Belltone Guitars offers the B-Classic 3, featuring a custom two-post S-Style ‘tremolo’ bridge and a wide selection of pickup options.
The B-Classic 3 is the newest guitar from Belltone Guitars. The BC3 model retains the core single-cutaway profile as found with Belltone’s B-Classic 1 and B-Classic 2 models. The B-Classic 3 body is made of alder wood and has body and armcontours and an ‘easy-access’ tapered neck pocket. The BC3 features the introduction of a custom-made, two-post S-Style ‘tremolo’ bridge with brass.
All Belltone® guitars feature a wide selection of pickup options that deliver diverse sonic character and tonality.
Along with the body shape, the available neck profiles, headstock, and hardware, all reflect the Belltone design perspective and aesthetic. The company’s Custom-Select System affords the guitarist the opportunity to choose from a carefully curated collection of components and design elements such as body color, pickguard color, pickups, neck profile and fingerboard, tuners, etc. to put their own "signature" on the look and sound of the guitar.
Belltone Signature Components
- Custom two post ‘tremolo’ bridge with MannMade USA brass saddles and solid brass block ‘push-set’ arm
- Top Hat ‘B’ logo control knobs
- 12-inch radius neck
- Bell-Tron, Bell-90, Bell-Foil, and Single Bell pickups
- Belltone Lockers 1:18 ratio locking tuners
- Custom Belltone ‘Blue Gator’ Hardshell Case
Custom-Select System™ Options:
- Over 30 body colors to select from
- Over 25 different pickguard
- Modern ‘C’ or ’59 Round Back neck profiles
- Maple or rosewood fingerboard
- Sperzel USA, Ratio, and Kluson locking tuners
- Pickups from TV Jones, Rio Grande, Lindy Fralin, Righteous Sound, Benson Custom, Mojo/UK, and more …
Belltone Guitars are made to order and handcrafted in the USA. Prices range from $2,825 to $3,200 depending on the custom components and features selected. Custom case and free continental USA shipping included.
For more information, please visit belltoneguitars.com.
B-Classic 3 Demo Video - YouTube
A limited-ediiton koa model built to celebrate the company's 30th anniversary.
In January, Breedlove Guitars, based in Bend, Oregon, marked the 30th Anniversary of bringing its first instrument to market, announcing the issue of four very special, limited edition guitars—each celebrating a defining model; each updated with ongoing Breedlove innovations like sustainable, clear-cut free tonewoods, soft cutaways (except a non-cutaway Phoenix model), hand-voicing and Sound Optimization.
Following in the footsteps of the 30th Anniversary Northwest Classic — released in January— Breedlove now announces the release of the 30th Anniversary King Koa.
First introduced in 2002, the original King Koa featured a warm, understated western red cedar top complemented by beautiful solid Koa back and sides. A detailed and attention-grabbing mermaid and dolphin inlay — designed by Kim Breedlove — adorned the ebony fingerboard, serving as the guitar's show-stopping centerpiece.
Breedlove Limited Edition 30th Anniversary King Koa Concert CE
Just shy of two full decades later, Breedlove is now a leader in cutting edge acoustic guitar technology and has updated this stunning guitar with modern accoutrements. This time around, the King Koa's soft cutaway body is completely outfitted in solid koa and its show-stopping, highly-figured top is the center of attention. One look at this guitar and you'll understand why it's called the King Koa.
From the maple neck's custom burst finish — which offers a warm visual complement to koa — to the abalone top purfling and bloodwood binding that spans its body, ebony fretboard, asymmetrical headstock, and its refined 'Hooks" inlay, every detail of the King Koa celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Breedlove's dedication to detail-oriented guitar making. This is the company's first all-Koa guitar to include Sound Optimization, making the King Koa a loud and lively instrument with a well-balanced tone that sounds better than ever.
$6,999.00 street
For more information:
Breedlove Guitars