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Casa Montalvo Flamenco Guitars

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Master Model Flamenco Guitars.

"Casa Montalvo" guitars are finely crafted beautiful sounding instruments featuring solid Engelmann Torres style rosette

Spruce or Canadian Red Cedar tops, Mahogany or Spanish Cedar necks and Rosewood or Ebony fingerboards. The necks are reinforced with a graphite stabilizing bar. The backs and sides are made of solid Indian Rosewood, Honduras Rosewood,

or Cypress. These woods are well seasoned,
and the guitars are guaranteed for one year against defects in materials or workmanship.

CASA MONTALVO guitars are award winning highly affordable instruments produced in Mexico for George Katechis Montalvo, a highly skilled master craftsman with experience in all aspects of tone production. He has been repairing and selling musical instruments for 40 years. He has studied silver and gold smithing, Renaissance and Baroque Woodwind construction . piano soundboard technology, and the properties of strings under tension. In 1990 he started the

K&S guitar company, helpin Flamenco head stock with wooden pegs

g to design and produce the guitars

that company sold. Since 1999 he has
been on his own, working with many fine Mexican guitar makers, helping to design and produce
"Casa Montalvo" and "Superior" guitars . He has established personal relationships with a number of Mexican makers, and is actively involved in the production of the guitars made for him in Mexico . He brought higher quality woods, glues, finishes, and most importantly, American builders and restorers to share their knowledge with the Mexican builders.

All "CASA MONTALVO" and "SUPERIOR"
guitars are painstakingly set up and final-inspected
by George Montalvo at his shop in Berkeley, CA.

"Casa Montalvo" guitars are the finest in the
world for the money. They are hand made,
and constructed of all solid woods that
are air dried and aged before building. The nylon
stringed guitars all have a graphite reinforcing
bar in the neck, and have a nitrocellulose lacquer finish.

Many professionals are using these instruments
for performing as well as recording; John Scofield, and
David Lindley are the most notable. Many years have gone into
the design and production of these guitars. This has resulted in
affordable hand made guitars that are unsurpassed in their
quality and craftsmanship.

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Add $135 for Cut-Away model. Add $125 for wooden pegs.
Available on all models.

TRADITIONAL FLAMENCO

Our Traditional Flamenco Modelhas the back and sides made of Cypress,
Canadian Red Cedar for the top, and Rosewood fingerboard. Originally, these were
the least expensive guitars made. They were made for Gypisies. Price $650.00

NEGRA FLAMENCA

The Negra Framenco is made of Palo Escrito Rosewood
on the back and sides, withCanadian Red Cedar for the top, and Rosewood
fingerboard. Price $650.00

NEGRA FLAMENCA PLUS

The Negra Flamenca Plus is made of Palo Escrito Rosewood on the back
and sides, with Canadian Red Cedar for the top, Ebony fingerboard. and Schaller gears.
Price OUT OF STOCK

NEGRA CONCERT FLAMENCA

The Negra Concert Flamenco Model has Englemann Spruce top,
Palo Escrito on the back and sides, an Ebony fingerboard, and Schaller gears.
Spectacular Palo Escrito!
Price $850.00

NEGRA CONCERT FLAMENCA with Pegs

The Negra Concert Flamenco Model has Englemann Spruce top,
Palo Escrito on the back and sides, an Ebony fingerboard, and Cocobolo tuning pegs.
Price $975.00

When Available

Add $135 for Cut-Away model.
Add $125 for wooden pegs,
Add $150 for French polish

Master Model Flamenco Guitars.

Built according to Models built by master makers.

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