2007 Daryl Perry "Simplicio" SP/SW

This 2007 Daryl Perry “Simplicio” is a spruce and satinwood classical guitar – an accurate and beautiful copy of a satinwood guitar by Francisco Simplicio.

A Satinwood Simplicio

Great attention was paid to every detail, including the carved head veneer and the intricate rosette and purflings of the Barcelona master. The dark, aged spruce top is paired with an incredible set of figured satinwood. The signed label reads “Winnipeg 2007 Canada”.

Sound

The appearance is matched by the sound, which is lush, warm and loose. Nemanja Bogunović plays Morricone’s “Chi Mai” on it in the video above – an elegant tribute to one of history’s most iconic builders.

Daryl Perry: Canada’s Master of the Torres Tradition

Canadian luthier Daryl Perry has been a full-time guitar maker in Winnipeg since 1982, and his son Jesse now works with him in the workshop. Early in his career he was introduced to the ideas of the Torres–Hauser school through José Luis Romanillos, and he has worked with them ever since, building concert guitars and historical reproductions with no carbon fiber, one sound hole and one soundboard.

Lutes, Research and Concert Artists

Grants for his work allowed him to do historical research in Europe and North America, and he has also built Renaissance and Baroque lutes. In 1994 two of his guitars were shown at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. Fábio Zanon, Marcin Dylla, Johan Fostier, Jérôme Ducharme and Paolo Pegoraro have performed on Perry guitars, and Roland Dyens recorded “Sor and Giuliani” (2006) and “Naguele Tempo” (2008) on one.