Top guitar with high quality woods. After several months working with flamenca guitarists to develop an adequate fan bracing and body, we have achieved an instrument with powerful bass, with force and balance. It has a bright and very flamenco sound. This guitar also works great for jazz, bossa nova or popular Latin-American music. This model can also be done with Indian Rosewood sides and back, that will give it the depth and warmth of this wood. This option is generally used for solo concert guitars, although it also works well with music such as bossa nova or jazz. There´s also the possibility to order this model with thin sides to give
SPR Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-04-27T16:02:57+02:00Semi-professional model. Intermediate model between our studio and professional guitars based on the SP model, to which we have incorporated improvements in quality and price. The SPR guitar is partly built at the Ramírez workshop, where, once completed, it is carefully revised, adjusted and certified. Amplification can be incorporated with a Fishman, Schertler or Midi RMC installation. The top can also be ordered to be built with spruce, which adds a brighter and warmer sound, different from the roundness and depth of the red cedar. This guitar can be constructed for left-handed people as well. If you are interested in other variations, please contact us at info@pianoforte.co.za. Technical Specifications Scale : 650
Tiempo Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-04-27T16:01:21+02:00New “del Tiempo” Guitar: It is a commemorative model that celebrates the history of “Casa Ramírez”. This model has been created to celebrate 135 years since the beginning of this wonderful adventure of constructing guitars by José Ramírez I in 1882. Currently we have reached the fifth generation and we still feel as enthusiastic as we did then. Amplification can be incorporated with a Fishman, Schertler or Midi RMC installation. The top can also be ordered to be built with spruce, which adds a brighter and warmer sound, different from the roundness and depth of the red cedar. This guitar can be constructed for left-handed people as well. If you
Studio 3 Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-04-27T15:59:27+02:00Top studio guitar with a selection of first quality woods. Its sound recalls the original sound characteristic of this firm. Great volume, force, variety of timbres, balance, roundness and warmth. Amplification can be incorporated with a Fishman, Schertler or Midi RMC installation. The top can also be ordered to be built with spruce, which adds a brighter and warmer sound, different from the roundness and depth of the red cedar. This guitar can be constructed for left-handed people as well. If you are interested in other variations, please contact us at info@pianoforte.co.za. Technical Specifications Scale : 650 mm Top : Solid Red Cedar or German Spruce Sides and back : Solid
Studio 2 Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-04-27T15:57:32+02:00High-class and well-balanced guitar. It has a good sustain that allows to easily sing and a wide variety of overtones. This model performs very well with our recommended amplification systems: Fishman and Schertler. Amplification can be incorporated with a Fishman, Schertler or Midi RMC installation. The top can also be ordered to be built with spruce, which adds a brighter and warmer sound, different from the roundness and depth of the red cedar. This guitar can be constructed for left-handed people as well. If you are interested in other variations, please contact us at info@pianoforte.co.za. Technical Specifications Scale : 650 mm Top : Solid Red Cedar or German Spruce
AC650 NY CWE Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:03:54+02:00Acoustic professional guitar with nylon strings. Developed by Jose Ramirez III with the collaboration of his son José Ramírez IV, considering the new musical trends and needs of guitarists. These guitars are also available with electrification equipment FISHMAN, SCHERTLER or MIDI (RMC). All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built with “cámara ”. Technical Specifications Scale : 650 mm Top : Solid German Spruce Sides and back : Indian Rosewood and Cypress. We can supply this model with the sides and back in Madagascar
Cutaway C86 CWE Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:03:37+02:00This guitar was developed by Jose Ramirez III with the collaboration of his son José Ramírez IV, considering the new musical trends and needs of guitarists, and always looking for its comfort. These guitars are also available with electrification equipment FISHMAN, SCHERTLER or MIDI (RMC). All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built with “cámara ”. Technical Specifications Scale : 650 mm Top : Solid Red Cedar or German Spruce Sides and back : Solid Indian or Madagascar Rosewood Fingerboard : Ebony
Traditional Serranito Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:03:18+02:00Víctor Monge “Serranito” is an eminent person and key in the flamenco history. It was his passion, virtuosity, his exquisite sensitivity, creativity and curiosity to learn what lead him to the most important auditoriums and concert halls all around the world and very soon turned him into the leading light of flamenco and an essential figure to understand the evolution of this universal style. This guitar, based on our first Traditional flamenco styled one that José Ramírez III made for him, is a tribute to the master and to his friendship with our house that already covers three generations of guitar makers. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with
Flamenca Tablao Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:03:01+02:00We have launched a reissue of the José Ramírez I’s “Guitarra de Tablao” based on his template and design, plus upgrading the details of construction, adapting them to current preferences relative to comfort and proportions. We have also toyed a little with the appearance, in all cases in accordance with the trends of the time when it was originally developed. It can be built with transparent or wooden tapping plate and also without it. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built
Flamenca Negra Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-29T14:16:07+02:00José Ramírez I created the “Tablao Guitar” which was a breakthrough in the Flamenco Guitar world and afterwards developed by his younger brother and disciple Manuel Ramírez. Both of them were fundamental to achieve our present-day guitar of wide sonority and a characteristic flamenco sound. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built with “cámara ”. Technical Specifications Scale : 656 mm Top : Solid German Spruce Sides and back : Solid Cypress Fingerboard : Ebony Neck : Cedar Bridge : Indian Rosewood Finish
Flamenca Blanca Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:02:25+02:00José Ramírez I created the “Tablao Guitar” which was a breakthrough in the Flamenco Guitar world and afterwards developed by his younger brother and disciple Manuel Ramírez. Both of them were fundamental to achieve our present-day guitar of wide sonority and a characteristic flamenco sound. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built with “cámara ”. Technical Specifications Scale : 656 mm Top : Solid German Spruce Sides and back : Solid Cypress. Fingerboard : Ebony Neck : Cedar Bridge : Indian Rosewood
Plain Flamenca Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:02:05+02:00The Plain Concert model is a guitar with simple construction that can be built in spruce or cedar, and sides and back in Indian rosewood or cypress. It is the first of all our artisan guitars, much more simple in its fan bracing and design. Its woods give voice to our characteristic sound: round, warm, with a wide range of overtones and good projection; although its aesthetics don’t reach the beauty of her older sisters. Its comfort and versatility are two of its best characteristics. This guitar is suitable for professionals, students of the Superior Conservatory and any guitar lover who wants to enjoy a high quality instrument. All José Ramírez
Auditorio Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:01:49+02:00Amalia Ramirez has given a new impulse to the design of the Auditorio guitar, which results have significantly exceeded the previous Auditorio. The current Auditorio has the body (top, back and sides) entirely made with the material known as Nomex. It has a double top, like the original, and a double back; but unlike the Auditorio Duo (the second experiment of Amalia) this has the outer part made of rosewood and the inner part of cypress, a combination that is part of the Ramirez guitars’ identity. All guitarists that own this model have agreed on its surrounding, cozy, powerful and warm sound. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner
Romantica Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:01:32+02:00Instrument shaped by José Ramírez III as a result of the investigations carried out through the samples of his historic guitars’ collection. He creates a new design with distinct influences from the past. Six-simple-string guitar, with the personality, tone and color characteristic of the guitars of the time. It is provided with wide and well-balanced harmonics. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built with “cámara ”. Technical Specifications Scale : 620 mm Top : Solid Red Cedar or German Spruce
Manuel Ramírez Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:01:16+02:00This is a reissue of the guitar built by Manuel Ramírez in 1912 that belonged to Andrés Segovia and which is exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This guitar is famous for the anecdote that took place in Manuel’s workshop when a young Andrés Segovia asked about renting a guitar to play at the “Ateneo” in Madrid. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built with “cámara ”. Technical Specifications Scale : 654 mm Top : Solid German
Tablao Classical Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:00:59+02:00We have launched a reissue of the José Ramírez I’s “Guitarra de Tablao” based on his template and design, plus upgrading the details of construction, adapting them to current preferences relative to comfort and proportions. We have also toyed a little with the appearance, in all cases in accordance with the trends of the time when it was originally developed. This model takes after a José Ramírez I’s guitar from 1913 that we keep in our collection, but it can be made with classic assembly as well, because it has the same pattern as the Ramírez guitar which belonged to Agustín Barrios. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be
Antigua Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:00:40+02:00This guitar is born as a response to the demand for an instrument similar in sound to the guitars that were made at the beginning of the 20th century. It is constructed with a spruce top and/or, only by order, with a red cedar top. In times when the tastes upon the Classical Guitar are so various, we want to offer more possibilities, mainly focusing on two lines of construction: Our template of the Tradicional model. The Ramírez historical guitars, which are completely different in conception, sound, color and tone to the line before. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9
Aniversario Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T20:00:19+02:00A limited design created to celebrate the 125 years of this firm. We only built 125 guitars with 125 ornamentations in marquetry, one for each guitar, placed at the back of the headstock. Details There are carvings on the bridge and the hill. There is a special design in boxwood on the headstock. The rosette, always on a black background, can be: White. The inlaid rosettes are made with synthetic ivory. Coloured. The inlaid rosettes are made with Bloodwood, Purpleheart, Hawaian Koa and Bamboo. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the
Centenario Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T19:59:57+02:00Guitar built in commemoration of the first century of the firm, founded in 1882. It is an instrument of very reduced production and only the finest woods chosen for its beauty are used in its construction. Additional Information Special machine-heads of very high precision made of bronze and synthetic ivory. Hand engraved with an original and different design for each guitar. Inlay of boxwood on the back superior part of the head. Extremity of the bridge carved. Special purfling around the sound-hole, as well as other construction details of the highest quality. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm
Elite Guitar
Bryn Hunter2020-05-27T19:59:39+02:00Technical Specifications This model was conceived in order to satisfy the wishes of the many clients who asked for an instrument similar to the Centenario model, with the same ornamentation, beauty and woods selection, but at a more accessible price. All José Ramírez Handcrafted Guitars can be ordered with a thinner neck, which thickness is 1,9 cm to 2,00 cm on the second fret. Please specify this at the time of order. This guitar can also be built with “cámara ”. Scale : 650 mm or 664 mm Top : Solid Red Cedar or German Spruce Sides and back : Madagascar Rosewood Fingerboard : Ebony Neck : Cedar Bridge : Madagascar Rosewood Finish : Lacquer