“So I learnt to “feel” wood, an always living and pulsating material”

My passion for the luthier's craft was born after many years studying classical guitar.

I consider the opportunity for having frequented José Romanillos and having profitted from his teachings to be among my most important professional experiences.

This experience of being near one of the greatest and most able guitar makers has undoubtedly transmitted inestimabile knowledge to me and suggested valuable solutions in the construction of guitars of the highest quality.

So I learnt to “feel” wood, an always living and pulsating material to appreciate the simplicity of a project and the essential basics in the construction as a condition for obtaining an instrument with strong expressive attributes.

The influence of the long Arab presence in Spain can be perceived in the decoration that the luthier applies, even nowadays, with inlays placed especially around the soundhole. These are generally geometric patterns that constitute the builder's "signature". I execute them myself following original drawings, using veneers of various thicknesses with exclusively natural coloration.

Instruments constructed with the maximum care demand finish of high level and technique: the traditional flake shellac French polishing. Only this time consuming and demanding procedure can give the correct brilliance and "depth" to the wood. The acoustic yield is clearly higher than that obtained from instruments painted with modern varnishes, longer-lasting but too rigid...