1996 Ignacio Fleta e hijos CD/IN

This 1996 Ignacio Fleta e hijos is a classical guitar with a cedar top and Indian rosewood back and sides, made in Barcelona by Francisco and Gabriel Fleta, the sons of Ignacio Fleta.

A 1996 Fleta e Hijos Classical Guitar

This is a great Fleta from 1996, built under the family's "Ignacio Fleta e hijos" label. It offers a combination of tremendous power, balance, warmth and clarity, and it is in fantastic condition, with almost no playing wear in the finish.

Sound and Playability

The sound is haunting, dark and mysterious – wonderfully suited to Spanish and South American repertoire – with superb sustain in virtually every register. Playability is easy, with a very comfortable neck and an easy response to the right hand. This guitar is ready for the stage or the studio.

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.