1971 Ignacio Fleta CD/IN

This 1971 Ignacio Fleta is a classical guitar with a cedar top and Indian rosewood back and sides from the Barcelona workshop of Ignacio Fleta e hijos, crack-free and largely original.

A 1971 Fleta Classical Guitar in Cedar

Built in 1971, at the heart of Fleta's great cedar period, this guitar has a magical voice – rich and powerful, haunting and dark, with an air of mystery that is pure Fleta.

Voices separate unusually well, even when playing chordal passages. Balance is perfect, there is substantial power in reserve, and one of its most remarkable characteristics is its superb sustain in virtually every register.

Condition

It has no cracks and is in original condition, with only very modest signs of playing wear and some minor touch-up work to the finish in a couple of places. It is in exceptional playing condition – ready for recording studio or concert stage.

A superb cedar Fleta for the stage or the collection.

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.