Romanillos torres book is also a fine addition to any guitar library. Plans for making classical, flamenco and archtop guitars by famous. This book is truly a treasure for handson guitar making. He has run training courses on guitar making in several countries. The great jose romanillos invites you into his shop while he makes a guitar and talks about the craft. Included with my book are fullsize plans of two romanillos guitars. Known for their haunting and romantic sound, owning a romanillos has been the dream of many fine players. Cumpianos methods are complimentary to those described in making master guitars where the guitar is built on a solera. Sean hancock has trained in guitar making under jose romanillos, who is considered by many to be the last of the original spanish master luthiers. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our.
Home romanillos guitar books making a spanish guitar now. A modern approach to traditional design bogdanovich, john s. Our guitars have been featured in many publications, for example a classical guitar by dane was featured in hand made hand played, a book featuring the finest handmade guitars in the world. He was a member of the crafts council of great britain for ten years. Anyway, that is a brief explanation the romanillos rosette. Romanillos guitars by both father and son are among the most desired of instruments. He was primarily an artist, painting in the impressionist style, and for many years he taught painting in paris.
Robert bouchet was a multiskilled craftsman in fact, guitar making was something he took up quite late in his life. The master makers and their guitars a detailed set of body shapes,rosettes, bridges, headstocks, measurements, and more from some of the greatest guitars ever made. I thought that my experiences could help those interested in making a spanish guitar without. The works you find here represent the fruits of a lifetimes labour and accumulated knowledge, and the unwavering devotion to the spanish guitar. Guitar making plans full size of guitars by famous classical guitar makers.
In building for all members of the romero quartet, his guitars have developed a bigger concert sound with quicker response and sharper focus. Orfeo magazine n5 english edition spring 2015 by alberto. Home romanillos guitar books making a spanish guitar. For interested woodworkers, romanillos explains and documents much of the building process in his recently published book which you can purchase from him and his wife marian directly. He wrote numerous books about the spanish guitar and the man who defined.
Liam romanillos england classic guitars international. The fine tradition of jose romanillos is carried on through the ongoing collaboration of father and son. Weve had some great older romanillos from the 1970s and 1980s that had been playedin beautifully and stefans guitar has very similar attributes. Romanillos hardback, 221 pages, includes full size guitar plans in this book i have endeavoured to explain the path that i. Romanillos plan i based on the guitar made for julian bream in 1973, and romanillos plan ii. The torres romanillos foundation gave him the tools to build a guitar using traditional methods to attain great warmth and depth to the note, while maintaining a great amount of clarity and balance. He was a selftaught guitar maker, and he made his instruments by studying guitars. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. He his one of the last icons in spanish guitar making. Jose wrote numerous books about the spanish guitar and the man who.
The guitar makers workshop by rik middleton, make own classical guitar by stanley doubtfire, the art and craft of making. Elliott open harmonic bar classic drawn by jeffrey elliott. Jose romanillos classical guitar maker part 01 youtube. Jose romanillos became famous by building the guitars for classical. The courtnall book, making master guitars, has a great romanillos section. While most classical guitar makers are today mainly concerned with making modern classical guitars with their typical fanbracing or experimenting to make the instrument louder e. Orfeo to jose luis romanillos, we hope to pay tribute not only to a great luthier, but. Romanillos guitars are provocative, emotional, soulful, some might say flawless. Readers of romanillos books and various interviews will know that he first learned lutherie by following a. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or.
Guitar makerhis life and work yehudi menuhin music guides romanillos, jose l. Make your own classical guitar stanley doubtfire on. London following the book make your own spanish guitar, by a. This will be an indispensable reference book for instrument makers, historians, musicologists, museums, musical instrument collectors, auction houses, dealers and guitar enthusiasts alike. Includes full size guitar plans in this book i have endeavoured to explain the path that i. Stepbystep instructions, photos, and diagrams to make a quality classic wood guitar. Guitar makerhis life and work yehudi menuhin music guides.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Of the two books from my first round of how to build a guitar book purchases, i decided that guitar making, tradition and technology is the one thats most useful to me. He has given courses on spanish guitar making in numerous countries, also lectures and seminars about the organology of the instrument. I had a nice email from marianne, joses wife, she was letting me know that my book by jose about his guitar making was in the post and would i inform her when it arrives at my address here in the uklooking forward to seeing the book by j l romanillos and all being well he should have signed it for me. Ive included some photos through the process as well as some of the mezquitacathedral. The guitar has a loose, warm sound it sounds almost as it looks. He his one of the last icons in spanish guitar making tradition.
Together, father and son, jose and liam, have built a tradition that has become a benchmark for guitar builders and players the world over. Romanillos hardback, 221 pages, includes full size guitar plans in this book i have endeavoured to explain the path that i followed, as a selftaught guitar maker with no prior knowledge of guitar making, and the difficulties that i had to overcome to make guitars by hand. His instruments have been played by carlos bonell, gilbert biberian, and antigoni goni, among many others. My first introduction to romanillos was the evans book too. Luthier jose luis romanillos public group facebook. A variety of classical guitar making books for the autodidact.