$ 3,990.00 $ 5,188.00
PAIRING ADIRONDACK SPRUCE WITH HONDURAN MAHOGANY RESULTS IN A MID-RANGE POWERHOUSE. IT HAS THE POWER TO FIT IN WITH ANY COLLECTION OF ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND MORE THAN HOLD ITS OWN. THE WIDER FRETBOARD FACILITATES FINGER PICKING, RAPID FIRE PLAY.
THE WORKSHOP-INSTALLED K&K PURE MINI PICKUPS IN THE BEDELL 1964 DREADNOUGHT CAPTURE THE AUTHENTIC FULLNESS OF ANALOG SOUND AND THE VIBE OF THE ERA, WITHOUT STAGE FEEDBACK. THE ETHICALLY SOURCED TONEWOODS, THE ALL-WOOD BINDING AND SUBTLE APPOINTMENTS RESULT IN A CLASSIC INSTRUMENT, MADE WITH THE SAME CARE, ATTENTION AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AS GUITARS FROM THE GOLDEN ERA OF INSTRUMENT BUILDING… ALL AT AN ACCESSIBLE PRICE POINT.
ALL BEDELL GUITARS COME WITH A HARDSHELL CASE.
Serial Number: 623003
Weight: 4.2 lbs
Sold Out $ 9,088.00
Over a half century ago several Brazilian rosewood logs were shipped from NE Brazil to a small company producing church ornaments just outside of Madrid, Spain, where they rested peacefully in a warehouse. As the generations passed and the business focus changed, the logs were cut into tone wood sets for guitars and the company became known as Madinter, one of the premier tone wood suppliers to the world’s exclusive guitar builders.
Year-by-year, over more than 5 decades, the tone wood sets aged, cured by the ideal Spanish climate. The sap crystalize, the stress in the wood relaxed, the cellulose matured between the annual growth fibers…nature took its natural course of turning tone wood into incredible music wood. Just as pre-war guitars are known for their extraordinary sound as the tone woods age, the Brazilian rosewood of Madinter cured naturally.
Bedell Guitars acquired Madinter’s entire collection of treasured Brazilian rosewood in 2013. It is all legally documented. It was harvested before Brazil prohibited the export of Brazilian rosewood logs in the late 1960s, before the initial CITES convention of 1972 and long before Brazilian rosewood was declared an endangered species by CITES in 1992. This treasured wood is the finest music wood Mother Nature has created. It responds to lower energy bass frequencies with power and enthusiasm and rejoices in the higher energy treble notes. There is a timbre, an energy, an incredible aliveness that comes from the instruments we are crafting with this aged, cured Brazilian rosewood. There can be no question, Brazilian rosewood is the finest guitar body music wood and the journey of the Brazilian we are using makes this the most amazing collection in the world.
But we do not take our Brazilian rosewood for granted. In launching the new Bedell Bahia dreadnought, orchestra and parlor we have paired it with Adirondack spruce.
The Bedell Bahia offers the finest music wood nature has created, hand-crafted into the finest guitars technology has enabled.
Serial Number: 723011
Weight: 4.4 lbs
$ 3,490.00 $ 4,538.00
For decades, there are certain sounds that demand the warm comforting sound of an all mahogany body. Grown in the Mayan Biosphere of Guatemala, the true Honduran mahogany top, back, sides and neck of the Classic Folk give a sound and feel that will bring your playing and singing to life.
Serial Number: 823016
Weight: 3.8 lbs
Sold Out $ 6,665.99
This instrument is inspired by the wild rivers of the west which give way to the spawning of the brook trout every fall. Undeniably, a custom shop creation that is built with Lace wood back and sides and a Sitka Spruce top. Based on the Bedell Dreadnought platform this guitar is truly a one of a kind. Only 21 of these will be made.
LETB-63-21 Specifications
Body Type Dreadnought
Neck Wood Maple
Solid Wood TopSitka Spruce
Solid Wood Back/SidesLacewood
Finish/ColorBrookie, Gloss
FretboardEbony
Nut Width1 11/16"
Tuners HardwareWaverly 4067G
Lower Bout Width15 3/4"
Waist Width10 5/8"
Upper Bout Width11 3/8"
Body Length20"
Body Depth3 7/8"
String GaugeD' addario EXP 16's 6 string EADGBE
All Models of Limited Edition
Case Hard Shell
Crafted InBend, OR
$ 5,490.00 $ 7,138.00
We did it! We have taken the densest tonewood – it actually sinks in water – and found magic music wood. Cocobolo is twice the density of mahogany so when guitar builders use it to the same dimension, the instruments are heavy and not responsive. We have sanded our backs to a specified weight achieving a frequency response that has proven to be incredible. Maybe even more robust than Brazilian rosewood which is in the same species family. Our Revolution Dreadnought has a huge sound, dynamic bass, surprising sustain…it just sounds and looks beautiful.
The hard rock maple neck is also part of the magic. Hard maple is significantly denser than Honduran mahogany. With the compound taper dovetail neck joint connecting the one-piece maple neck to the cocobolo body – the sound energy is alive.
To top it off, we selected an old-age stiff Adirondack spruce top to drive the sound. Of course the tonewoods are Hand Tuned so the frequencies of the back are several half steps higher than the top and the bracing and tone bars have been carved to make sure the entire surface is tuned to the same frequency throughout.
The Revolution is an incredible sounding dreadnought. Additionally, the top and neck burst accentuate the dynamic coloring of the cocobolo.
Serial Number: 823021
Weight: 4.8 lbs