At the beginning of April 2023, the guitarist Forbes Henderson came to our store with the intention of greeting me and inviting me to the opera The...
Forbes Henderson and The Nose
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Ramírez: a century and a half designing guitars
Since José Ramírez I began our guitar career, we have contributed different designs to the guitar world, always seeking excellence and favouring...
Online flamenco guitar lessons
The Música Maestros platform offers training in different instruments and musical styles, with the participation of professionals and expert...
Last farewell to Gerardo Arriaga
On 27 April 2023 we attended the heartfelt tribute paid by colleagues and students at UCM to the late maestro, musicologist and musician Gerardo...
We attended the Madrid Flamenco Festival 2023
On 26 April we attend the presentation of the Madrid Flamenco Festival 2023. In this edition, the 1st Flamenco Guitar Cycle has been created, named...
The museum – palace of Alhama de Aragón and its corner for Manuel Ramírez
Antonio and Jacinto Moros appeared in our guitar shop on 16 September 2020, just after that strange fragment of a year that kept us confined and in...
Ralph Towner Tour
Ralph Towner is an American musician and co-founder of Oregon, one of the most innovative and creative jazz groups of all time. Although his initial...
Contributions of José Ramírez III
From the 40's to the end of the 80's, José Ramírez III was a key figure in the evolution of the Spanish Guitar, both flamenco and classical. Amalia...
Documentary of Manolo Sanlúcar
At the age of just 7, Manolo Sanlúcar was introduced to the world of flamenco guitar, training and acquiring an exceptional mastery of musicality...
The different timbres of the guitar
Andrés Segovia gave the classical guitar an instrumental hierarchy, collaborating closely with great composers and showing the different colours of...
Ramírez Guitars in the forum of craftsmanship and musical instruments at Música no Claustro in Tui (Galicia)
Cristina Ramírez, 5th generation of our family of guitar makers, took part in a round table held in Tui (Galicia), on the occasion of the forum of...
Fernando Sor International Guitar Competition
This week we will be able to enjoy the concerts organised in collaboration with the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the Madrid Casino...
Francisco González, master guitar maker for José Ramírez I
When my great-grandfather, José Ramírez I, entered the workshop of his master, Francisco González, in the second half of the 19th century, the...
Ramírez Guitars on the RTVE programme “Ahora o nunca”
The 31st programme of "Ahora o nunca", which is broadcast on RTVE, has dedicated a space to highlight the richness of our country, showing corners,...
What does fingerboard carving consist of?
Fretboard carving is a fundamental step in the construction of guitars. It determines whether the instrument is of good quality or not. Would you...
Interview with Diego García, the Twanguero
Diego García, better known as "Twanguero" talks to us about the curiosities of his name and explains the creation of his latest album "Carreteras...
Geometry and proportion in the Ramírez Guitar
Written by Jesús Alonso Trigueros. Dr. Civil Engineer and Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The master guitar maker José Ramírez...
The structure of the Ramirez Guitars workshop
Our workshop has a great history and maintains the essence of its origins. That is why today we want to show you the structure of the Ramírez...
Aguado 170 years later and the Ramírez Collection
It is no coincidence that the guitar found its place in the circles dedicated to salon music, cafés, small theatres and serenades in the palaces of...
We are featured in the blog Revive Madrid
Revive Madrid is a project that aims to raise awareness of the history, legends, locations and most important personalities of the city. Thus, in...
The rose mosaic
Between the 1950s and 1960s, José Ramírez III, filled several notebooks of graph paper with various designs for the mosaics of his guitars. Some of...
How to change the strings of your guitar?
Changing the strings on your guitar is very important because the sound can be impaired as the strings wear out. It is therefore advisable to...
The 5-pointed star
It was 2011 when I had one of those existential crises that we all go through at some point in our lives. Searching for my passion Since I was a...
José Ramírez III on Radio Exterior España
In March 1963, Radio Exterior España went to our artisan workshop, where tradition has passed down from father to son and from century to century...
How did Marcelo Barbero learn his trade as a guitar maker?
Recently, we received an interview with Narciso Yepes in which the interviewer inserted a telephone intervention by my father, José Ramírez III, who...
Influence of varnishes on guitar sound
The period in which my father, José Ramírez III, dedicated the most time to experimentation was between the 50s and the 70s. And, of course, the...
Mark Knopfler with his Ramirez C86 CWE guitar
It must have been in the late eighties or early nineties when Gibson was our US distributor, and my dear friend Robi Johns, then in charge of our...
The origin of the bandurria Calvete model
We are extremely lucky to have the memory —when it fails us or we fail to have it because we did not live at that time— of our historic store...
Manuel Ramírez and his Torres
My great-granduncle, Manuel Ramírez de Galarreta, must have been a very interesting character and also very daring, because of the things that our...
José Ramírez III talking about Narciso Yepes in the Figura y paisaje programme
On 3 December 1988, the journalist Andrés Aberasturi interviewed the great Spanish musician Narciso Yepes in the programme Figura y paisaje. In this...
We attended the Spanish Guitar Exhibition
We are happy to announce that we will be at the Spanish Guitar Exhibition taking place at the Casa de las Ciencias in Logroño. The exhibition runs...
A brief history of the Ramírez family, guitar makers
Given that my grandfather, José Ramírez II, was always rather uncommunicative, I can assure you that we have had very sketchy, not to say scarce,...
He regalado ella a George de los «Beatles»” (“I’ve given her to George”): the Beatles’ Ramirez
We bring you an article written by our friend the musicologist Xosé Crisanto Gándara Eiroa, where he tells us one of the best-known anecdotes of the...
José Ramírez, the flamenco guitar that conquered the world
There is no doubt that it is to Andrés Segovia that we owe the full diffusion of the Spanish guitar throughout the world, a task that he undertook...
We were featured in the Cámara Abierta programme as an example of small business digitalisation
Some time ago Google selected us as an example of small business digitalisation in the Community of Madrid thanks to the actions we put in place to...
Around Pedro Antonio Ramírez de Galarreta Planell
A few months ago, Cristina Ramírez Sanginés kindly asked me to write a short piece about how I discovered the existence of her ancestor Antonio...
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Forbes Henderson and The Nose
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Ramírez: a century and a half designing guitars
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Online flamenco guitar lessons
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Last farewell to Gerardo Arriaga
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We attended the Madrid Flamenco Festival 2023
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The museum – palace of Alhama de Aragón and its corner for Manuel Ramírez
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Ralph Towner Tour
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Contributions of José Ramírez III
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Documentary of Manolo Sanlúcar
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The different timbres of the guitar
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Ramírez Guitars in the forum of craftsmanship and musical instruments at Música no Claustro in Tui (Galicia)
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Fernando Sor International Guitar Competition
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Francisco González, master guitar maker for José Ramírez I
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Ramírez Guitars on the RTVE programme “Ahora o nunca”
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What does fingerboard carving consist of?
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Interview with Diego García, the Twanguero
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Geometry and proportion in the Ramírez Guitar
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The structure of the Ramirez Guitars workshop
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Aguado 170 years later and the Ramírez Collection
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We are featured in the blog Revive Madrid
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The rose mosaic
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How to change the strings of your guitar?
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The 5-pointed star
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José Ramírez III on Radio Exterior España
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How did Marcelo Barbero learn his trade as a guitar maker?
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Influence of varnishes on guitar sound
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Mark Knopfler with his Ramirez C86 CWE guitar
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The origin of the bandurria Calvete model
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Manuel Ramírez and his Torres
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José Ramírez III talking about Narciso Yepes in the Figura y paisaje programme
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We attended the Spanish Guitar Exhibition
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A brief history of the Ramírez family, guitar makers
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He regalado ella a George de los «Beatles»” (“I’ve given her to George”): the Beatles’ Ramirez
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José Ramírez, the flamenco guitar that conquered the world
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We were featured in the Cámara Abierta programme as an example of small business digitalisation
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Around Pedro Antonio Ramírez de Galarreta Planell
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We participate in the project Maestros del Tiempo of Cervezas Alhambra and Movistar +.
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Talking about the history of the guitar on the Hoy Toca Podcast
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How to clean your guitar and its fingerboard?
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Cristina Ramírez talks about the success story of Ramírez Guitars with technology on Hoy por Hoy
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Interview with Amalia Ramírez: Lady of the guitar
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Sabicas and Segovia Models (Sherry Brenner and 2nd guitars)
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The Cámara Guitar of José Ramírez III
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Goodbye Manolo Sanlúcar
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The Ramirez Labels of our handmade and studio guitars
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Guitar maker’s soul
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Amplification systems for studio guitars
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Differences between a classical guitar and a flamenco guitar
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8 chains of Ramirez guitar makers
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Spruce or cedar top guitars: We tell you the differences
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The phonographic cylinders of Luis and Simón Ramírez
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José Ramírez and the Madrid school
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Chronicles and anecdotes of the great-great-grandfather
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Tour presentation of Secondary Roads VOL.2
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Types of wood for handcrafted guitars
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Women and men in the Ramírez guitarrerias
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What is a 1A guitar?
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Women guitarists: Who was the first in Spain?
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History of Ramirez Guitars studio guitars
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What are Ramírez handmade guitars?
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New book Centenary Business
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Tour to Italy from 5 to 9 October 2021
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Cremona Fair (Mondo Musica) 2021
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Manuel Babiloni Award for Musical Excellence
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Black-and-white photographs of our workshop in 1927
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The José Ramírez Guitar Shop in 1967
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Ramirez in Musica No Claustro
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Handmade guitars vs. studio guitars
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Serranito Farewell Tour 65 years on stage
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New guitars José Luis Montón
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Paco Vidal in Friends of the Guitar of Valencia
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Farewell tour of Víctor Monge “Serranito”
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Historical hints (C.14): beautiful and imperfect
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Historical hints (C.13): 10 string guitar and its author
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Historical hints (C.12): Fair competition
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Historical hints (C.10): Ramírez and flamenco
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Historical Hints (C.9): Studio Guitars
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Historical Hints (C.8): The Auditorium guitar
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Historical hints (C.7): Andrés Segovia’s Manuel Ramírez guitar and the artisan workshop
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Historical Hints (C.6). It all started in Salvatierra: José Ramírez I’s history
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Historical hints (C.5): The last Ramírez of Andrés Segovia
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Historical hints (C.4): Anecdotes 1
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Historical hints (C.3): The Aurea guitar
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Historical hints (C.2): History of Manuel Ramírez
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Historical hints (C.1): The chair makers
