1972 R S Gale King , 8 Course Renaissance Lute

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.

2006 Juan Hernandez, Concierto

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 Rodriguez, Jr., Santos Classical Guitar

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

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.

2001 Rodrigo Moreira, Concert Classical Guitar

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.

1974 Miguel Gonzalez Abad, Concert Classical Guitar

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 Pedro Maldonado, 1a Concert Classical Guitar

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 Jean Rompré, Concert Classical Guitar

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.

2009 Roberto Pimentel, Custom Grand Concert Guitar

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.

1981 Manuel Contreras, 1a Special Concert Classical Classical Guitar

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.