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About the luthier
Kim Lissarrague is a respected Australian luthier whose work is closely associated with the modern Australian school of classical guitar making. He began building guitars at the age of thirteen and is now based in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, where he produces only a limited number of instruments each year.
His construction style centres on lattice-braced soundboards and arched backs, combining structural control with a strong emphasis on projection, sustain and clarity. Lissarrague’s guitars are conceived for the demands of the contemporary concert stage, where power must remain inseparable from tonal refinement and the ability to shape individual voices within complex textures.
About the guitar
No. 468 is a powerful expression of Kim Lissarrague’s lattice-braced concept. Its cedar soundboard and arched ziricote back form part of a substantial, highly controlled construction that releases an unusually broad and immediate spectrum of sound. Very little physical effort is required to set the instrument in motion: even a light touch produces a full tone with depth, projection and a clearly established harmonic field.
The voice has an almost piano-like breadth, particularly in the way the basses establish their foundation and the upper registers remain present above them. Notes sustain freely and continue to gather colour after the attack, while harmonics speak with unusual ease. This gives the sound an airy resonance despite its considerable density and power.
Its tonal character is dark, smooth and rich in overtones, yet never blurred. Within chords, each voice follows its own clearly defined path, allowing contrapuntal writing to remain transparent even when the full resonance of the instrument is engaged. The basses carry substantial depth, the trebles remain rounded and persistent, and the inner voices retain enough focus to be shaped independently.
The response is exceptionally fast, but the resulting sound is soft-edged rather than aggressive. Dynamic changes arrive without resistance, and the guitar offers a wide range between lightly voiced detail and concert-scale projection. This combination of immediate response, long sustain and disciplined separation gives No. 468 a commanding presence while preserving the nuance and flexibility required for refined musical phrasing.
The visual character is equally distinctive, with the richly figured ziricote back and sides complementing the modern architectural clarity of the design. Rodgers tuners and Knobloch EDC 34.0 strings complete the instrument’s carefully considered concert setup.
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