2017 Fernando Moreno CD/IN

This instrument - a cedar top concert classical - is very true to its origins in that it clearly feels and sounds southern Spanish in character. It's incredibly lively with fast attack, with a rich, plump quality in the body of every note. The quick attack ensures a clean and crisp amount of separation between the notes, giving it great balance and clarity yet at the same time having a warm, wide sound at the same time. Although Fernando built this guitar in 2017 - it had never left his workshop until 2024 when it was first sent to us. He used this guitar to experiment with some variations on fingerboard concavity but decided to use a standard fingerboard after showing it to several players. The guitar is incredibly lightweight and ultra-responsive making it very easy and a thrill to play. Overall this is a great guitar with plenty of volume for any concert setting. Although used it is in excellent condition with only some mild playing wear in the finish. We're very pleased to be working with this great maker in the USA and very proud to present this fine instrument.

Fernando lives and works in Alcala de Guadaira, a small village just outside of Seville, deep in the heart of Andalucia, birthplace and home to flamenco. However his origins a a guitar maker began in Granada when Antonio Ariza encouraged him to build on his own after seeing the quality of his work while Fernando was assisting in the guitar shop of Valeriano Bernal. Under the tutelage of both Antonio Ariza and Juan Garcia Fernandez, he built his first guitar and later entered the family workshop of Francisco Manuel Diaz where he fine tuned his skills in all aspects of construction from the cutting of the wood to the finishing with shellac, largely with the support of Francisco's son, Victor Diaz.