Since Vicente Carrillo Casas took over, he has re-built he family business, which now employs a number of master artisans, and under his leadership the quality of the flamenco and classical guitars made has drawn wide international acceptance.

The Spanish luthier Valeriano Bernal was born in 1939 in a small village in the province of Cadiz in Andalucia.  When he was only eight, Valeriano began learning the rudiments of woodworkingfrom his cousin,  FranciscoRamirez Leo.