The new line contains four limited editions of eight guitars each, individually released each quarter throughout 2019.
Bend, OR (April 1, 2019) -- Bedell Guitars is pleased to present the incredible sounding and exquisite Bedell Brazilian Collection, four unique purpose-built limited editions of eight each, individually released each quarter throughout 2019. They will be available to experience exclusively at these eight Bedell dealers:
- Artisan Guitars, Franklin, Tennessee
- Acoustic Vibes Music, Tempe, Arizona
- Action Sound, Hawkins, Texas
- Guitar Maverick, Keller, Texas
- Garrett Park Guitars, Annapolis, Maryland
- Two Old Hippies, Nashville, Tennessee
- Wolfe Guitars, Jupiter, Florida
- Harry's Guitar Shop, Raleigh, North Carolina
Bedell Overture Dreadnought
European Spruce/Milagro Brazilian Rosewood
$9,990
Released January 1, 2019
The Milagro tree, a “miraculous” Brazilian rosewood tree that grew on an undulating hillside in Espirito Santo, developed a spider-webbing pattern as its nascent roots went in search of a limited water supply. The result: it resonates like glass with unmatched sustain and projection. European spruce is unique in its clarity and power. The Bedell Overture sounds like it is performing in a century old European stone cathedral with its rich overtones and enduring sustain.
Bedell Forte Dreadnought
Adirondack Spruce/Puerta d’ Iglesia Brazilian Rosewood
$7,990
Released April 1, 2019
Striking with its prominent sapwood, European cathedrals often selected Brazilian rosewood for their magnificent entryway doors, hence, Puerta d’Iglesia. Paired with the power of stout Adirondack spruce, each hand selected tonewood set has been chosen for its stunning beauty and tonal brilliance. The appropriate designation for the Bedell Forte is “elegance”.
Bedell Serenade Orchestra
Sitka Spruce/Unique Brazilian Rosewood
$8,990
Released July 1, 2019
Searching through our collection, we have selected eight of the most highly figured and exquisite looking sets of Brazilian for this very special offering of orchestra instruments. Designed for individual note richness and clarity, Sitka spruce is the ideal choice to achieve fingerstyle brilliance. The Bedell Serenade articulates the music of each string in melodic wonder.
Bedell Cadenza Parlor
Ocean Sinker Redwood/Esperanza Brazilian Rosewood
$6,990
Released October 1, 2019
Discarded into a bog on a NE Brazilian ranch, the Esperanza tree absorbed mineral deposits, making it more dense and brilliant as a tonewood. 7,000 miles away, an ancient redwood tree was washed into the Pacific Ocean and over the years drifted its way to Manzanita Beach in Tillamook County, Oregon. The result: the Bedell Cadenza is a warm and sweet sounding parlor that sings like an angel.
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A two-year quest led to the new series, which delivers accentuated response in the bass tones, clear, balanced tone, and elegant details.
Anaheim, CA (January 16, 2017) -- Bedell Guitars introduces the Revolution Series, featuring hand-tuned guitars crafted in Bend, Oregon, USA, from exotic tonewoods. A two-year quest led to the new series, which delivers accentuated response in the bass tones, clear, balanced tone, and elegant details.
Bedell Guitars sought to create a series in the Folk Rock Collection that would deliver a breakthrough bass response: loud and profound. Tom Bedell’s search for cocobolo, an incredibly figured, accented with sap wood known as the densest tonewood of all, led to Nicaragua, where he secured the beautiful-looking exotic tonewood–all legally harvested and fully documented.
Bedell had previously found cocobolo to be heavy and not responsive, so the Bedell Guitars team identified the target frequencies that would enable the most responsive back. They then significantly reduced the thickness of the cocobolo, and therefore the weight, and paired it with stout Adirondack spruce tops. “The result is an acoustic revolution,” Tom Bedell explains. “It’s amazing how efficiently the Revolution delivers the lower energy bass notes. It almost sounds like a woofer is built right into the instrument.” In addition, Hand Tuning of each guitar pairs the frequencies of the tops and backs for fine-tuned balance and projection.
The earthy elegance of the Revolution with its rope purfling and rosette and artistic fret inlay compliment the melding of the Revolution burst with the natural landscapes in each cocobolo tonewood set.
Dreadnought, orchestra and parlor body shapes are available. Each hand-tuned model features cocobolo back/sides, paired with an Adirondack spruce top and Eastern hard rock maple neck. The top is finished in a Revolution burst gloss, with a gloss finish on the body and neck.
Additional features include:
- Headplate Veneer: Cocobolo
- Fretboard/Bridge: Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.5” (25” for parlor)
- Nut Width: 1.69”
- Inlay: Revolution
- Binding: East Indian rosewood
- Nut/Saddle: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Waverly, gold
The Bedell Revolution Series is available for a sell price of $3,990 (includes deluxe hardshell case). All the cocobolo used has been sourced and tracked in accordance with new CITES regulations.
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The one-piece Honduran mahogany neck is dovetailed into the body with a compound taper similar to how vintage guitars were made in the 1930's.
Bend, OR (December 18, 2015) -- Brazilian rosewood has long been heralded as the pinnacle of guitar body tonewoods. Thought many of the tonewoods in the rosewood family grow in the tropics, none has ever matched the magical Dalbergia nigra of Brazil. Decades of being buried in a wet environment and the slow natural aging of the Esperanza tree somehow results in the finest music wood of all. You can hold a tonewood set between your fingers and feel it vibrate. A bright glass-like ring that sustains, and that unique Brazilian rosewood aroma, are a testament to its life.
With this prodigy of Brazilian rosewoods, Bedell Guitars has created the Rio Power Dread, the Rio Bold Orchestra, and the Rio Regal Parlor. They are extraordinary Brazilian instruments. Due to Esperanza's denseness a thinner more responsive back is used. A hand selected extra stiff salvaged Bearclaw Sitka spruce soundboard and tone bars are hand carved for 100% tuned tops. The one-piece Honduran mahogany neck is dovetailed into the body with a compound taper similar to how vintage guitars were made in the 1930's. And a stunning Bedell Rio Burst is applied to compliment the magic of the music these instruments produce.
All of Bedell Guitar's Brazilian rosewood is legally documented for world travel and future conveyance. A concierge service is available to assist musicians with required travel permits or international sales. Doing the right thing never sounded better.
- $6,990 MAP
- Solid salvaged Sitka spruce top
- Solid Brazilian rosewood back and sides
- Honduran mahogany neck
- Ebony fretboard/bridge
- Ebony binding
- Bone nut/saddle
- 1 11/16” nut width
- Waverly tuners
- Bedell “Rio” Burst Gloss
- Hardshell Case
- Parlor, Orchestra or Dreadnought body shapes
- Handcrafted in Bend, OR, U.S.A.
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
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