Barbero flamenco guitar

Barbero was one of the greatest mid-century makers of both classical and flamenco instruments, but is almost universally acknowledged as the archetypal flamenco guitar builder. Although trained in the workshop of Jose Ramirez II, his later, mature style was more along the lines of Esteso and Santos. Guitars 2013 Marcelo Barbero 1948. Red cedar top jacaranda rosewood back and sides. He was a student of the famous Santos Hernández from Madrid. After Santos died, he finished guitars for the widow for a few years that Santos had started to build under a separate label and also built new guitars for the widow in his style.

In remarkably good condition for a 58 year-old flamenco that has obviously been played and loved during those years. It appears to be in original condition but with a long-time-ago repair to the wing of the treble-side, lower bout of the front.

1952 Marcelo Barbero - Zavaleta's La Casa De Guitarras

Barbero is considered one of the greatest Spanish guitar makers of the 20th century. He began his training in the workshop of José Ramirez I and later worked for José Ramirez II.

Marcelo Barbero could not have made a guitar in 1970 since he died in 1955 or 1956, I forget which. There is a Marcelino Barbero who I believe made a few flamenco instruments while working in the shop of Fernandez, but that may be incorrect.Andalusian Guitars work is to create avant-garde guitars made in Spain. Having firstly mastered the traditional standards of stalwarts like Francisco Simplicio, Marcelo Barbero and Santos Hernández, our luthiers team is skillful in the attempt to re-define a different style of flamenco guitars with unprecedented features in sound, design and raw materials, therefore innovating beyond the Torres canons. Marcelo Barbero, Santos Hernández and Domingo Esteso.Highly innovative, amazing new concepts like a unique flamenco bridge, a new double sound portal concept or the Smallman (the guitars that John Williams plays) concept in a flamenco context.

Marcelo Barbero 1953 Flamenco - Kent Guitar Classics

Manuel Reyes to the famous guitar luthier Marcelo Barbero, he moved to Madrid to study together with Marcelo Barbero. Manuel Reyes stayed there for about one year and then returned to Cordoba.

Both my classical model as well as my flamenco guitar have developed through close study of great historical guitars. I have had the opportunity to study guitars made by Torres, Barbero, Lorca, Pages, Vicente Arias and Santos Hernandez .