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

This 2013 Graciliano Pérez "Negra" is a flamenco guitar in spruce and Honduran rosewood from Córdoba, Spain – one of two Graciliano negras from that year that belonged to Fareed Haque.

From the Collection of Fareed Haque

Legendary jazz and classical guitarist Fareed Haque owned this guitar and used it extensively for several years before it came to us.

Sound and Condition

A spruce negra, it is lightly built and feather-like in weight, yet it has enormous power and projection, with the snappy punch of a snare drum – in sound and playability it is startlingly close to an older Córdoba Reyes from the '60s and early '70s, with all the character of the great Andalusian flamencos. Apart from some moderate wear and a small hairline crack in the soundboard (expertly repaired with glue only), it 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.