Recently put the first coats of shellac on this guitar that I’ll be bringing to the Antwerp Guitar Festival in November. I decided to do something inspired by a José Romanillos guitar that I played this summer while visiting him and his wife Marian. It is by no means a copy, but includes many similar motifs and marquetry. I made lozenge motif for the head plate and bridge tie-block, the iconic arches rosette and a fully mitered herringbone purfling around the back and sides of the guitar. It’s a four piece Indian and Santos rosewood back. In terms of construction, it’s based more on a straight-forward Torres design and thus is closer to a ‘73 Romanillos guitar that I played two summers ago than the 2012 guitar that inspired the aesthetics. Looking forward to getting this thing strung up!
