Ramirez Classical Guitars, Model 2E, Twelfth Fret

Ramirez Model 2E Classical Guitar

Manuel Ramirez de Galarreta y Planell was born in Alhama of Aragon in 1864. Manuel was the younger brother of Jose Ramirez I and at the age of 27 he decided to open his own shop at 24 Cava Baja Street in Madrid. This move caused bad feelings between the two brothers that were never resolved.

In a short period of time Manuel Ramirez developed a very good reputation for building not only guitars but violins and was named luthier of the Royal Conservatory of Madrid. In addition to this, Manuel taught many young luthiers during this period, including Santos Hernández, Domingo Esteso and
Modesto Borreguero.

Although it was his brother Jose Ramirez I who developed the "tablao" guitar design, it was Manuel who developed and perfected the design which is still the model for today's Spanish classical guitar.

It was around 1912 when a young man in eccentric clothing presented himself at the Manuel Ramirez workshop asking to rent a guitar for a concert he was about to perform. Because of the strangeness of the young mans appearance along with the unusual request he was not taken very seriously until he sat down and played the guitar. His prodigious technique and vast repertoire prompted Manuel to give him the guitar, and the rest is history. The young mans name was Andre Segovia and that very guitar now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of New York!

The Model 2E pictured above is based on the designs of Jose Ramirez III and features a solid book matched Western Red cedar top, laminate rosewood back & sides, ebony fingerboard, rosewood bridge and gold plated engraved 'lyre' style tuners.

The design features, inside and outside of the Model 2E Ramírez guitars, as well as the template, decoration, tone, and quality of sound and materials, are exclusively Ramirez. These guitars are made outside of the tiny Ramirez workshop, in limited runs, by carefuly selected Spanish manufacturers. They are specifically and uniquely built for Ramírez, and although their construction is not directly inspected by Amalia Ramírez, all guitars are finally adjusted in her workshop by her craftsmen under her personal supervision.

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