2012 Graciliano Pérez "Negra" CD/CSAR

This 2012 Graciliano Pérez "Negra" is a cedar and CSA rosewood flamenco guitar from Córdoba, Spain – the sister guitar to the long-scale cedar negra he had just made for Vicente Amigo.

Sister to Vicente Amigo's Negra

Vicente Amigo has already bought several of Graciliano's flamencos, and the guitar we have here has the same features and specs as Vicente's most recent Graciliano – a long-scale cedar negra. Graciliano's guitars are strongly influenced by Miguel Rodríguez – in fact the two were friends.

Sound

This guitar, a cedar negra, has a slightly heavier build than his blanca counterpart, and has enormous power and brilliant projection. It has the snappy punch of a snare drum and a full richness to the body of each note. This guitar has all the character and style of the great Andalusian guitars of the past century.

Photos taken during this guitar's construction

Graciliano Pérez: Flamenco and Classical Guitar Maker of Córdoba

Graciliano Pérez (Graciliano Pérez Carrizosa, b. 1955) was born in Puertollano, in the province of Ciudad Real, and moved to Córdoba at the age of 9. He began to play the guitar at 11, and that is when he met the great luthier Miguel Rodríguez Beneyto – the Rodríguez workshop was on his street – and began a friendship with the Rodríguez family that would last a lifetime. He learned from the family directly, studied their guitars in great depth, and still uses woods he bought from Rodríguez for some of his guitars. He also took classes at the Córdoba Conservatory with the great guitarist and teacher Manuel Cano.

The Córdoba School, from Vicente Amigo to Today

His guitars carry the aesthetic of the Córdoba school – his own rosettes that harmoniously combine color and design, a silhouette with an accented curve and a particularly comfortable neck – built the traditional Spanish way on a solera rather than in a mould, from woods at least 25 years old, and French polished. They have found their way into the hands of Vicente Amigo, who recorded his album "Tierra" with them, as well as Raimundo Amador and Eduardo Trassierra. In 2017 Graciliano was honored at Córdoba's Noche Blanca del Flamenco, and today he builds together with his brother José Antonio Pérez Carrizosa in their workshop on Calle Estonia, in Córdoba's Tecnocórdoba business park.