Keren's guitar

This acoustic arch-top was custom-made by Paul Lloret

The second acoustic arch-top I made was finished around 2001. It began as a project to utilize Mahogany left over from furniture making, and some quarter-sawn Spruce I got from a lumber yard I worked for in the early 80s. It quickly became something of an experiment. Most arch-top bodies are from 16” to 18” across the lower bout; this (and future LL arch-tops) is about 14” across. Most bodies are 21” long; mine are 19”. I’m still refining dimensions to make them more responsive and louder. This one is now in the possession of another granddaughter, Keren.

Specs:

• Top: Red Spruce
• Back, Sides, Neck: Honduras Mahogany
• Fretboard, Bridge, Tailpiece: East Indian Rosewood
• Fishman Undersaddle transducer (ie: Matrix I w/preamp)
• Saddle and Nut: Corean©
• Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

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Keren says:

I don't "play" guitar, and this one doesn't intimidate me. It's the kind of guitar that makes me want to pick it up. It's bubbly! Kinda' fits my personality. It has a light quality. It almost feels like I'm playing a really really nice ukulele. It's like the beach, or a sunny day somewhere, and I'm eating a big bowl of blueberries while I'm playing. I love it!

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This guitar was custom-made by luthier Paul Lloret of LL Guitars (pronounced “Double L Guitars”). For more information on Paul Lloret and his guitars, contact LL Guitars.

Steve's guitar

This acoustic arch-top guitar was custom-made by Paul Lloret.

I started this guitar in 2003 for a friend of mine. When I was 75% done I dropped and broke the neck, so had to start a new one. Then I found that the elaborate "Bird" soundholes I had originally planned (that looked amazing) would not work. The thin webs between the holes split at 5 or 6 places. So the one he finally got was completely new.

Specs:

• Soudboard: Red Spruce
• Back, Sides, Neck: Honduras Mahogany
• Fretboard, Bridge, Tailpiece, Peghead veneers: Ebony
• Inlays: Green Abalone Mother-of-Pearl
• Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

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This guitar was custom-made by luthier Paul Lloret of LL Guitars (pronounced “Double L Guitars”). For more information on Paul Lloret and his guitars, contact LL Guitars.

Duplicating Router

A lot of my work at LL Guitars these days involves creations above and beyond the guitars themselves. In 2000, I began work on a duplicating router for arched plates. I have been refining the original concept since then.

The first guitar built with the use of this machine was the 2007 Hollowbody Electric. At the time, I only had a pattern for the outside of the plates, so I had to complete the inside of the plates by hand.

(T to B: pattern for inside, and the roughed out plate)

Time at this machine (to complete a plate) is currently about two hours. That includes a lot of stopping, starting, and careful checking. Even at two hours, though, the amount of time saved when completing an arched plate is astronomical, compared with using a hand-roughed technique! I eventually anticipate being able to save even more time on each plate, as I continue to fine-tune the details.

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This machine was custom-made by luthier Paul Lloret of LL Guitars (pronounced “Double L Guitars”). For more information on Paul Lloret and his guitars, contact LL Guitars.