2015 Teodoro Pérez "Maestro" No. 1111 SP/PF

This 2015 Teodoro Pérez “Maestro” No. 1111 is a spruce and pau ferro classical guitar from Madrid, Spain; Matthew McAllister plays “L’Hymne à l’amour” on a Pérez “Maestro” in the video above.

A Pau Ferro "Maestro"

The middle model of the Pérez line, the “Maestro” is made with top-quality materials all around – here a beautiful and dramatic set of pau ferro (also called “ironwood”) for the back and sides. As on every Pérez, the set-up is superb and the detail work impeccable.

Focus and Projection

Pau ferro is a very hard, reflective wood, and it adds focus and projection to a sound that stays dynamic and expressive – the typical qualities of a great spruce top. Plenty of power and refinement make it a great choice for concert performance.

The Label

The 2015 label carries the number 1111 and the model name “Maestro”. A hardshell case was included.

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.