2006 José Ramírez "1a C650-P" No. Y6-061 CD/CSAR

Year	2006
Top	Cedar
Back & Sides	CSA Rosewood
Scale Length	650 mm
Nut width	53 mm
Finish	Lacquer
Country	Spain
Luthier	Amalia Ramírez

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This is a Jose Ramirez "1a" classical guitar built in 2006. This guitar has a cedar soundboard and CSA rosewood back and sides.

This is the back of a Jose Ramirez "1a" classical guitar built in 2006. It has a cedar soundboard and CSA rosewood back and sides.

This is the rosette of a Jose Ramirez "1a" classical guitar built in 2006. It has a cedar soundboard and CSA rosewood back and sides.

This is the back, sides and bindings of a Jose Ramirez "1a" classical guitar built in 2006. It has a cedar soundboard and CSA rosewood back and sides.

This is the bridge and saddle of a Jose Ramirez "1a" classical guitar built in 2006. It has a cedar soundboard and CSA rosewood back and sides.

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This is the back of a Jose Ramirez "1a" classical guitar built in 2006 on a white background. It has a cedar soundboard and CSA rosewood back and sides.

This is the head and tuners of a Jose Ramirez "1a" classical guitar built in 2006 on a white background. It has a cedar soundboard and CSA rosewood back and sides.

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2006 José Ramírez "1a C650-P" No. Y6-061 CD/CSAR

Eduardo Diaz's "En Tus Manos (In Your Hands)" played by Irina Kulikova on a 2006 Jose Ramirez "1a"

Description

This 2006 José Ramírez "1a C650-P" No. Y6-061 is a classical guitar with a cedar top and CSA rosewood back and sides, with the classic "rose" rosette; Irina Kulikova plays Eduardo Díaz's "En Tus Manos" on it in the video above.

The Ramírez Workshop in 2006

Over more than half a century the José Ramírez workshop has built guitars for countless professionals – everyone from Segovia to Sting, Sabicas to Chet Atkins and Christopher Parkening to Lee Ritenour. The workshop moved to Calle de la Paz 8 in 1995, and five years later Amalia Ramírez took over from her brother José IV; this guitar was made there during her first decade in charge.

A First-Class Ramírez

Possibly one of the most played and best-known Spanish guitars in history, the Ramírez "1a" continues to satisfy players as a truly outstanding performance instrument by any standard. The C650 is the 650mm-scale "Tradicional": the classic Ramírez concert guitar, given a standard string length and an easy neck angle. For attention to detail, quality of construction and sound, we rate this instrument very highly. This one has a particularly striking and beautiful set of CSA rosewood – the "P" of the code is for palosanto – and the classic Ramírez "rose" rosette.

Sound and Condition

It is very easy to play, with a lovely neck and easy action. The tone is thick yet clear, with that essential warm, mysterious and moody quality that made Ramírez famous. The nut is 53mm. Although used, it is in great condition, with only some very modest playing wear. The original embossed "José Ramírez" hardshell case was included. The label, signed by Amalia Ramírez, is dated 2006 and numbered Y6-061, with "C650-P Tradicional" written beside the class.

More reading on our blog: The Ramírez Family: Masters of the Guitar, The José Ramírez Dynasty (from Amalia back to José I) and some interesting fact-checking in José Ramírez: myths and facts.

Background

The José Ramírez Workshop of Madrid

Founded in Madrid in 1882 by José Ramírez I, the Ramírez workshop has produced guitars for more than a century and through five generations of the family. José Ramírez III (1922–1995) took over as maestro in 1957 and developed the Ramírez concert guitar we know today – large in body, with a long string length and a cedar or spruce top, with great power, sustain, sweetness and balance across the entire register. He popularized western red cedar as a soundboard wood, and from the 1960s Andrés Segovia played José Ramírez guitars to the end of his days.

Ramírez Craftsmen and the Next Generations

From the 1960s to the 1990s the workshop trained many of the most talented guitarreros of the day, among them Paulino Bernabé and Manuel Contreras. In 1995 the shop moved from Calle Concepción Jerónima 2 to Calle de la Paz 8, and since the death of José Ramírez IV in June 2000 the business has been directed by his sister, Amalia Ramírez, who inspects every guitar during and after construction.

The Workshop Under Amalia Ramírez

Under Amalia Ramírez the workshop has kept the classic concert guitar at the heart of its range – the "1a" (first class) in the "Tradicional" design, its model code written by hand on the label: C650 for a cedar top with Indian rosewood, "-A" for a spruce (abeto) top, "-P" for CSA rosewood (palosanto) and "-AP" for both, with F656 and F656-A for the cedar and spruce flamencos. Around it she has built a wider family of models: the "Centenario" and "Elite", made with the workshop's most precious woods; the reissued "SP" and "2a"; the "Auditorio", "Antigua" and "Guitarra del Tiempo"; anniversary series such as the "125 Años" and "130 Años"; replicas of historic guitars, from the 1912 Manuel Ramírez played by Segovia to the 1913 "Guitarra de Tablao" of José Ramírez I; and the studio lines NE, R and FL. The concert guitars carry the Calle de la Paz 8 label, signed by Amalia Ramírez with her star signature and numbered with a letter-and-number code (Centenario and Elite have numbers of their own), while the studio guitars have an orange "Guitarras de Estudio" label, "Diseñada, Revisada y Certificada por Ramírez", with the red "Calidad Ramírez" stamp.