2024/25 Liam Romanillos Spruce/Fan Braced

2024/25 Liam Romanillos Spruce/Fan Braced
Top: Very old aged Spruce/fan braced
Back and sides: Very old aged Indian Rosewood
Scale: 650mm
Origin: England
SOLD

This guitar is brand new, started in 2024 and completed in 2025 and is available now, without the usual 15-20 year wait! Of note is that due to Liams other commitment’s, I will likely not have another new Liam available until around 2028. With this in mind, When the guitar arrived early this year, I decided to ‘hold’ in the shop for a while so the gap between this and the next one is only about 3 years, instead of close to 4..

Also of note is that of all the Liam Romanillos guitars I have had over the past 30 years, this one is definitely the most powerful, surprisingly so. She still has the same church choir like voice of course, but the added power and projection are clearly there. Maybe it has to do with the Satinwood bridge Liam is now using which is more dense than Rosewood and which Liam feels ads to the sustain and beauty of the notes, and perhaps contribute to the more powerful character of his newer guitars.

And finally some comments about new Liam guitars as they relate to new Jose guitars….

For the past 30 years I have been honored as most of you know, to be the exclusive world wide representative for Jose and Liam Romanillos. This has provided me with the opportunity to hear and play many many guitars from both, but until recently I was never able to answer the question “ What would a brand new Jose guitar sound like compared to a brand new Liam guitar?” And then I was tasked by Jose’s wife, Marian, to find homes for the ‘final 4’ Jose guitars which she had kept in her home virtually unplayed since Jose passed. They were effectively ’new’ Jose guitars. I had one of them arrive at the same time that a new Liam arrived and finally I was able to do the comparison I was so interested in.

Being built in the same way, and using the same old aged woods, it was not too surprising that they sounded very very similar. I have also had the chance to play several of the new Liams I placed with clients over the year after they had been played in, and of course have played many well opened up Jose guitars. Again, in general very very similar when new.

So my impression is that buying a new Liam is much the same as buying ( when one could ) a new Jose, and also that once played in they sound also very similar. This is a wonderful continuation of the Romanillos legend.

If you have always dreamed of owning and playing a Romanillos, this is your chance. My favorite Spruce fan braced spruce guitars in the world.

Liam Romanillos holding this guitar just before he completed it and sent it to me