I just received my custom classical guitar yesterday. It looks great, it sounds great, but most importantly, it is the first guitar I have owned that I can play properly because it was built to accommodate my fat fingers. I spent the morning playing simple but beautiful pieces of classical music that up until yesterday would have been impossible for me to play. That was a real joy. Sincerely
Dan
April 5, 2024
Julio Santos, Oslo-Norway
Hi Maestro Renato:
The guitar is Beautiful, it sounds so very nice. I
am very grateful for Bellucci Guitars Master Luthier Domingo and your team of Luthiers’ work.
This is a dream come true guitar. 10-strings guitar Narciso Yepes model: mangore.com/guitars/10-S-CED-470 . Thanks for you kindness and generosity, making this dream come true.
Just received my beautiful guitar! Plays so nice. What an incredible
instrument! Thanks again Renato! I wanted to
quickly shoot you an email to tell you how happy I am with this
masterpiece!!
I'm a few months in and I wanted to send you a note and tell you how much I have enjoyed Mangore thus far.
This
type is an absolute gold mine. I have really tried to pay attention to
your pages on practice. With pieces I am learning, I am trying to take
sections that are troublesome and concentrate on those -- and make small
exercises out of them.
I recently finalized a
move, so I wasn't able to play as much during the months of May and
June. But now that I am settled, I am starting to get back into my
routine.
Some of the pieces I am working on
include Romance, Lagrima, Endless Love, Close To You, For All We Know,
and If. I am also slowly making my way through Recuerdos (I have always
wanted to sharpen my tremolo technique) and Cavatina -- both of these
are quite formidable pieces, so I am taking them slowly.
Also,
I have now started to pay more attention to string squeaks and
minimizing them -- which is something I definitely was not as cognizant
of.
All in all, I have found so many riches in
terms of the tips, technique, advice, pieces, and videos -- this site is
truly one of a kind. And you are personally a huge inspiration!
Hope all is well....
All the best,
Tim
P.S. Glad to see you doing some more live streams of late....
timothymcphate@mac.com
2021-08-08
Loc Truong, USA
Hola Maestro,
I just want to let you know la guitarra arrived in great condition via DHL today. Please pass my appreciation to the great team of Mangore luthiers and Chiara. She sounded so nice the household danced to the tune of Mi Favorita! Thank you for sending us a great joy to start our Memorial,
Everything is perfect! I have just played on it for the last 2 hours.....And I have fallen in love. It's really mega beautiful to look at, to touch and to play with. Amplified via my power mixer, it also sounds fantastic. I still have to get used to everything new, but it's so much fun to play it.
This is an absolute masterpiece, unique and my desires are fulfilled.
You have done a great job again! Thank you very much.
Hugs
Steph
Bellucci Official Representative: Contact Stéphane & schedule a visit. Stéphane Werder, Basel Switzerland, +41 79 865 86 02, @: info< at > mangoreguitars<dot >ch, www.mangoreguitars.ch
info@mangoreguitars.ch, April 15, 2021
Roberto Galli
Mi lasci esprimere gratitudine per le sue splendide lezioni. Sto seguendo ora Requerdo del la Alhambra che ho memorizzato per tutta la parte in la min. Con i consigli sulle lezioni di Carlevaro, la fijacion, la leva e il perno mi si è aperto il mondo e ho potuto cambiare diteggiatura anche in brani che facevo prima e per "Requerdo" non potevo credere di poterlo realizzare (anche se come bozza e ancora molto lento) ma con suoni ...che si sentono tutti!! Grazie. Grazie!!!! Roberto Galli
fornogalli@libero.it
Roberto Galli, Italia 29-03-2021
Stéphane Werder
My first Bellucci masterpiece has arrived at my home in Switzerland (Basel). A beautiful masterpiece. It lies fantastically in the hands, buttery soft to play. Beautiful treatment and fenomenal in tone. Simply "wow" and I am proud to own a Bellucci guitar.
The second masterpiece is already on its way to me in Switzerland.
Stéphane Werder
swerder@gmx.ch
Hugs
Steph
swerder@gmx.ch, March 25, 2021
Michael's Lee, Hong Kong
Dear Renato,
Thank you for the wonderful guitar and also for sending me the link. The video, your message and all the details you put together are most thoughtful and warm. Vanessa, Amelia, and I read through it with a big smile on our faces and we will share your beautiful work with our family and friends in Hong Kong. Vanessa's uncle Stanley, who owns a Bellucci guitar, is an avid guitarist and he can't wait to come to play the guitar tomorrow. He is the one who introduced me to your beautiful creations.
Best regards,
Michael
michael.lee@oxerholdings.com
19/02/2021 00:00
Dan Flickstein
Dear Renato, I believe it was in February of this year while on a walk with my dearest friend that I mentioned to him that he'd probably think I was crazy, because I was about to order three more of your wonderful guitars. "As long as you can afford them," he said, "if it's what makes you happy, then you should do it." Of course he was right. As you know, at that time I already owned nine Bellucci guitars,
playing a different one every day. Each is a beautiful creation, made with wonderful craftsmanship and artistry. Each is a pleasure to play, with differences in tone from one to another. My three new additions, a padauk, a blackwood, and a zebrawood, are equally fabulous. How could they be better than those I already own? When I made the purchase way back in February, I was unaware that we were about to be challenged by a pandemic which would keep us quarantined for many months (and even now). I know that that must have made your building task more difficult, but for me awaiting the results and communicating with you, seeing photos of the progress for each instrument, added excitement to an otherwise difficult year. My newest Belluccis are rich in tone and elegant in appearance. I own eight other "non-Bellucci" guitars, each one special to me, each one achieving a purpose to my playing, each one aesthetically beautiful, but my Bellucci guitars are far and away my favorites. To anyone who asks me which Bellucci is my favorite, I provide the same answer: the one I am playing today. Let us look forward to a better, a healthier 2021, and, God willing, to my thirteenth Bellucci addition! Thank you for all. When my wife and have some moments (After all it takes time to assemble twelve guitars.), I will send you a photo of myself and my Bellucci guitars. But we'll need considerable room and a wide-angled lens this time! With Affection, Dan
professorflick< at >aol <dot >com
Dan Flickstein
Oct, 16, 2020
Astor Vallejo
Thank you very much Maestro Bellucci, Nice Job ! I love the guitar !
Years ago (2012), I bought one of your guitars. It continues to be my “go to” guitar. It continues to sound sweet with good balance and sustain. My teacher loves it too. I just wanted to let you know it is being played and is very much appreciated. Thank you.
Karen Ackoff
ackoffk <at >icloud< dot >com
March, 5, 2020
Richard Sheff
Dear Renato,
My 2nd beauty is another artful masterpiece of construction, voice and detailed craftsmanship. Thank you and your skilled artisans.The shorter scale and radius fingerboard are great for my small, very arthritic, hand. I am now getting familiar with practice again and hope to gain some facility. The tuner is a great addition, and now I have 2 of your great guitars to show to potential buyers.It's a privilege to be your ambassador in the states and to introduce the great value and beauty you offer to others. Its exceptionally pleasing to me that we met in 2007 when I received the jaw-dropping beautiful signature concert guitar... my best birthday month present ever! Finally I have discovered how to apply Gel nails I can, for the first time ever, wind up with playable nails. I look forward to re-learning my Bach Prelude to the Cello Suite in D, and sending you a clip with both instruments featured. The great bass voice of these beauties give a sonorous experience that is thrilling. Thank you always with hugs... your friend and ambassador... Richard
speedorms< at >aol< dot >com
Richard Sheff, USA
Dan Tanner
Renato
Christmas greetings:
I bought my Belucci guitar (serial # 502) in 2008. Last night for our Christmas Eve candlelight service, I played a medley of 3 songs:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Come, All Ye Faithful
It was not as good as you could have done, for sure!
The guitar has aged to a sweetness that is hard to believe. It was probably the best I have ever sounded.
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Simply "wow" and I am proud to own a Bellucci guitar.
It continues to sound sweet with good balance and sustain. My teacher loves it too. I just wanted to let you know it is being played and is very much appreciated. Thank you.
The shorter scale and radius fingerboard are great for my small, very arthritic, hand. I am now getting familiar with practice again and hope to gain some facility. The tuner is a great addition, and now I have 2 of your great guitars to show to potential buyers.It's a privilege to be your ambassador in the states and to introduce the great value and beauty you offer to others. Its exceptionally pleasing to me that we met in 2007 when I received the jaw-dropping beautiful signature concert guitar... my best birthday month present ever! Finally I have discovered how to apply Gel nails I can, for the first time ever, wind up with playable nails. I look forward to re-learning my Bach Prelude to the Cello Suite in D, and sending you a clip with both instruments featured. The great bass voice of these beauties give a sonorous experience that is thrilling. Thank you always with hugs... your friend and ambassador... Richard
