Timewise, this is the first guitar by luthier Marco Sellitto, built according to a new project, therefore the first of the “second era”. For this reason, unlike the others, it does not bear a name, but just “number 1” on its label.

The choice of cypress for bottom deck and body sides: whenever I have to experiment with an innovation, the first guitar on which it is carried out is always built in cypress. From the acoustic point of view this wood is extremely neutral and transparent, therefore particularly apt to lay “bare” the acoustic characteristics of the project I am experimenting and evaluating. Deep bass: When we were kids and were taking our first steps as guitarists, we would listen to our favorite music and then try to play it on the guitar. Our favourite tune was  “Yesterday”, a beautiful song by the Beatles.

The beginning was performed on the bass by Paul McCartney, which as an acoustic effect was impossible to replicate on a guitar … This extreme sound and body extension on the basses has always been for me a concern and a goal to attain ... So, when “Number 1” was ready and strung ... The first song I played was indeed “Yesterday”.