2009 Sergio Tezanos CD/AR

This 2009 Sergio Tezanos is a cedar and African rosewood classical guitar from Madrid, Spain, made by the nephew and longtime workshop partner of Mariano Tezanos.

Cedar, African Rosewood and Fine Inlay Work

Built with the typical Madrid-style construction and feel, this guitar features striking materials and is appointed with some intricate inlay work in the rosette and purfling.

Sound and Condition

Its sound is big, hearty and full yet very balanced and clear, and it strongly recalls the great Bernabé guitars of the 1980s and 1990s. It plays and sounds fantastic, and although a used guitar, it has only some very minor playing wear on the top and is otherwise in excellent condition.

Three Generations of Tezanos Guitars in Madrid

The Tezanos name in Spanish guitar making goes back to the first Mariano Tezanos, a respected maker of the Madrid school in the 1950s who built guitars for well-known concert players in a small workshop in his home. His son, Mariano Tezanos Castro, was born in Madrid in 1949. After finishing his studies in 1963 he began working with José Ramírez III, first as an apprentice, and in 1984 he started building his own instruments inside the Ramírez workshop, signed "MTC No. 10".

Tezanos-Pérez and the "Maestro" Model

In 1991 Mariano joined forces with another Ramírez veteran, Teodoro Pérez, and the two built guitars together under the name "Tezanos-Pérez". In April 2005 they parted ways on friendly terms and each set up an independent shop. Working under his own name at Calle Vicente Camarón 19 in Madrid, Mariano built his "Maestro" model in the big, powerful Madrid tradition he learned at Ramírez.

Sergio Tezanos: The Third Generation

Sergio Tezanos, Mariano's nephew and the grandson of the first Mariano, has worked alongside his uncle since 1995. He went on to build guitars under his own label at the same Vicente Camarón address, developing his own models, which have been exported to countries including Japan and the United States.