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Nuestras Guitarras
Segovia model: on top of red cedar in lid
The red cedar top has revolutionised guitar making around the world, thanks to its sound quality and stability. But how did it become so iconic in the guitar-making universe? To answer this question, we must go back to 1963, when José Ramírez III, master guitar maker...
Joan Manuel Serrat with a white flamenca by Ramírez
An unforgettable concert at the Teatre de l'Aliança del Poble Nou In 1974, Joan Manuel Serrat gave one of the most memorable concerts of his career at the Teatre de l’Aliança del Poble Nou in Barcelona. This live recital captured the essence of the Catalan...
Puntadas Históricas
Historical Stitches (C.11): The initials on the Ramirez Guitars
When my great-granduncle Manuel Ramírez died, his journeymen, Modesto Borreguero, Santos Hernández and Domingo Esteso, continued for some years in his workshop with Manuel Ramírez's widow. Filomena Vera Cervelló, Manuel's widow, as far as we know, was not a guitar...
Historical hints (C.14): beautiful and imperfect
I grew up hearing about the defects in the woods used in guitars, the knots, the cocas, the veins of irregular tones... and for me it became something quite normal until I began to see that woods whose appearance was not adequate were discarded in the search for an...
Guitarrería Ramírez
Your first guitar: How to choose the best option
After the first article I published on how to choose your handmade guitar, my teacher Ana Jenaro told me that it would be interesting to talk about how to choose your first guitar, especially if we are talking about children. Her student, also a teacher, Elena de...
Segovia model: on top of red cedar in lid
The red cedar top has revolutionised guitar making around the world, thanks to its sound quality and stability. But how did it become so iconic in the guitar-making universe? To answer this question, we must go back to 1963, when José Ramírez III, master guitar maker...
Curiosidades
Choose a guitar
Nowadays, there is a very good level of handmade guitars. People with more tradition or new people have achieved such a good quality that the competition becomes very interesting and entertaining. I am going to talk about how I, as a guitar maker, would choose a...
A history of varnishes: Chapter 1 – Urea-Formol
Urea-formaldehyde varnish in history Urea-formaldehyde varnish, also known as urea-formaldehyde varnish, was a type of varnish widely used in the past, especially in the first half of the 20th century. It was mainly used in the furniture and woodworking industry to...
Eventos y noticias
International Instruments Fair in Cremona (Mondo Musica)
September marked, once again, our participation in the international musical instrument fair in Cremona: Cremona Musica. This prestigious event, considered the number one in the world for high quality stringed instruments, has become an unmissable event for music...
Why isn’t there a music museum in Madrid?
The question has become almost rhetorical, asked so many times by different voices and ignored on numerous occasions by those in power who could make this beautiful project a reality. The lack of response is incomprehensible, as is the indifference in a city that...
Entrevistas
Amalia Ramírez and the legacy of Ramírez Guitars: 142 years of history and excellence
Since its foundation in 1882, Guitarras Ramírez has been a world reference in the manufacture of handcrafted guitars. This Madrid-based firm has been the mainstay of classical and flamenco guitar making for more than a century, and today continues its legacy with...
A guitar workshop with the aroma of history: Guitarras Ramirez on Radio 3
The radio comes to our workshop Last (Monday, October 8, 2024) the programme ‘Hoy empieza todo’ of Radio 3, with Marta Echeverría and Nacho Álvaro, visited our workshop to learn first-hand about the construction process of a Ramírez guitar. From ‘Manos Sucias’, Nacho...
Artistas relacionados
Collaboration with Raül Refree
At Ramírez Guitars, we are proud to see how our instruments continue to inspire musicians from all over the world, transcending the boundaries of music to become part of innovative and multidisciplinary projects. A clear example of this is Raül Refree's recent...
Joan Manuel Serrat with a white flamenca by Ramírez
An unforgettable concert at the Teatre de l'Aliança del Poble Nou In 1974, Joan Manuel Serrat gave one of the most memorable concerts of his career at the Teatre de l’Aliança del Poble Nou in Barcelona. This live recital captured the essence of the Catalan...