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Luca Santambrogio - 2025

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About the luthier

Luca Santambrogio was born in 1995 in Desio, a small town in the Brianza region of northern Italy, an area renowned for its strong culture of craftsmanship. After completing a degree in industrial design, he turned to lutherie and studied at the Civica Scuola di Liuteria di Milano, graduating in 2022. During his training, Luca apprenticed with master luthier Roberto De Miranda, developing a solid foundation in classical guitar construction and a deep respect for traditional Spanish methods. He later refined his skills under the mentorship of Marco Bortolozzo, focusing on tonal refinement, structural lightness, and aesthetic detail. Today, he works independently in Milan, drawing inspiration from iconic Spanish makers such as Antonio de Torres and José Luis Romanillos.

About the guitar

This 2025 Romanillos Model No. 9 represents a significant step in Luca Santambrogio’s ongoing artistic and technical evolution. The guitar features a high-grade Italian spruce soundboard from Val di Fiemme and a beautifully matched set of Indian rosewood for the back and sides. The neck is made of quarter-sawn Spanish cedar, joined with a traditional V-joint to the headstock, which, along with the ebony fingerboard and Madagascar rosewood bridge, ensures structural integrity and visual harmony.

Visually, this is the most ornamented guitar Luca has built to date. It features Romanillos’s signature colonnade rosette and a striking herringbone inlay, crafted from ebony, walnut, cypress, maple, and rosewood, that runs along the top and back purfling, as well as into the headstock and bridge. These fine decorative elements are seamlessly integrated into the instrument’s clean and elegant lines, maintaining a careful balance between function and form.

The guitar delivers a warm, sweet tonal profile with a notably rich low end and full, lyrical trebles. Sustain is excellent, and the instrument responds with ease to a light touch, offering immediate feedback and musical clarity. Internally, the structure supports a wide harmonic range, giving the player access to a palette of overtones that enhance the guitar’s expressive depth. Designed in the spirit of the Spanish tradition, this instrument combines responsiveness with tonal elegance and embodies a refined voice shaped for both concert performance and intimate interpretation.

Luthier: Luca Santambrogio
Construction year: 2025
Construction type: Traditional
Top: Spruce
Back and sides: Indian rosewood
Finish: French polish
Air body frequency: F # / G
Scale: 650 mm
Nut: 52 mm
Weight: 1415 grams
Tuners: Kris Barnett
Strings: Knobloch - EDC 34.0
Condition: New
Case: Hiscox Pro II “Siccas Edition”

Details about GPSR:

Classical Guitar

Manufacturer Information:

Luca Santambrogio

Responsible Person:

Siccas Guitars GmbH, Roonstr. 31, 76137 Karlsruhe, Germany, www.siccasguitars.com, info@siccasguitars.com

Note: For antique guitars, the GPSR does not apply.

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