Lacote

1785-1868

Please remember, during the Romantic or Biedermeier time, there was no electricity, radio, TV or cinema, and no microphone and speaker systems.

Guitar concerts became very popular, but the audience was limited to the volume of the slim body and ladder braced instruments of those days (see drawing: Antonio Stradivarius top bracing 1699).

Please make my next guitar louder was the standard request touring artists gave to the builders.

Lacote reacted by introducing two mayor design changes. He gave the slim body shape more belly and spread the lower bout ladder braces in an unparallel manner. This allowed a larger part of the lower bout top to act as a membrane. The ladder brace construction was kept and the result was a louder but still charming guitar sound.

The sound of the milestone La Romantica model is designed for early guitar music, but it works well as a tool of seduction when You play a love song to Your sweetheart. The modern 630 fingerboard will support You.