1970 Ignacio Fleta CD/IN

This 1970 Ignacio Fleta is a classical guitar with a cedar top and Indian rosewood back and sides, made in Barcelona by Ignacio Fleta and his sons and showing only light playing wear.

A 1970 Ignacio Fleta e Hijos

Dating from 1970, this guitar belongs to Fleta's celebrated cedar years, when the workshop label already read "Ignacio Fleta e hijos". Its sound is rich, powerful and truly magical, with a haunting, dark and mysterious quality.

Clarity, Balance and Sustain

Even in chordal passages the voices come out with unusually good separation. Balance is perfect, there is substantial power on tap, and the sustain is superb across virtually the whole fingerboard.

Condition

The guitar has no cracks and only very modest signs of playing wear. It is in exceptional playing condition, ready for recording or concert work.

A wonderful cedar Fleta, as rewarding to play as it is to own.

Ignacio Fleta: Master Guitar Maker of Barcelona

For performers and collectors alike, the name Ignacio Fleta (1897–1977) ranks among the elite handful of 20th-century luthiers. Trained in Barcelona as a maker of violins and cellos, he built mainly bowed instruments from the late 1920s until 1955, when he decided to devote himself to the guitar. Countless scores of the finest players in the world have played his instruments – among them Andrés Segovia, John Williams, Angel Romero, Turibio Santos, Alirio Díaz and Marcelo Kayath.

Ignacio Fleta e Hijos: Three Generations

By the mid-1960s Fleta's sons, Francisco (1925–2003) and Gabriel (1929–2013), had become his partners in the workshop – which is why the labels from then on read "Ignacio Fleta e hijos" (Ignacio Fleta and sons). After Ignacio's death in 1977 the brothers carried on, and today Gabriel's son, Gabriel Fleta Jr., continues the family workshop in its third generation. Many dozens of Fletas have passed through our doors over the years.