2013 Graciliano Pérez "Negra" SP/HR (ex Fareed Haque)

This 2013 Graciliano Pérez "Negra" is a spruce and Honduran rosewood flamenco guitar from Córdoba, Spain, owned and used for several years by jazz and classical guitarist Fareed Haque.

Owned by Fareed Haque

It has been owned and used extensively for the last several years by legendary jazz guitarist Fareed Haque (who is also a very established classical player).

Sound and Condition

This guitar, a spruce negra, is lightly built, feather-like in weight, yet has enormous power and projection. It has the snappy punch of a snare drum and is startlingly reminiscent in sound and playability of an older Reyes (also from Córdoba) from the '60s and early '70s. This guitar has all the character and style of the great Andalusian flamencos of the past century. Apart from some moderate wear, and a small hairline crack in the back (expertly repaired), the guitar is in excellent condition, ready for the stage or studio.

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.