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This guitar was built in the famous Jose Ramirez III workshop, which for over half a century has produced instruments performed on by countless professionals from Sting to Segovia, Chet Atkins to Sabicas and Lee Ritenour to Christopher Parkening.
The tone of this guitar has that classic, identifiable Ramirez sound from this era - a rich, thick and yet clear voice throughout, and has that essential warm, mysterious and moody quality that made Ramirez famous. Stamped initials internally are IM (Ignacio Manzano Rozas) who worked for Jose Ramirez from 1959 to 1969 and then in the Contreras shop from 1970 to 1987 before setting up on his own, so this must have been a guitar he completed at the end of his stint with Ramirez and labeled/sold the year after his departure. (For a complete list of Ramirez luthiers from this era, click here). Condition is excellent, apart from one cleat up against the fingerboard in the upper bout/treble side, it just has some normal playing wear in the finish from regular use over the past 5 decades. An absolutely fantastic example of a of a top Ramirez from their golden era made with gorgeous materials.
For more information on Ramirez, be sure to read The Ramirez Family: Masters of the Guitar, or for information on the Ramirez family members, from Amalia Ramirez back to Jose I and for some interesting fact-checking on myths and facts about this legendary workshop.
