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Paco Santiago Marín — Granada Tradition, Concert Power

Paco Santiago Marín — Granada Tradition, Concer...

Paco Santiago Marín — Granada Tradition, Concert Power The Granada school of guitar making is one of the most celebrated lutherie traditions in the world, and Paco Santiago Marín stands...

Paco Santiago Marín — Granada Tradition, Concer...

Paco Santiago Marín — Granada Tradition, Concert Power The Granada school of guitar making is one of the most celebrated lutherie traditions in the world, and Paco Santiago Marín stands...

Kim Lissarrague — A Voice of the Australian Guitar School

Kim Lissarrague — A Voice of the Australian Gui...

Kim Lissarrague: Australian Classical Guitar Luthier Australia has produced some of the most influential classical guitar makers of the last fifty years. Greg Smallman, Jim Redgate, Stephen Connor — these...

Kim Lissarrague — A Voice of the Australian Gui...

Kim Lissarrague: Australian Classical Guitar Luthier Australia has produced some of the most influential classical guitar makers of the last fifty years. Greg Smallman, Jim Redgate, Stephen Connor — these...

Philip Woodfield — A British Master of the Modern Lattice Guitar

Philip Woodfield — A British Master of the Mode...

Philip Woodfield — A British Master of the Classical Guitar From a workshop in East Sussex, Philip Woodfield has spent more than three decades quietly building some of Britain's most...

Philip Woodfield — A British Master of the Mode...

Philip Woodfield — A British Master of the Classical Guitar From a workshop in East Sussex, Philip Woodfield has spent more than three decades quietly building some of Britain's most...

Daryl Perry — Canada's Master of the Torres Tradition

Daryl Perry — Canada's Master of the Torres Tra...

Daryl Perry: American Classical Guitar Luthier Daryl Perry builds classical guitars in the United States. His instruments have been played by professional concert guitarists and are part of a growing...

Daryl Perry — Canada's Master of the Torres Tra...

Daryl Perry: American Classical Guitar Luthier Daryl Perry builds classical guitars in the United States. His instruments have been played by professional concert guitarists and are part of a growing...

Antonio Raya Pardo — A Granada Master of Two Lineages

Antonio Raya Pardo — A Granada Master of Two Li...

Antonio Raya Pardo — A Granada Luthier of Two Lineages Granada has produced a remarkable line of guitar makers whose work has shaped the sound of the classical guitar throughout...

Antonio Raya Pardo — A Granada Master of Two Li...

Antonio Raya Pardo — A Granada Luthier of Two Lineages Granada has produced a remarkable line of guitar makers whose work has shaped the sound of the classical guitar throughout...

Louis Panormo — "The Only Maker of Guitars in the Spanish Style"

Louis Panormo — "The Only Maker of Guitars in t...

Long before Spanish guitars were common outside Spain, one London workshop was already building them — and saying so on every label. Louis Panormo (1784–1862) proudly stamped his guitars "The...

Louis Panormo — "The Only Maker of Guitars in t...

Long before Spanish guitars were common outside Spain, one London workshop was already building them — and saying so on every label. Louis Panormo (1784–1862) proudly stamped his guitars "The...

George Harrison's Classical Guitar — The Ramírez Behind "And I Love Her"

George Harrison's Classical Guitar — The Ramíre...

George Harrison's Classical Guitar — The Ramírez Behind Norwegian Wood George Harrison (1943–2001) was not a classical guitarist — he was one of the greatest rock musicians of the twentieth...

George Harrison's Classical Guitar — The Ramíre...

George Harrison's Classical Guitar — The Ramírez Behind Norwegian Wood George Harrison (1943–2001) was not a classical guitarist — he was one of the greatest rock musicians of the twentieth...

Pino Daniele — Naples, the Blues and a Nylon-String Guitar

Pino Daniele — Naples, the Blues and a Nylon-St...

Pino Daniele — Naples, the Blues and a Nylon-String Guitar Italy loved Pino Daniele (1955–2015) as one of its greatest singer-songwriters, but guitarists love him for something more specific: he...

Pino Daniele — Naples, the Blues and a Nylon-St...

Pino Daniele — Naples, the Blues and a Nylon-String Guitar Italy loved Pino Daniele (1955–2015) as one of its greatest singer-songwriters, but guitarists love him for something more specific: he...

José Feliciano — The Man Who Brought the Nylon Guitar to Pop

José Feliciano — The Man Who Brought the Nylon ...

José Feliciano — The Man Who Brought the Nylon Guitar to Pop Before Sting or Willie Nelson, one musician proved that the nylon-string classical guitar could top the pop charts:...

José Feliciano — The Man Who Brought the Nylon ...

José Feliciano — The Man Who Brought the Nylon Guitar to Pop Before Sting or Willie Nelson, one musician proved that the nylon-string classical guitar could top the pop charts:...

The Last of Us Guitar — How Nylon Strings Scored a Masterpiece

The Last of Us Guitar — How Nylon Strings Score...

The Last of Us Guitar – Gustavo Santaolalla's Nylon-String Masterpiece Few instruments have defined a piece of entertainment as completely as Gustavo Santaolalla's nylon-string guitar defined The Last of Us....

The Last of Us Guitar — How Nylon Strings Score...

The Last of Us Guitar – Gustavo Santaolalla's Nylon-String Masterpiece Few instruments have defined a piece of entertainment as completely as Gustavo Santaolalla's nylon-string guitar defined The Last of Us....

Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Famous Classical Guitar

Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Fa...

Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Famous Classical Guitar Willie Nelson's guitar "Trigger" is the most famous nylon-string guitar in American music history. A 1969 Martin N-20 classical guitar,...

Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Fa...

Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Famous Classical Guitar Willie Nelson's guitar "Trigger" is the most famous nylon-string guitar in American music history. A 1969 Martin N-20 classical guitar,...

Does Sting Play Classical Guitar? Nylon at the Heart of His Songs

Does Sting Play Classical Guitar? Nylon at the ...

Sting and the Classical Guitar — Songs from the Labyrinth Most people picture Sting with a bass guitar, fronting The Police. But across his solo career — and in one...

Does Sting Play Classical Guitar? Nylon at the ...

Sting and the Classical Guitar — Songs from the Labyrinth Most people picture Sting with a bass guitar, fronting The Police. But across his solo career — and in one...

Where Guitars Speak Louder Than Words

  • Luthier: Gary Southwell
    Construction Year: 2005
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Flamed Maple
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: G
    Weight (g): 1385
    Tuner: Rodgers
    Condition: Very good
  • Luthier: Michele Della Giustina
    Construction Year: 2026
    Construction Type: Double-Top Guitars
    Top: Cedar
    Back and Sides: Madagascar rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp / G
    Weight (g): 1570
    Tuner: Pagos
    Condition: New
  • Luthier: Mirko Migliorini
    Construction Year: 2026
    Construction Type: Double-Top Guitars
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Indian rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: Wax
    Body Finish: Nitrocellulose
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp / G
    Weight (g): 1535
    Tuner: Alessi
    Condition: New
  • Luthier: Gary Southwell
    Construction Year: 2009
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Cocobolo
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp
    Weight (g): 1475
    Tuner: Robson
    Condition: Excellent
  • Manufacturer: Armin Hanika
    Top: Cedar
    Back and Sides: African blackwood
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: Lacquer
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp / G
    Tuner: Klaus Scheller
    Condition: New
  • Manufacturer: Armin Hanika
    Construction Year: 2026
    Construction Type: Double-Top Guitars
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Caribbean rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: Wax
    Body Finish: Wax
    Tuner: Rubner El Sonido
    Condition: New
  • Construction Year: 2002
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Indian rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: G sharp
    Weight (g): 1685
    Tuner: Robson
    Condition: Excellent
  • Luthier: Paul Fischer
    Construction Year: 2005
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Quilted Maple
    Soundboard Finish: Lacquer
    Body Finish: Lacquer
    Air Body Frequency: G / G sharp
    Weight (g): 1460
    Tuner: Rodgers
    Condition: Excellent

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