2024 German Vázquez Rubio "Classic Estudio" No. 021524 CD/PE

This 2024 German Vázquez Rubio “Classic Estudio” No. 021524 is a classical guitar with a cedar top and palo escrito back and sides, made in Los Angeles, California, with Mexican palo escrito back and sides.

A Genuine G.V. Rubio from Los Angeles

The “Classic Estudio” is built in the G.V. Rubio workshop in Los Angeles, and it is a genuine G.V. Rubio in every sense. It is made as a first-rate student and entry-level concert guitar, and it is exactly that in every respect.

Materials, Sound and Playability

Palo escrito, a very fine rosewood from Mexico, is German’s choice for the back and sides. The sound is great and the guitar plays very easily. It is finished in a hand-thinned lacquer.

The Label and Condition

The 2024 label is numbered 021524 and signed by German.

German Vázquez Rubio: Early Years in Paracho, Mexico

German Vázquez Rubio (also known as G.V. Rubio) has been making guitars since 1968 – over fifty years – and has developed his own signature sound that guitarists have come to love. He was born in 1952 in Paracho, Mexico, where there is an abundance of fine luthiers (with few exceptions, all of the finest guitars in Mexico come from Paracho). German’s first formal training began at eleven years old, when he left school to help support his seven siblings and went to work in the workshop of his uncle, Manuel Rubio. There, even at his young age, he made a conscious effort to make guitar building his life’s work.

“Desde 1968”

In 1968, at the age of sixteen, he made his first concert-level guitar (hence his label reads “Desde 1968”). German has since been able to learn from many different master builders such as Félix Manzanero, José Romanillos and Thomas Humphrey. He now resides in Los Angeles, California, where he builds a variety of both classical and flamenco models. He is also the maker of the real-life guitar from the Disney/Pixar film Coco – you can read more in our article on German Vázquez Rubio and the real Coco guitar.

First Prize in Mexico

In 2000, German won First Place at the Concurso Nacional de Constructores y Ejecutantes de Guitarras, Mexico’s national guitar-making competition.