1967 Ignacio Fleta SP/CSAR

This 1967 Ignacio Fleta is a classical guitar with a spruce top and CSA rosewood back and sides, built in the Barcelona workshop of Ignacio Fleta e hijos and free of cracks.

A 1967 Fleta in CSA Rosewood

Fleta used Indian rosewood for the great majority of his guitars, so this 1967 example – spruce over CSA rosewood back and sides – is a bit of a rarity.

Sound

The voice is deep and complex, with great dynamic range and balance, and the unmistakable Fleta color – dark and haunting – along with substantial power and an unusually clear separation of voices.

Condition

The guitar is in great condition, with no cracks and only very modest signs of playing wear – in exceptional playing condition, ready for the concert stage or the recording studio.

A truly fine Fleta, as rewarding on the concert stage as it is in a collection.

Ignacio Fleta: Master Guitar Maker of Barcelona

For performers and collectors alike, the name Ignacio Fleta (1897–1977) ranks among the elite handful of 20th-century luthiers. Trained in Barcelona as a maker of violins and cellos, he built mainly bowed instruments from the late 1920s until 1955, when he decided to devote himself to the guitar. Countless scores of the finest players in the world have played his instruments – among them Andrés Segovia, John Williams, Angel Romero, Turibio Santos, Alirio Díaz and Marcelo Kayath.

Ignacio Fleta e Hijos: Three Generations

By the mid-1960s Fleta's sons, Francisco (1925–2003) and Gabriel (1929–2013), had become his partners in the workshop – which is why the labels from then on read "Ignacio Fleta e hijos" (Ignacio Fleta and sons). After Ignacio's death in 1977 the brothers carried on, and today Gabriel's son, Gabriel Fleta Jr., continues the family workshop in its third generation. Many dozens of Fletas have passed through our doors over the years.