Flamenco Guitar Luthier

$$$$ Fine manufacturer of classical and flamenco guitars

$$ Brazilian, cocobolo and Indian rosewood classical guitars; Flamenco guitars with spruce top and cypress backs. Studio guitars with palo escrito backs and cedar tops. Avant-garde series include 7-string, crossover and soprano guitars.

$$$ Custom classical and flamenco guitars with strong trembles and rich bases. Offers a variety of models including a small Torres and Ramirez design. Woods include European, Sitka and Engelmann Spruce for top woods. Indian rosewood, cocobolo, american cherry, curly or quitted maple, mahogany, palo escrito, wenge, brazillian rosewood, cypress, alaskan yellow cedar, imbuia, figured walnut, bubinga, pau ferro and zebrawood for the back and side woods.

Fine classical guitars that deliver outstanding power and projection while offering clarity. Offers many different models which include: the angel romero special edition, the brazilian rosewood model, the madacascar rosewood model, the indian rosewood model, the cypress rosewood model, the maple/koa model and multi- string custom models. Uses spruce and cedar woods for the sound boards and rosewood, cypress, maple and koa woods for the back and sides. Specializes in customizing tone, scale length, body size, string spacing and more.

Nine separate models available. Three standard models, one 8-string model, one cut- away model, one flamenco model, one French baroque model and two 35th anniversary series models. Uses many different types of woods such as: European and Engelmann spruce, red cedar, Brazilian and Honduras rosewood, and Spanish cypress. His standard model dimensions are 485mm for body length, 97mm for upper bout depth, 101mm for lower bout depth, 53mm for neck width, 22.5mm for neck thickness at first fret and 44mm for string spacing. Most of these dimensions can be altered to better fit clients needs.

$$$$ Offers three different types of guitars: the flamenco blanca, the flamenco negra and the classical. Woods include Spanish spruce, European spruce, cypress, Indian rosewood and western red cedar. Also offers a humidity meter.

$$$$ Fine hand-built flamenco and classical guitars. They are built using a Romanillos body shape and size and a Miguel Rodriguez bracing pattern of five fans and a bridge patch. Uses spruce, cedar, rosewood and ebony wood, which is stickered and air dried for years in a climate-controlled shop. Classical guitars are built with Indian or Madagascar rosewood, while flamencos are built with American or Spanish cypress, maple or rosewood. Rosettes are made from scratch and guitar necks are built with a double graphite rod enforcement.

$$ Variety of classical and flamenco guitars made from Torres, Contreras and Romanillos design. Four different models include student, concert, grand concert and special grand concert. All the models together consist of eleven different classical guitars and four different flamencos. The types of top woods include different cedars and spruces. The back and side woods include solid rosewood, Spanish cypress, Brazilian rosewood and solid cocobolo.

$$$ Fine handcrafted concert-quality guitars based on a Fleta body shape. Made with a balanced combination of traditional and new methods with great attention placed on the aesthetic aspect of the instrument. Four different models which include the traditional, double top, flamenco and conservatorio. The models are inspired by the masters of Spanish, German and French lathery. East Indian rosewood or cypress is used for the back and sides and spruce or western cedar is used for the tops.

Custom hand-built classical and multi-string guitars. Several different body styles, scale lengths, and design concepts. Five distinct models: Original, special, the babe, concert and the Ganz Romanillos tribute.

$$$ Fine classical and flamenco guitars. Seven different models. Woods include Spanish cedar, Indian and Brazilian rosewood, flamed maple, Palo escrito, German spruce and Canadian western red cedar. All guitars have African ebony fingerboards and are finished in French polish. They also have standard specs, which are a 650mm scale length and a 53mm width at nut.

$$$$ Classical and flamenco guitars based on the designs and principles of Torres, Hauser, Santos Hernandez, Fleta and other great masters. Make two different models of classical guitars: Santos Hernandez model and the Hauser model. Also makes two different models of flamenco guitars: the flamenco negra model and the flamenco blanca model. He uses many different types of woods. For the top, he uses cedar, European and Engelmann spruce and rosewood. For the back and sides, he uses Brazilian rosewood, cocobolo, ziricote, walnut, Indian rosewood, wenge, padauk. mahogany, santos rosewood, bubinga, Tasmanian black wood and jarrah.

$$$ These classical and flamenco guitars feature solid wood construction from some of the finest woods the world has to offer. Has several classical models after the works of Torres/Hauser, Robert Bouchet, Miguel Rodriquez Sr. and Ignacio Fleta. His flamenco model is after the works of Marcelo Barbero. His woods consist of a wide variety of spruces, rosewoods, blackwoods, maples, mahoganies, and cypresses.

$$$ Fine, light and powerful flamenco guitars. Has many models: el rojo grande, Indian rosewood, Brazilian rosewood, la tigra blanca, smoky flame, angel azul and contessa.

$$$$ Very passionate maker of classical guitars made with woods that have been colleted over the past ten years. Has two different models: 2004 Oberg Indian Rosewood/Cedar #96 and #100 XP2 ‘El Centenario’. The Oberg Indian Rosewood/Cedar is made with Indian rosewood back and sides, western red cedar tops, Spanish cedar necks, ebony fingerboards and Brazilian rosewood bridges. The  XP2 ‘El Centenario’ is made with quarter tulipwood back and sides, Brazilian rosewood tops, Spanish cedar necks and African ebony fingerboards.

Classical and flamenco guitars that are easy to play with excellent volume, sustain and tonal quality. All the guitars are hand crafted with great attention to the detail. Wood for the tops are either Engelmann spruce, western red cedar or sitka spruce. All these woods have been in storage for twenty years to give them greater quality. The sides and backs are made with either East Indian rosewood, Brazilian rosewood, Madagascar rosewood or cocobolo.

$$$ Four different models of classical and flamenco guitars available, each with substantive design differences to meet all players’ needs and requirements. The Spanish guitar model is made after the design of the Torres tradition and with a seven fan bracing technique. The grand legacy model is the most powerful of his models. The concert grand model is made from the design of Dr. Michael Kasha, is based in practical acoustic research and has a very piano sound. The santos model is a flamenco guitar based on the design of Santos Hernandez and is made from Spanish cypress and European spruce. He uses different bracing techniques for each of his guitars and offers custom acoustic ports.

A wide variety of classical and flamenco guitars. Offers five different models of flamenco guitars and eighteen different models of classical guitars. Makers include: Hill New Wood, Thomas Humphrey, Jim Norris, Kim Schwartz, Ignacio Rozas, Ignacio Fleta Sr., Carlos Pina, Ricardo Sanchis and Manuel Contreras Sr. Wood tops for classical guitars are either spruce or cedar and the sides are different rosewoods. Woods for flamenco guitars also have either spruce or cedar tops, but the sides are cypress. Also offers a variety of guitar cases.

$$$$ Classical and flamenco guitars constructed exclusively with hand tools. They are built in a Spanish tradition with necks that are fully bound and custom carved. Ebony finger boards are solely used, but you have a choice of: soundboards, back and sides, binding and body styles. Offers a variety a six string and multi-string guitars. The six strings consist of: four classical guitar models, two flamenco guitar models, and four nylon jazz 24 fret models. The models are differentiated by the types of woods that are used and the type of body style that they have. There are seven different multi-string models: three seven strings, two eight strings, one ten string and one nineteen string. Also has available cutaways. The woods include: Brazilian, Honduran, East Indian and Bolivian Rosewood; Spanish and Canadian cypress; European, Sitka and Engelmann spruce; western red cedar, cocobolo, and maple. Available Specs.

$$$$ Classical and flamenco guitars that feature dome tops, arched backs, carbon fiber reinforced necks and unique asymmetrical lattice bracing. Works very closely with customers to design guitars that fit there needs perfectly. Seven different models are available made from a variety of woods: cedar, cypress, spruce, redwood, Brazilian and Indian rosewood and maple. Makes rosettes out of maple burls surrounded by thin wood strips, and nuts and saddles out of bone. The standard scale length for the guitars are 650mm, but they can be altered from 635mm to 660mm.

$$ Custom classical and flamenco guitars. Offers four different flamenco guitar models and two classical guitar models. Top woods include spruce and cedar, while back and side woods include cocobolo, cypress and Indian rosewood. The wood for the necks are mahogany and the finger boards are ebony. Also accepts specific adaptations such as: longer or shorter string lengths, bigger or smaller bodies, left handed guitars or even carved pictures onto the body.

Hand made classical and flamenco guitars made with a Balsa lattice bracing. Comes with an adjustable neck feature that allows adjustment without having to replace the saddle. Soundboard woods include: redwood, western red cedar and a variety of spruces. Back and side woods include a variety of rosewoods, black woods, cypresses and maples. Neck woods include: Spanish cedar and mahogany. The guitars include hand-crafted rosettes from Tula, Russia that are made from wooden cubes of various colors. Each guitar is also finished with lacquer, varnish, or French polish.

$$$$ A variety of classical guitars. All the rosettes are made and hand dried by Thames, which makes everyone slightly different. The sides of the guitars are laminated with rosewood and mahogany, and are 4 mm thick. He offers seven different models: the Joaquin Ruiz Student model, the Antonio de Torres Fe09 model, the Rene Francois Lacote Model, the Luis Panormo model, the maple model, the cedar model and the Brazilian model.

Spanish constructed classical and flamenco guitars. Uses methods of fine tuning to produce guitars that have a sound from Spain.