Originally based out of Southern California, luthier Erez Perelman now lives and builds guitars in his home country of Israel (this particular guitar was built while he was still in San Diego). He builds in a purely traditional Spanish style. Born in Israel and raised among musicians, Perelman found his passion for guitar making after studying guitar under Celin Romero. He considers himself primarily self-taught, although he gives much credit to fellow west coast guitar maker Eugene Clark.

This is truly a remarkable old-fashioned flamenco guitar in every regard. It is extremely light and vibrant, and is incredibly responsive to even the lightest touch. Its tone is simultaneously raspy and aggressive, as well as lyrical and musical. Playability and action are wonderful, and the slightly more compact body size, combined with shorter string length and smaller nut width make this guitar almost play by itself. Simply a tremendous flamenco, especially for the price.

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A hardshell case is included with this guitar.

Luthier Bio: Erez Perelman

Check out the article on Erez Perelman in the January, 2011 issue of ‘Classical Guitar’ magazine.