Paco Santiago Marin

Paco Santiago Marín – Guitar Maker

Paco Santiago Marín was born in 1946 in Granada. He comes from a family of guitar makers and has been building guitars since 1965.
He had a love for wood from a young age. His father was Francisco Santiago Oliva, a carpenter by profession, who trained him in the trade and accompanied him in the carpentry trade until 1963, the year he entered the workshop of his uncle, Antonio Marín Montero, to learn the craft of guitar making.

In 1972, he decided to become independent and founded his own workshop. For the past 20 years, his son, Luis Santiago, has been working by his side.

Paco has taught courses at numerous international festivals:

At the 6th Guitar Competition and Festival of Havana, Cuba in May 1992.
At the Cordoba Guitar Festival in July 2000-2003.
Additionally, he conducted a seminar at the American Institute of Guitar in New York in November 1993.

His guitars are known for their significant projection, balance, and colorful tone, which are the reasons many well-known players of this instrument prefer them.

He has built replicas of very iconic guitars by old masters – for example, the guitar of Antonio de Torres from 1864, which belonged to Francisco Tárrega. The replica was built at the request of guitarist Adrián Rius.