Vícente Carrillo Casas
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The Spanish
luthier Vícente Carrillo Casas was born in Casasimarro in the province of Cuenca
in 1963 into a family of luthiers that included: his great grandfather, D. Blas
Carrillo Alarcón (1836-1919); his grandfather D. Vícente Carrillo López (1881-1962);
and his father, D. Vicente Carrillo Cantos (1926-1971). Following the death of his
father, when he was only 8 years old, his mother, Gabriela Casas Fornier took over the
Carrillo shop which at the time employed a number of master craftsmen. In 1984, after
military service, Vícente decided to learn the family business, studying not only with
the various luthiers in their shop-- but also with a number of guitar makers of the Madrid
school, among them Angel Benito Aguado and Jose Romero, whose friendship and professional
advice he continues to value. Since his mother retired, the quality of
their flamenco and classical guitars has increased. Each instrument is now built
by hand using traditional techniques. The design of Vícente's guitars are based on
those of Santos Hernandez (1873-1942) with some slight modifications of his own. His
classical and flamenco guitars have that old Madrid tone that is characterized by a certain warmth, deep
basses,
and sweet trebles.
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