{"title":"Rojas \u0026 Sanzol","description":"Matías Ezequiel Rojas and Carmen Sanzol were born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where they began their training as guitar makers. In 2007, they started their formal studies at a school in the city’s historic center. After meeting there, they completed their apprenticeships and began working together professionally. Over the following years, they deepened their knowledge under various teachers in both guitar and violin making, attending seminars focused on traditional varnishes, instrument construction, acoustic properties of woods and bracing, and restoration methods. From 2016 onward, they began teaching alongside their building and restoration work. Two years later, they started research on early keyboard instruments, creating an Italian polygonal spinet inspired by Dominicus Pisaurensis (1540) in collaboration with renowned experts. Since 2019, they have specialized in multi-string and flamenco guitars, gaining significant experience with Rodolfo Edgardo Luis Cucculelli. In 2021, they moved to Cremona, Italy, where they studied and restored 19th- and 20th-century Italian guitars. In 2023, they began studying violin-making methods at Suji Kim’s workshop in Parma, following the Scrollavezza school. They now live and work in Santa Cecilia, a small town in the Apennine region of Piacenza, crafting all their instruments entirely by hand using traditional techniques and natural materials.","products":[{"product_id":"rojas-sanzol-2025-apollinea","title":"Rojas \u0026 Sanzol - 2025 Apollinea","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\r\nMatías Ezequiel Rojas and Carmen Sanzol were born in Buenos Aires, Argentina,  where they received their first training in guitar making in 2007. After meeting during their studies they completed their apprenticeships and began building instruments professionally together. In the following years they broadened their knowledge with various teachers in both guitar and violin making and attended specialised seminars on traditional varnishes, acoustic behaviour of woods and bracing patterns, and restoration methods for plucked and bowed instruments. From 2016 onward they combined construction and restoration with teaching and later deepened their understanding of historical keyboard instruments, building an Italian polygonal spinet in collaboration with noted specialists.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\r\nIn 2021 they moved to Cremona where they analysed and restored Italian guitars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and wrote documentation based on this work. Since 2023 they have also spent time in the workshop of Suji Kim in Parma, learning the construction methods of the Scrollavezza school of violin making. Recently they won the third prize at the Antonio Marín Montero competition in Granada. They now work in Santa Cecilia, a village in the Apennines of Piacenza, where all their guitars are built entirely by hand using traditional techniques and exclusively organic materials.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\r\nThe 2025 Apollinea model is conceived as a pursuit of harmonious and rational aesthetics, a concept drawn from Greek art. The soundboard is Italian spruce from Val di Fiemme, chosen for its low resin content, lightness and transverse flexibility combined with longitudinal strength. The top is built with two transverse bars, one above and one below the soundhole, seven fan braces, and an additional transverse bar at bridge level. Heights, thicknesses and spacing are intentionally asymmetrical to allow the strings to express their full character. The rosette is inspired by the work of Santos Hernández. The back and sides are Indian rosewood and the cedar neck contains a concealed hardwood reinforcement. The ebony fingerboard and headplate give a sober solidity. The bridge is light and crafted from rosewood with coloured wood inlays and bone. Rubner El Sonido tuners complete the instrument. The finish is French polish.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\r\nThe sound has an intimate and inviting quality. The tone is bright and smiling yet never sharp and the basses are remarkably deep for an instrument of this weight. A gentle veil of overtones surrounds the main voice and gives each note a luminous shape. The air body resonance lies around F and can be felt as a subtle undercurrent that breathes warmly beneath the fundamentals. The response is immediate and expressive even at soft dynamics and the guitar opens naturally when played with strength without losing its clarity. One of the most striking qualities is the comfort of the instrument. The left hand glides freely across the fingerboard and complex passages feel unusually accessible. The overall impression is of a finely balanced guitar that combines intimacy with depth and presents a vivid and poetic tonal landscape.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52808389329229,"sku":"S18722","price":5990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/rojas-sanzol-2025-44.jpg?v=1763741861"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/collections\/rojas-sanzol.oembed","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}