Raoul Aldrovandi - 2025 No. 11 "Marea"
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About the luthier
Raoul Aldrovandi did not arrive at guitar making by a conventional route. After initially beginning university studies in engineering, he soon recognised that his real interests lay in working with wood and shaping objects by hand. He left his studies and developed practical experience in carving, sculpture, and turning while working as a carpenter. A decisive turning point came when he attended a classical guitar concert, an experience that led him first to the instrument itself and then to the idea of uniting craftsmanship and sound through guitar making.
He later completed a guitar making course with Pablo Requena and gradually established an approach that reflects both technical discipline and artistic curiosity. Influenced by makers such as Mario Garrone, Giuseppe Cuzzucoli, and Trevor Gore, Aldrovandi approaches the guitar as a system in which each structural decision has an acoustic consequence. His instruments are informed by careful observation of materials, measured evaluation of their properties, and a clear wish to connect traditional handwork with a thoughtful, investigative design process.
About the guitar
This 2026 guitar, No. 11 “Marea”, is a modern instrument with spruce top, wenge back and sides, radial bracing, and French polish. Aldrovandi chose the radial bracing concept מתוך a particular fascination with the possibilities this structure offers. In his own account, the scheme appealed to him because it can partly compensate for the orthotropic nature of spruce, while also allowing the use of a slightly thinner soundboard with reduced internal friction. He also designed the bracing so that all areas of the top are connected directly to the bridge through the structure itself. These decisions are central to the guitar’s behaviour and help explain its immediacy, openness, and ease of response.
The name “Marea”, meaning “Tide”, comes from a personal and symbolic line of thought that accompanied the making of the instrument. Aldrovandi associated the image of the tide with the cyclical movement of emotions emerging from the depths, an idea linked in his reflection to the sea as a symbol of the unconscious. He describes this as a wish entrusted to the player, that emotions may flow freely and naturally through the instrument. The name therefore does not function as decoration, but as a poetic extension of the guitar’s identity.
In sound, “Marea” is notably responsive and easy under the hand. The notes speak quickly and the guitar offers a powerful, open voice filled with overtones, yet without losing clarity or becoming heavy. There is real presence in the sound, but also enough definition to follow each note individually. The sustain is strong, including in registers that can sound short on other guitars, and the instrument maintains a natural sense of projection without hardness. The overall impression is of a guitar that combines modern responsiveness with tonal richness and a comfortable, cooperative playing feel.
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