640mm fret spacing. (ULTRA construction)  Embossed leather case included. BOOMING !!!  I struck gold again ! As if Tropical woods were not stunning enough, sometimes, they carry peculiarities that are only visible when the instrument is finished (lacquered). Such is the case with this amazing Tasmanian Blackwood Doubletop. As soon as lacquering was finished and the instrument was polished, a stunning metallic like reflection appeared that makes her simply irresistible. It is as if the wood captured the surrounding light, amplified it and reflected it back adding a myriad spectacular reflections. This has only happened three times since I build guitars. In other words, it is not a feature that can be requested on custom order. Everything looks the same when you look at the wood in its natural state but something (I presume it is the way the wood fibers are oriented) changes the overall appearance when the instrument is finished. I played Romance to show off her amazing expressiveness and power. Sustain is top notch and when she needs to produce a passionate vibrato she's unbeatable. Aggressive and with vibrant trebles when contrast is called in for...  Everybody present was struck by the power and beauty she created (namely my wife and 2 of my daughters). The Tahitian Mother of pearl rosette alone took 6 days to make. Luxury handmade mosaic marquetry along with African Padauk were used to decorate her lines. If an instrument was ever EASY to play, this is the one, Tremendously instinctive and natural to both hands. An A++ instrument.  The double top 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. In this Variation of the Double top, a second top (Cedar, Image below) is located halfway between the main top and the back. This top vibrates a fraction of a second after the first one creating an immense sustain and punch. Italian Alpine Spruce is the highest growing tree on the planet. It grows at or above 1,800 meters where the oxygen is rarefied. This makes the grain much tighter resulting in a strong reverberating tone wood. This is the species Stradivarius used for his legendary violins.   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. 640mm or 650 mm? 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. Ultra enhancements Request the Signed  POSTER  OF THIS AMAZING GUITAR 23.6 in X 51 in US$ 2,660 2,168 €uros DHL Shipping: USA 164 USD, Europe 203 USD, Asia 258 USD         LIMITED EDITION SERIES