1972 - series 400, number 407, Labelled, dated, numbered and signed by the maker on the underneath the front as well as on the label.
Very beautiful rosewood with fine double-line purfling to the sides and fine-detailed, feather back centre-strip, heel-cap and purfling.
Body length:- 482 mm.
Top bout:- 275 mm wide & 90 mm deep.
Waist:- 229 mm
Bottom bout:- 358 mm wide & 94 mm deep.
All shellac french-polished.
High quality European spruce carrying the famed arches rosette, rosewood bridge with tie-block decoration that echoes the purfling pattern. Liam Romanillos advises that the moorish arches rosette was first used in 1972.
Lansdorfer tuners with Hauser-shaped side-plates, set on a head faced with dark rosewood. This guitar was one of the first to have the well-known headshape; the same as it still is today.
647mm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard
51mm at the nut with 44 mm string spacing.
1485 grams
In original, very well cared-for condition. No cracks, no repairs and no re-polishing - though the polish all over the instrument is substantially crazed ... but with a pattern that is in a strange way, appealing.
Made just a few months before the famous 1973 Romanillos that was extensively played by Julian Bream, this is a fine example of the 400 series which were based upon a 1950 Hauser. It has the famed moorish arches rosette and the head crest shape that became a fixture in the Romanillos design to this day.
The sound is very well-balanced, with a full bass (F# air resonance) and clear, singing treble. The sustain is impressive, it projects well and seems to offer a lot of tonal variety.
A very fine example in lovely condition.José Luis Romanillos - Click here to find out more about this maker
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