{"product_id":"francisco-munoz-2026-especial-homenaje","title":"Francisco Munoz - 2026 Especial Homenaje","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFrancisco Muñoz is one of the leading figures among the newer generation of Spanish guitar makers. Based in Granada, a city with a long and deeply rooted guitar-making tradition, he has developed a style that reflects both the local school and his own refined sense of construction, proportion, and sound. His international recognition was strengthened when he won first prize at the 2nd International “Antonio Marín Montero” Guitar Making Competition, a distinction that underlined the precision, elegance, and musical quality of his work within a demanding field of contemporary makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2026 Francisco Muñoz is a traditional Granada-style concert guitar with a lively, direct, and unmistakably Spanish character. Built with a cedar top and walnut back and sides, it offers a sound that is warm in colour yet quick in response, with an immediate attack that gives musical lines clarity and rhythmic vitality. The walnut contributes a particularly attractive openness to the voice, allowing the guitar to feel airy and agile while preserving enough depth for lyrical classical repertoire.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe tonal balance is one of the instrument’s strongest qualities. Notes retain a consistent intensity across the registers, so passages moving from the upper positions into the lower range remain even and clearly shaped. The trebles are brilliant without becoming hard, the basses speak with warmth and definition, and the overall response invites a wide range of articulation. There is a natural versatility here: the fast attack and bright edge can suggest flamenco colour, while the cedar top provides the warmth, flexibility, and tonal adjustment required for classical playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe workmanship is precise and refined, with clean woodwork and a visual restraint that suits the instrument’s musical personality. Rather than presenting walnut as an unusual choice for its own sake, this guitar shows how convincingly the wood can serve a Spanish concert voice: transparent, responsive, warm, and full of movement. It is an expressive instrument for players who value immediacy, balance, and the living character of the Granada tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54202647281997,"sku":"S18993","price":6990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/francisco-munoz-2026-especial-homenaje-10.jpg?v=1783069159","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/products\/francisco-munoz-2026-especial-homenaje","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}