2014 Graciliano Pérez "Negra" CD/CSAR

This 2014 Graciliano Pérez "Negra" is a flamenco guitar in cedar and CSA rosewood from Córdoba, Spain, with brilliant projection and a full, rich body to every note.

A Cedar Negra from Córdoba

Graciliano's flamencos have found many great players, including Vicente Amigo, who owns several – see Vicente on a recent Graciliano cedar negra. Like Graciliano's other guitars, this one owes much to his friend Miguel Rodríguez.

Sound

Built a little heavier than his blancas, this cedar negra has enormous power and brilliant projection. There is the snappy punch of a snare drum, and it is startlingly reminiscent in sound and playability of an older Reyes (also from Córdoba) from the '60s and early '70s – all the character and style of the great Andalusian flamencos of the past century.

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.