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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...
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...
The story of Ramírez Guitars cannot be told without talking about the journeymen who have passed through its workshops over the years. From the earliest days of the company, these talented craftsmen selected and trained by the Ramírez family have been the backbone of...
Between the 1950s and the 1970s, my father, José Ramírez III, bought large quantities of wood in logs and, very especially, of Brazilian rosewood, which, when cut, was selected from among the first (1st) quality cuts and those that, for not complying with the...
I am writing this article as a consequence of a trip and a publication in our networks. I never thought that a pleasure visit, which was intended to satisfy my curiosity, would lead to so much and for so little, so here I am once again making demands and insisting,...
When it comes to left-handed guitars, many people think that changing the string order on a standard guitar is enough to make it a ‘left-handed guitar’. But the reality is much more complex. In order for a guitar to function properly in the hands of a left-handed...
Hello, I am Amalia Ramírez, and today I would like to share with you the fascinating story of the Segovia model, one of the most precious jewels of Guitarras Ramirez. This model is not only significant for its quality and sound, but also for its deep connection with...
Do you want to learn to play the guitar, but don't know where to start? At Guitarras Ramirez we get a lot of questions about where to learn to play or how to improve your technique. That's why we wanted to create this blog post to help you find the perfect guitar...
First Ramírez Spanish guitar with cutaway It was in the mid 80's when my brother, José Ramírez IV, set out to build the first Spanish guitar with cutaway for a different style of music than what we usually built, that is, classical or flamenco music. He was thinking...
The Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural presents Flamenco Chipén, an exciting exhibition that invites you to travel through the history of flamenco in Madrid from the mid-19th century to the 1990s. Thus, they wanted to collaborate with Guitarras Ramírez to...
One of the most frequently asked questions by guitarists is what kind of strings we recommend for our guitars. So, today we are going to answer this important question. Ramírez Guitar Strings The first thing to keep in mind is that strings are a very important element...
Mark Knopfler, member of the iconic British rock band Dire Straits, is auctioning more than 120 guitars and amplifiers from his collection on 31 January in London. Among all the items up for auction will be a handmade Ramirez Guitar. Mark Knopfler Auction Throughout...
At Guitarras Ramírez we are always committed to innovation and the incorporation of new features in our guitars, constantly seeking to improve the musical experience of guitarists. For this reason, we have worked together with LR baggs to include a new amplification...
One of the areas in which José Ramírez III did a lot of research was that of varnishes. So, today we show you the varieties he studied for the construction of his guitars. The use of varnishes by José Ramírez III Years ago, shellac was used, but José Ramírez III was...
At Guitarras Ramírez, we are always carrying out research and innovations to create guitars that adapt to the needs and requirements of guitarists. This is how the first Guitarras Ramírez handcrafted studio guitars were born. Read our article to learn about the...
Today we show you the alternatives that we had to use in the construction of guitars due to the shortage of cypress that occurred in the 70s and 80s. In addition, we explain the transition from the split butt to the full butt and we highlight the importance of the...
I often hear comments saying that the guitars from the 60's and 70's are better than today's. The answer is simple and logical, and it is also not without poetic components that must be valued. Fusion of guitarist, guitar maker and woodwind players If we refer to...
Since the word spread regarding Santos Hernández’s claim that he had been the creator of the Manuel Ramírez guitar that Manuel gave to Andrés Segovia (which is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art in New York) there has been a work of harassment...
As I have already written in another short article on the memory of guitars, I will start by insisting that it is not true that the guitars of the 60s and 70s are better than later ones. It is a necessary preamble when talking about second-hand guitars. Change of...
Guitars are made up of a set of pieces that, when placed strategically, produce a beautiful sound. So, today we talk about the importance of the headmachine of a guitar and we show you our Ramírez 36 mm headmachine. The importance of a guitar headmachine The...
It would be around the middle of the 70s when guitars began to appear on the market under the name of José Ramirez Tomás. It was a fraud that brought many complications to my father, José Ramírez III, until they were finally able to locate this José Ramírez Tomás who...
At the beginning of April 2023, the musician Forbes Henderson came to our store with the intention of greeting me and inviting me to the opera The Nose, by Dimitri Shostakovich, at the Teatro Real, where he was part of the orchestra playing the domra and, as I was not...
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 suspense. We had just reopened relatively recently and, just as I was about to close the shop, they came to the door....
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 craftsmanship and musical instruments. During her participation, she shared space with Gaitas Seivane, being able to show...
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 noble amateurs, a phenomenon which, following the line marked by the French Revolution, took place in Vienna and Paris...
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 them became famous and were copied by guitar makers, but not by artisan guitar makers, as the mosaics are, like the...
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 child I learned to love guitars, because I perceived day by day the love that my father felt for them. And although at the...
Recently, we received an interview with Narciso Yepes in which the interviewer inserted a telephone intervention by my father, José Ramírez III, who was unable to attend in person, but whose intervention was succulent and instructive. In the interview, Yepes, probably...
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 period to investigate with the varnishes arrived. At that time, the finish that was used on guitars, traditionally, was...
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 manager Miguel Martínez, a worker who retired in 2000 and was the second generation in our company, since his father, Jesús...
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 Ramírez Guitars. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Your interior on the screens On 14 September 1964, the film Qué...
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 start the digital transformation process of Guitarras Ramírez. This led other people to get to know us, to stay...
Today we are going to talk about the labels of the guitars handmade in our workshop, our Ramírez Labels. Until 1967 there was no real control of the labels, therefore, the dates will be approximate and surely there are some labels that are not reflected in this...
Cristina Ramírez explains, in the video below, the differences between a classical guitar and a flamenco guitar. Both are Spanish guitars, but the fundamental difference can be found both in the woods and in the construction. What are the differences between a...
Many years ago, I had a strange dream in which, to make a long story short, Rank Xerox's daughter had to take care of certain matters relating to her father. Of course, at the time, it did not occur to me that the trademark of a photocopier could be related to the...
In this article, Cristina Ramírez and Adrián Baratech will tell us the differences between a spruce or cedar top guitar. Do you want to discover them? Keep reading 😉 What is the difference between a guitar with a cedar top and one with a spruce top? For this purpose,...