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We know classical guitars and carry carefully selected inventory of fine handmade concert guitars by individual Spanish luthiers. Because we are a guitar dealer not a retail store, our concert guitars are not those left after thousands of buyers have looked at them.

We have no pound puppies. If we do not have what you want in stock, we can easily place an order for you with any of the Spanish guitar makers we handle. For our overseas clients, while you are welcome to buy from our U.S. inventory, we can offer you substantial saving by shipping directly from Spain.

Arizona residents are subject to state sales taxes. Don't hesitate to contact us with any questions about the classical guitars for sale.

PURCHASE POLICY: Guitars shipped pre-paid on 48 hr. approval, 30 day exchange.

CASES: Guitar cases are included.

FOR NEW GUITARS WE OFFER A $35 CREDIT TOWARDS SHIPPING COST IN THE CONTINENTAL USA.

Search our inventory of fine handmade flamenco guitar built by Spain's finest luthiers.

Featured Guitars

2010 Rafael Roman, Madrid Model Concert Classical Guitar

Top: Canadian Cedar
Back & Sides: Figured Rosewood
Price: $6,800.00

The Rafael Roman line of guitars has been designed by a distinguished member of the Madrid school, and are built under his supervision to exacting specifications using carefully selected, fine woods.

2009 Manuel Rodriguez, Jr., Manuel Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $2,750.00

Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. (b. 1962)  is a third generation luthier,  son of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. (born 1926-2008), and grandson of Manuel Rodriguez Pérez (1887-1958) who began building classical guitars in 1905.

2008 Rúben Moisés López, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $6,900.00

Rúben Moisés López is the son of Marcelino López Nieto -- one of Spain's most respected luthiers whose concert guitars are widely sought after by players and collectors alike.  Starting at the age of five, since his father's workshop was in their home, Ruben Moises began learning about tools and woods, and guitar making.

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1972 R S Gale King , 8 Course Renaissance Lute

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: European maple
Price: $1,250.00

1972 R S Gale King 8-course (15 strings) Renaissance lute in excellent condition with hardly a mark, apart from 2 slighlty bleached spots (see top photo). The neck is dead straight. Thhere is no case, but the lute will be encased in styrene, cardboard and 3ply panel.

2010 Roberto Escobedo Hernandez, Torres Model Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $1,800.00

I picked this little Torres model classical guitar up this summer while in Mexico, being just the kind of guitar I like.  Roberto Escobedo Hernandez is a member of a distinguished family of luthiers who have won prizes for their work.

2006 Juan Hernandez, Concierto

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $2,000.00

The Spanish luthier Juan Hernandez was born in 1948 in Turis, Valencia. When he was 15 he began as an apprentice in the Esteve factory, eventually he became one of their master craftsmen, and rose to become manager of production.

2009 Manuel Adalid, Viviana Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $2,600.00

Manuel Adalid (b. 1951) is a second generation luthier, and head luthier at Esteve. He is widely respected in Spain as among the most experimental and innovative guitar makers in Spain. Although the Esteve makes production guitars, Manuel Adalid maintains his own workshop within Esteve, where he carries on experiments and personally makes the guitars that he sells under his own name.

2009 Manuel Rodriguez, Jr., Santos Classical Guitar

Top: Canadian Cedar
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $2,750.00

Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. (b. 1962)  is a third generation luthier,  son of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. (born 1926-2008), and grandson of Manuel Rodriguez Pérez (1887-1958) who began building classical guitars in 1905.

2009 Manuel Rodriguez, Jr., Manuel Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $2,750.00

Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. (b. 1962)  is a third generation luthier,  son of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. (born 1926-2008), and grandson of Manuel Rodriguez Pérez (1887-1958) who began building classical guitars in 1905.

1910 Max Amberger, Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: European maple
Price: $2,750.00

This very well-made guitar is from the Max Amberger workshop. Max Amberger, (1838-1889) was a luthier in Munich who founded a company that built zithers, violins, and guitars around 1860.

1998 Martin Proteau, 1865 Torres Model Concert Classical Guitar

Top: Canadian Cedar
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: Inquire

$2,800 - This guitar is in Canada, so the price is expressed in Canadian dollars.

Martin Proteau is a Canadian maker who was trained at the Ecole de Luthierie Artisique du Noroit.

2001 Rodrigo Moreira, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: Alaskan yellow cedar
Back & Sides: Brazilian
Price: $2,875.00

Rodrigo Moreira is a Brazilian luthier, whose guitars are becoming well-known, and now sell new for $4500-5000. Although he learned his craft in Brazil from his grandfather, he now resides in Massachusetts.  He is also the president of the Brazilian Rosewood Foundation which exports legal Brazilian rosewood from stumps left over in old logging areas.

1992 Josep Ferré, Model C-3a, Classical Guitar*

Top: Cedar
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $3,000.00

Josep González Farré was born in 1922 in Barcelona. He began his career as a cabinet-maker, but in 1954 turned to making guitars. From 1956 to 1964 he worked for the Juan Estruche factory.

1974 Miguel Gonzalez Abad, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: Aged German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: €3,000.00

Manuel Gonzalez Abad, nicknamed, El Cojo, was born in Almeria in 1906, and died in the same in 1989, and was the father of Juan Miguel Gonzalez.

2004 Ricardo Louzao, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: Cedar
Back & Sides: Raoli (an Argentinean wood)
Price: $3,000.00

Ricardo Louzao is a luthier in Argentina who is earning an international reputation for his lattice braced, millenium style guitars. This guitar is in nearly perfect condition, no cracks, no repairs.

2004 Pedro Maldonado, 1a Concert Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $3,200.00

Pedro Maldonado was born in Loja, Granada in 1929. He apprenticed with the luthiers Manuel de la Chica, and  Miguel Robles,  crediting the latter as being his primary teacher. In 1959, he open his own workshop in Malaga, and currently builds with his sons Pedro and Luis.

1999 Casimiro Lozano Carrillo, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $3,300.00

Casimiro Lozano is one of Spain up and coming luthiers, who has gained an international reputation over the past decade. After playing one of his guitars, I sold my 1a Ramirez. This guitar is in excellent condition, its only defects being a small cracks in the sides that occurred during shipping from the maker's shop.

1999 Jean Rompré, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $3,500.00

Jean Rompré was born in Montreal in 1970, and began building guitars at age 13. In 1987 he enrolled in the Montreal School of Luthierie and latter apprenticed with Neil Herbert, Linda Manger and Michael Dunn learning from them advanced techniques of classical guitar design and construction including computer analysis of frequencies.

2004 Sasha Rradicic, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $3,995.00

Sasha Rradicic was born in Bosnia. Fleeing ethnic violence, he moved to Munich in 1992, and apprenticed with a guitar maker there. In 1998, he moved to Saint Louis, Missouri and opened a School of Luthierie.

2009 Roberto Pimentel, Custom Grand Concert Guitar

Top: Englemann spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $4,200.00

This lovely guitar was made in 2009 by Robert Pimentel, son of Lorenzo Pimentel (b.1928) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pimentel guitars have been bought by such luminaries as Pepe Romero, Johnny Smith, Ottmar Liebert, Manuel Lopez Ramos, and many others.

1994 Ignacio M Rozas, 2a Concert Classical Guitar

Top: German Spruce
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $4,250.00

Ignacio M. Rozas was born in 1943 in Madrid. As a young man, he apprenticed with José Ramirez, working there from 1959 to 1969. After leaving Ramirez, he went to work for Manuel Contreras, a former Ramirez craftsmen who had set up his own shop.

1981 Manuel Contreras, 1a Special Concert Classical Classical Guitar

Top: Red cedar
Back & Sides: Brazilian Rosewood
Price: $4,496.00

Born in Madrid in 1926, Contreras  joined the Ramirez workshop as a senior journeyman in 1959. It was Contreras who made the first José Ramirez guitar Andrés Segovia bought in 1960.

2003 Brian Dunn, Concert Classical Guitar

Top: Cedar
Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
Price: $4,500.00

Brian Dunn is a luthier in Tucson, Arizona who is rapidly rising to national prominence. Although he is a luthier with many years of experience, he only begam building classical guitars in 2001.

 
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