Pepe Romero plays 1970 Miguel Rodriguez

Pepe Romero, father and son, stopped by the showroom to discuss a guitar that made a huge impact on Pepe Jr. as a guitar maker – a 1970 Miguel Rodriguez that has reverse fan bracing (watch the video for a simple explanation). They got together with GSI president David Collett to discuss the guitar and then Pepe Sr. played some of Turina’s Sevillana to show the guitar off for us. This guitar has had a huge impact on Pepe Jr. as a luthier – he’s been using a reverse fan bracing system for almost 100 guitars now – and hearing Pepe Sr. play it we get a sense of why everyone responds to this guitar so enthusiastically.