Castellucia style D-hole

neill

Anyone out there have, or could point me in the direction of any info, sizes, dimensions etc for this style D-hole, is it called a 'bean hole' maybe.. just trying to find out as I like the look of them and a friend may be building a guitar for me and I'd like him to possibly to make one like this..
Thanks in advance,
Neill.

klaatu

Hi Neill,

I own one of those, but it is on loan to my bandmate for a gig tonight. I'll try to get you some measurements and send them to you as soon as I can.

neill

Many thanks Klaatu!

constantine

Neil, are you sure you dont mean Patenotte Guitar? These are the only guitars that Ive heard of with hole described as beans.

klaatu

This is a vintage Castelluccia D hole.


I wouldn't describe is as a "bean," by any means. It is smaller and more rounded than the standard Selmer D hole. Some Favinos sport similar sized sound holes:

neill

Thanks for all the pictures, yes not a bean hole, my mistake - the vintage Casteluccia is the one I'm after, like a D hole but slightly smaller, looking for dimensions, pictures etc - my friend is starting out building these guitars (as a hobby) and he has the templates for the normal oval and D holes - I'm being difficult and want one like the vintage Castellucia!