2015 Teodoro Pérez "Antigua" No. 1095 SP/AR

This 2015 Teodoro Pérez “Antigua” No. 1095 is a spruce and African rosewood classical guitar from Madrid, Spain – one of the first examples of the compact, Torres-type model introduced that year.

The Pérez "Antigua" Model

The “Antigua” was introduced in 2015. Like the Concierto it is entirely French polished, with single sides, but it has a more compact body – a Torres-type plantilla and body depth, hence the name – while keeping regular playing measurements: 650 mm scale and a 51 mm nut.

A Spanish Voice in a Compact Body

Despite the smaller body, the sound is very distinctly Spanish, with a full, romantic tone and quick attack – a fantastic concert guitar for the player who wants a modern Madrid instrument with the compact feel of an antigua.

The Label

The label reads “Antigua”, with the year 2015 and No. 1095 written in by hand under the 28918 Madrid postcode – the very next number after it, 1096, is our spruce Concierto of 2015.

Trained in the José Ramírez III Workshop

Teodoro Pérez was born in 1952 in the province of Soria, Spain, but moved to Madrid while still very young. In 1966 he began his apprenticeship in the famed José Ramírez III workshop, where he built guitars, lutes, bandurrias and mandolins. During these years, he had the great honor to meet some of the great maestros of the twentieth century, including Andrés Segovia, Narciso Yepes and many others. In 1970, after passing the appropriate tests, and with the approval of José Ramírez, he qualified as First Official, and stamped the guitars he made with his initials GPM.

Tezanos-Pérez and a Family Workshop in Leganés, Madrid

In 1991, Teodoro teamed up with fellow Ramírez veteran Mariano Tezanos, and built guitars under the name "Tezanos-Pérez" until 2005. Today he builds with his family in their workshop at Calle del Perú 4 in Leganés, just south of Madrid: his son, Sergio Pérez, who has been assisting him in his work since 1998, his daughter, Beatriz, and his son-in-law, Marco Tejeda. Sergio and Marco also build guitars under their own names. GSI is proud to represent these guitars exclusively in the United States.

The Pérez Model Line

The workshop builds a complete range of models. The Estudio C-650 (from 2016), an entry-level concert guitar with its own numbering, and the Madrid (from 2012) are finished in lacquer. The Concierto is the first model finished entirely in French polish, with single sides; the Maestro sits in the middle of the line; and the Especial is the top model, with the finest materials and additional purfling and inlay – some Maestro and Especial guitars have double sides. The Antigua (from 2015) has a smaller Torres-type body, single sides and a 51 mm nut, and La Emperatriz is built after the 1884 Antonio de Torres "La Emperatriz", SE 72. For flamenco there are the Flamenco Blanca and Flamenco Negra, and the anniversary models – ten 50th Anniversary guitars in 2016 and, from 2020, the Especial Aniversario – celebrate Teodoro's half-century as a guitar maker.