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Zavaleta's La Casa de Guitarras specializes in Spanish flamenco and classical guitars made in Spain. We know flamenco guitars and carry carefully selected inventory of handmade flamenco instruments built by individual Spanish luthiers. Because we are a guitar dealer not a retail store, our guitars are not those left after thousands of buyers have looked at them. We have no pound puppies.  If we do not have what you want in stock, we can easily place an order for you with any of the Spanish guitar makers we handle.  For our overseas clients, while you are welcome to buy from our U.S. inventory, we can offer you substantial saving by shipping directly from Spain. Arizona residents are subject to state sales taxes. Don't hesitate to contact us with any questions.  

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Featured Flamenco Guitar

2008 Antonio Raya Ferrer Concert  Flamenco Guitar.  Antonio Raya Ferrer is the son of Antonio Raya Pardo, and shares his father's workshop. This guitar shows that he has been well taught, and is able stand on his own as a guitar maker. The craftsmanship is superb as is  breaths the quality of tone. The label is signed and dated, and numbered. This is a true handmade concert guitar with an authentic flamenco punch, worthy of a professional player. It has a great rasp burn, and power. It offers a wonderful pallet of colors, incisive trebles that can be sweet, rounded, lyrical when asked.  It has nice firm basses, and sings in every register. The action is low, very flamenco.

  2008 Antonio Raya Ferrer concert flamenco guitar played by Gaetano

 

 
 

 

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New Flamenco Guitars

2010 Manuel Adalid Professional Flamenca Negra Guitar. Manuel Adalid (b. 1951) is a second generation luthier, and head luthier at Esteve. He is widely respected in Spain as among the most experimental and innovative guitar makers in Spain. Although the Esteve makes production guitars, Manuel Adalid maintains his own workshop within Esteve, where he carries on experiments and personally makes the guitars that he sells under his own name. The Viviana concert flamenco negra guitar is a model that Manuel Adalid has designed to our specifications and builds for us exclusively. It offers a concert quality sound at an affordable price. It is impeccably made-- and has the characteristics that professional flamenco players demand: power, projection, bright tone, great snappy rasp and burn, crisp firm basses, strident popping trebles, solid mid-range, and above a low fast set up. 

2010 Manuel Adalid Viviana Flamenca Negra Guitar played by Gaetano

 

$2500 US

2009 Manuel Rodriguez, Jr., Model Santos, Professional Flamenca Negra Guitar (pegs). Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. (b. 1962)  is a third generation luthier,  son of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. (born 1926-2008), and grandson of Manuel Rodriguez Pérez (1887-1958) who began building classical guitars in 1905. Manuel Rodriguez Jr is now building an exclusive line of guitars for Zavaleta's inspired by those of the old Madrid School masters: Santos Hernandez, Domingo Esteso, etc. My instructions to Manuel were to build a light bodied instrument which feels alive in ones hands and captures characteristic sound of these master luthiers. The guitars Manuel made for me exceeded my expectations.

2009 Manuel Rodriguez Jr, Santos Model Flamenca Negra played by Gaetano

$2,750 US

2009 Manuel Rodriguez, Jr., Model Domingo, Professional Flamenca Negra Guitar (pegs). Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. (b. 1962)  is a third generation luthier,  son of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. (born 1926-2008), and grandson of Manuel Rodriguez Pérez (1887-1958) who began building classical guitars in 1905. Manuel Rodriguez Jr is now building an exclusive line of guitars for Zavaleta's inspired by those of the old Madrid School masters: Santos Hernandez, Domingo Esteso, etc. My instructions to Manuel were to build a light bodied instrument which feels alive in ones hands and captures characteristic sound of these master luthiers. The guitars Manuel made for me exceeded my expectations.

2009 Manuel Rodriguez Jr,  Model Domingo Flamenca Negra  played by Gaetano

$2,750 US

2009 Manuel Rodriguez Jr. Model Santos, Professional Flamenca Negra Guitar. Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. (b. 1962)  is a third generation luthier,  son of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. (born 1926-2008), and grandson of Manuel Rodriguez Pérez (1887-1958) who began building classical guitars in 1905. Manuel Rodriguez Jr is now building an exclusive line of guitars for Zavaleta's inspired by those of the old Madrid School masters: Santos Hernandez, Domingo Esteso, etc. My instructions to Manuel were to build a light bodied instrument which feels alive in ones hands and captures characteristic sound of these master luthiers. The guitars Manuel made for me exceeded my expectations.
 
2009 Manuel Rodriguez Jr. Model Santos, flamenca negra guitar played by Gaetano

 

$2,750 US

2009 Manuel Rodriguez Jr. Model Domingo, Professional Flamenca Negra Guitar.  Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. (b. 1962)  is a third generation luthier,  son of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. (born 1926-2008), and grandson of Manuel Rodriguez Pérez (1887-1958) who began building classical guitars in 1905. Manuel Rodriguez Jr is now building an exclusive line of guitars for Zavaleta's inspired by those of the old Madrid School masters: Santos Hernandez, Domingo Esteso, etc. My instructions to Manuel were to build a light bodied instrument which feels alive in ones hands and captures characteristic sound of these master luthiers. The guitars Manuel made for me exceeded my expectations.

2009 Manuel Rodriguez Jr. Model Domingo, flamenca negra guitar played by Gaetano

 

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2006 Rafael Romero Model 1E (Especial) Concert Flamenco Guitar.  I discovered Rafael Romero Barroso on a recent trip to Spain. Born in 1963 in the province of Cadiz, this Spanish luthier was a professional flamenco guitarists before he found his true vocation as a guitar maker. As a luthier,  Rafael  brings the sensibilities of a professional guitarists to his craft.  The model 1 E is an  handmade flamenca guitar made using made with the highest quality materials. This handmade flamenco guitar is beautifully crafted, and offers a bright, raucous, flamenco sound with great rasp and burn. It has great crisp, deep basses, a rich vibrant mid-range, and trebles to die for.  Rafael really know how to set up a flamenco guitar, so it is a joy to play. 

2006 Rafael Romero 1E concert flamenco guitar played by Gaetano

 

$4,425 US

2008 Pedro Maldonado  Andalucia Model Professional Flamenco Guitar. The Spanish luthier Pedro Maldonado was born in Loja, Granada in 1929. He apprenticed first with Manuel de la Chica, and later with Miguel Robles,  who he credits as being his primary teacher. In 1959, he open his own workshop, and currently builds with his sons Pedro and Luis. His flamenco guitars are highly esteemed in flamenco circles. The Andalucia model is a handmade 1a quality professional flamenco guitar personally made by the Maldonados exclusively for us. It is a true concert flamenco guitar with power, burn, snarl, firm crisp basses, and brilliant vibrant trebles, as well as refinement and loveliness of tone. I love the set up on these guitars. Many leading flamenco artists to play Maldonado's guitars, including Vícente Amigo, Pepe Romero, Manuel Cano, Sergio Lara, Diego Vargas, Strunz and Farah, and many more.
2008 Pedro Maldonado Andalucia Model Professional Flamenco Guitar played by Gaetano, #1

 

$4,500 US

 

2008 Pedro Maldonado Andalucia Model Professional Flamenco Guitar. The Spanish luthier Pedro Maldonado was born in Loja, Granada in 1929. He apprenticed first with Manuel de la Chica, and later with Miguel Robles,  who he credits as being his primary teacher. In 1959, he open his own workshop, and currently builds with his sons Pedro and Luis. His flamenco guitars are highly esteemed in flamenco circles. The Andalucia model is a handmade 1a quality professional flamenco guitar personally made by the Maldonados exclusively for us. It is a true concert flamenco guitar with power, burn, snarl, firm crisp basses, and brilliant vibrant trebles, as well as refinement and loveliness of tone. I love the set up on these guitars. Many leading flamenco artists to play Maldonado's guitars, including Vícente Amigo, Pepe Romero, Manuel Cano, Sergio Lara, Diego Vargas, Strunz and Farah, and many more.

  2008 Pedro Maldonado Andalucia Model Professional Flamenco Guitar played by Gaetano, #2

 

$4,500 US

 

2008 Antonio Raya Ferrer Concert  Flamenco Guitar.  Antonio Raya Ferrer is the son of Antonio Raya Pardo, and shares his father's workshop. This guitar shows that he has been well taught, and is able stand on his own as a guitar maker. The craftsmanship is superb as is  breaths the quality of tone. The label is signed and dated, and numbered. This is a true handmade concert guitar with an authentic flamenco punch, worthy of a professional player. It has a great rasp burn, and power. It offers a wonderful pallet of colors, incisive trebles that can be sweet, rounded, lyrical when asked.  It has nice firm basses, and sings in every register. The action is low, very flamenco.

  2008 Antonio Raya Ferrer concert flamenco guitar played by Gaetano

$5,400 US

2006 Hermanos Conde Professional Concert Flamenco Guitar. This fine professional flamenco guitar is from the original Hermanos Conde shop on Gravina which is currently run by Faustino's widow. The Hermanos Conde, (Faustino, Mariano, and Julio) were trained by their uncle Domingo Esteso (1882-1937), one of this century's greatest guitar makers. The Gravina shop's master craftsmen continue to build the same models of classical and flamenco guitars that made the Conde name famous. This guitar offers the qualities that the Conde Hermanos made famous: great playability, and the dry bark and responsiveness that flamenco players love.

  2006 Hermanos Conde professional concert flamenco guitar played by Gaetano

$5,600 US

2008 Jose Ruiz Pedregosa Coral Concert Flamenco Guitar. The coral wood (a  deep red African hardwood) produces a sound brighter than cypress, but has the hardness and weight to give it the power one expects from a flamenca negra. This is one of the most exciting  flamenco guitars we have, beautiful flamenco tone, and edge, low fast action. I expect this maker to become very hot. I have compared José Ruiz Pedregosa's flamenco guitars head to head with that of flamenco Gerundino Fernandez and found that I liked that of  Jose Ruiz Pedregosa more.

 2008 José Ruiz Pedregosa Coral Flamenco  played by Gaetano

 $6,650 US

 

2009 Jose Ruiz Pedregosa Coral Concert Flamenco Guitar. This coral flamenco defines deude with its power, depth and richness of tone. It has a great rasp and burn. It basses are profound and full, its trebles strident and lyrical. I love its low fast action. This guitar has everything any professional player could want.

 

2009 Jose Ruiz Pedregosa Concert Coral Guitar played by Gaetano

 $6,650 US

 

2009 Jose Ruiz Pedregosa Concert Flamenco Guitar. This is one of the most regal sounding flamenco guitars we have, beautiful flamenco tone, and edge, low fast action. I have compared José Ruiz Pedregosa's flamenco guitars head to head with that of flamenco Gerundino Fernandez and found that I liked that of  Jose Ruiz Pedregosa more.

 2009 Jose Ruiz Pedregosa concert flamenco played by Gaetano

 $6,650 US

 

2006 Rafael Moreno Concert Flamenca Negra Guitar. This Granada based luthier is one of the top up-and-coming makers from Andalucia. Pepe and Celin Romero have recently acquired several of his instruments and expect to see several more top players playing them in the future. This flamenca negra guitar has three piece beautiful back made of Indian rosewood. The Hauser style hand engraved Rubner tuners. Rafael tells me that he lent this guitar to his good friend Pepe Habichuela  to do a concert. Unfortunately, Pepe put a couple of nail marks on the top. Although Rafael has polished over them, and they are barely visible,  if one knows where to look, they can be discerned. Consequently, we have discounted this guitar by several hundred dollars. This is one of the strongest flamenca negras to come through in a long time. It has a wonderful voice, great color, trebles that strike out, basses that are firm and crisp, and true flamenco rasp.
 
  2006 Rafael Moreno Concert Flamenca Negra played by Gaetano
 

$6950 US

2008 Antonio Raya Pardo Concert Flamenco Guitar.  When I first saw this guitar in Granada a few months ago, Antonio Raya Pardo had just finished building it, but had not yet applied the finish. We strung it up, and played it for the first time. It was a canon, a monster, an extraordinary flamenco guitar with great power and projection. I bought it on the spot. Its back and sides are made of Koa wood, which like spruce is light weight, but produces a guitar an fantastic palette of color, yet still flamenco in tone, with great duende. Antonio has fitted this guitar with mechanical pegs, that feel like real pegs, but are extremely smooth, and work without slippage. The action is very comfortable, and it is a real joy to play.

2008 Antonio Raya Pardo concert flamenca guitar played by Gaetano

$7,800 US

2008 Jose Romero 1a F Concert Flamenco Guitar. The Spanish luthier José Romero is another of the fine craftsmen who learned their trade in the workshop of José Ramirez, but is now concentrating on making his mark in the world of flamenco guitars.  This is  impeccably crafted, handmade guitar uses fine woods of the highest quality. This concert flamenco possess a wonderful, burning flamenco voice, and great snarl. The trebles are clear and concentrated. The basses are firm. The balance between trebles and basses is excellent. All of this, in a very musical instrument-- that possess all the qualities one expects in a great flamenco guitar. I hand picked this guitar  on my most recent trip to Spain!

2008 Jose Romero 1a F Concert Flamenco played by Gaetano

 

$8400 US

2007 Felix Manzanero Concert Flamenca Negra Guitar.  All the woods employed in building this guitar have been aged at least 30 years. The  German spruce used for the top is outstanding, and Indian rosewood is superb. Felix Manzanero is one of the handful of outstanding luthiers to come out of the Ramirez workshop in the 1960s (such as Bernabe, Contreras, and Mario Tezanos), and is widely considered among finest flamenco guitar makers in Spain. This handmade concert flamenca negra guitar not only is an absolute gems of the luthier's art, but has the power and tone one expects in a great flamenca negra: profound basses, rich incisive trebles, and an aggressive flamenco bark. I picked this one out myself in Madrid on my most recent visit to Spain.  

2007 Felix Manzanero Concert Flamenca Negra played by Gaetano

 

 

$11,700 US

 

Used Flamenco Instruments

2009 Manuel Adalid,Viviana Model, Professional Flamenco Negra Guitar.  Manuel Adalid (b. 1951) is a second generation luthier, and head luthier at Esteve. He is widely respected in Spain as among the most experimental and innovative guitar makers in Spain. Although the Esteve makes production guitars, Manuel Adalid maintains his own workshop within Esteve, where he carries on experiments and personally makes the guitars that he sells under his own name. The Viviana concert flamenco negra guitar is a model that Manuel Adalid has designed to our specifications and builds for us exclusively. It offers a concert quality sound at an affordable price. It is impeccably made-- and has the characteristics that professional flamenco players demand: power, projection, bright tone, great snappy rasp and burn, crisp firm basses, strident popping trebles, solid mid-range, and above a low fast set up. The top of this guitar cracked in shipping below the bridge. While we have had it expertly repaired, and the sound is unaffected, we cannot sell it as a new guitar, and so have priced it as a used instrument.

2009 Manuel Adalid Viviana Model, professional flamenca negra #4 played by Gaetano

$2,000 US

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2004 Hermanos Conde Model EF5N Flamenca Negra Guitar. This EF5N model flamenca negra guitar is from the Hermanos Conde shop on Felipe V in Madrid. The finish is flawless.  The neck is straight, no repairs are needed nor have any been done. The set up is standard for flamenco, there is also sufficient bone on the saddle to lower the action should this be desired. Comes with hardcase.    

 

2,500 US

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1998 Miguel Malo Concert Flamenco Guitar. Born in Madrid in 1943, the Spanish luthier Miguel Malo was introduced into the world of guitar makers at an early age.  In 1959, Miguel began as an apprentice at Ramirez, as a pupil of Paulino Bernabe and Mariano Tezanos Sr. He also was trained by and later worked with such veteran luthiers as his uncle Antonio Martinez Ortega and Alfonso de Benito. Because of his aptitude within 6 months he had built his first bandurria; and within another year he had made his first guitar without assistance. In 1962, at age 19, because of his fast progression and skill, Jose Ramirez promoted him to a oficial de primero, or master craftsman. Miguel continued to work for Ramirez until 1993 when financial troubles at Ramirez forced him and many others to become independent craftsmen, and setup their own workshops. This handmade professional flamenco guitar was built by Miguel Malo in 1998. The label is signed, dated, and numbered, no 17. It is in excellent condition. According to its owner, it has no cracks, and needs no repairs. The action is comfortable, but there is sufficient bone in the saddle to adjust the action if desired.

 

 

 

2,500 EURO

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1968 Jose Ferrer Flamenco Guitar. Infrequently seen instrument by famous Granada maker, Jose Ferrer (1926-1976), son of Eduardo Ferrer, built during his Palma de Mallorca period. Build towards the end of his career, eight years before he died. Although not very visible in the pics, there is a very thin back stripe of light colored wood matching the thin light wood of the purfling. Just re-polished in matte lacquer by German Vasquez Rubio for a very vintage look.. Four repaired grain checks in lower to mid-portion of back that have been cleated with radiused grafts by GVR.. Probably just humidity related. Face is in perfect condition as are sides. No dings, nicks, gouges, or string burns anywhere. New full clear golpeador. The owner reports it has lots of volume! Excellent flamenco rasp. Very handsome appearance.

 

 

$3,500 US

 

1985 Pedro Maldonado 1a Concert Flamenco Guitar. This guitar is in mint condition: no dings, scratches, gouges, errant nail marks, string burns, or repairs. Looks brand new. Incipient grain check in lacquer immediately adjacent to bass side of fret board but does not appear to penetrate through the wood. Gustavo Vasquez Rubio said to leave it alone. Purchased by owner in Spain from private party two years ago (in that hot-bed of flamenco, Guipuzcoa, in the Basque provinces!) He reports: Excellent, earthy flamenco sound. Good volume and projection.
 

 

$3,950 US

 

1995 Lorenzo Pimentel Concert Flamenco Guitar. Lorenzo Pimentel is a luthier in Albuquerque, New Mexico with a good reputation for making flamenco guitars. This handmade concert flamenco guitar was purchased by the present owner's husband from Lorenzo, according to the original bill of sale. It is in excellent shape with the exception of two minor scratches on one side.

 

 

 

$4,000 US

1987 Pedro Martinez Peñalver Concert Flamenca Negra Guitar. This high quality flamenca negra was built by Pedro Martinez Penalver, a guitar maker from Baza, a town in the province of Granada. In 1962 Pedro Martinez Peñalver began his apprenticed with Alfonso Checa (1914-1977), who is recognized as having been one of the master luthiers in Granada.  After Checa's death, Pedro took over his workshop. Pedro Martinez Penalver's guitars have a duende professional flamenco players seek and love. The guitar is a show piece of the luthier's art with its carved headstock and bridge. As is typical of his instruments, this guitar is made of master grade woods. Its top is made using the best tight-grained German spruce, the back and sides are made from premium grade Indian rosewood. Note this guitar is in Belgium.

 

 

$4,250 US

1960 Ancelmo Solar Gonzalez Concert Flamenco Guitar. Ancelmo Solar Gonzalez was born in 1918 in Valle de Nalon, and as a self-taught luthier was already winning prizes at Expositions for his guitars by 1938. In 1943, he moved to Madrid and went to work for Santos Hernandez, who unfortunately died soon afterwards. Ancelmo, however, continued to build guitars for Hernandez's widow until 1948, when he decided to open his own workshop. This flamenco guitar is a wonderful example of his work. While it received a wound to one side, it has been expertly repaired. Note this guitar is currently in Italy.

 

 

3,500 Euro

1957 Marcelino Lopez Nieto Concert Flamenco Guitar.  Born in 1931, Marcelino López Nieto was a cabinet maker before becoming a guitar maker. He was drawn into making guitars, because he was studying with Daniel Fortea, and wanted a fine guitar, but could not afford one.  He established his own workshop in Madrid in 1949. Marcelino is a complete luthier, and makes not only fine classical and flamenco guitars, but historic guitars and ancient instruments. He is also one of only five living Spanish makers included on Summerfield's list of the finest guitar makers since 1800. This flamenco guitar, no 145, which was made in 1957 has back and sides of cypress, German spruce top, machine heads, and like old flamenco guitars a tap plate made of maple. The guitar has been recently restored and repolished by German Vasquez Rubio,  including a re-fret job, splining two cracks below the bridge, and adjacent to the fingerboard. He also repaired a whack crack on the base side on the lower bout, and refinished the guitar using French polish for the face, and lacquer for back, sides, neck, and headstock.  The finish is in perfect condition. Although hard to see in photos, the owner reports it has a new tap-plate. This guitar posses the unique signature sound of Marcelino's flamenco guitars.

$5,200 US

1973 Jeronimo Peña Fernández Concert Flamenco Guitar. Jose Pena Fernandez (b. 1933) is a well-known luthier in flamenco circles, and his guitars are played by such great flamenco players as Monolo Sanlucar, Manolo Escobar, and Enrique Montoya. Jeronimo Peña Fernandez, who is among the few luthiers to whom Luis F. Leal Pinar devotes an entire chapter in "Guitarreros de Andalucia" (2004) is now semi-retired, and no longer exports, although he continues to build instruments for collectors. He is also trained Jose Ruiz Pedregosa. This guitar has been used by flamenco players so bears the usual signs: nail marks, particularly noticeable in front of golpeador (tap plate), shallow capo marks on the back of the neck. There is enough bone in the saddle so that the action can be lowered further if so desired. The neck is straight, there are no cracks, nor does the guitar require any repairs.

 

 

 $4,800 US

 

 

1962 Jose Ramirez 1a Concert Flamenco Guitar (M.G.) This guitar was made by Manuel Contreras while he worked for Jose Ramirez. Stamped with Manuel Contreras's encircled initials: "M.G." on the foot of the neck. It is identical in every respect to that featured on pp.98-99 of Sheldon Urlik's book on Fine Spanish Guitars - and, is probably in better condition. Totally flawless and original. The best you will ever see. Comes with original case in excellent condition, original polish cloth, unopened case key envelope, as well as a brochure in Spanish and English on proper guitar care from the Ramirez shop, inscribed with original owner's name ("Q. Cunningham" of Tennessee), the present owner bought it from his estate. The son told him that his deceased father bought it new at the Ramirez shop on a trip to Spain. Featherweight - only 1080g fully strung (70g lighter than Urlik's at 1155g!) (1080g = 38.1oz = 2.4lbs) The present owner reports that it has crystal clear trebles, (esp the 3rd - the traditional weak link); beautiful hallmark early-'60's Ramirez flamenco tone, fast action with no buzz, (unless you really dig in). Lots of volume.

 

 $8500  US

 

2004 Mark Ferguson and Victor Diaz Concert Flamenca Negra. This finely made flamenca negra was built in Granada in a unique collaboration between Manuel Diaz's son, Victor Diaz, and Mark Ferguson, an accomplished flamenco guitarist.  The construction is meticulous and close attention is given detail. The neck is straight and action is perfect for flamenco. As well, there is sufficient bone showing in the saddle to lower it should this ever be desired. While the guitar has been recently had its French polish refreshed, because Mark played used it professionally, so there are some residual nail marks that are that can be seen.
 
2004 M. Ferguson & V. Diaz Concert Flamenca Negra.
 
 $10,000 US

 

 

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