Guillermo Lluquet (Ferrer) Gitaar (plm. 1970)

A nice example of the Guitarras Lluquet guitar company

from the period they were in charge themselves in producing

their own instruments. In former times they sold instruments 

made by the Vicente Tatay company. This instrument has

been produced  in Turis, which factory was closed in 1980.

VERKOCHT. (SOLD)

As was common in Valencia and surroundings, often no 

extra bracings, just transverse bars that probably gives the

Valencia style of building their own, unique sound.

A bit woody, but lively at the same time with warm

bass ends and sweet highs.

Not a simple entry level rosette but a bit more luxury.

The extra fret fort the high strings also indicates it to

be ment for advanced players.

On the other hand still the copper frets and a lacquered

fingerboard, even over the leveled and "scratched" frets.

I removed the lacquer and polished the frets.

One of the most common headstock forms Valencian 

luthiers supplied their instruments with.

I think this guitar has hardly been played in the past.

No damages, no fret wear and no damages on the back 

of the head that often occurs when people are putting

their guitar against a wall.

And logically no scratches on the back as well ( though 

most of the rollers from the tuners were broke.) Some rollers 

from the tuners have been replaced. Luckily I owe a lot

of spares in that field. The broken rollers are caused by the 

metal core that expands a bit more than the surrounding

bobbin made out of a sort of plastic . Plastic rollers became

the standard later in the Valencian guitar history.

This was the "Turis" label used from 1967 until 1980.

I always call the Valencia labels the "Orange" labels

as in former times oranges seemed to be packed in labels

like these! And they are present in the lower left corner.

As they were producing a lot of guitars, care (and time) 

for a proper nut filing simply wasn't there which resulted 

in  a too high string action already in the 1st position.

I've corrected this of course to enhance playability.