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What is a crossover guitar and who is it for? A guide to the best Spanish-made crossover models from Admira, Camps, Alhambra, Paco Castillo and Prudencio Saez

Crossing over: the Spanish nylon guitar built for the modern player

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Mother’s Day: a guitar she’ll actually play The case for a classical guitar as a gift for the mother who almost played. On Spanish crossovers, lapsed players, and the guitar that comes home.

Mother’s Day: a guitar she’ll actually play

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Your first guitar from Spain

How to choose the best beginner model for you Off to a solid start: the Alhambra 3CA with spruce top, sapelli back and sides and Indian rosewood fingerboard In style When choosing a first guitar for beginners, a nylon guitar is generally considered the best choice, as it offers the versatility of exploring different music styles, alongside the comfort of a broader neck and lower-tension nylon…

Your first guitar from Spain

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In focus

A closer look at the Camps NAC2 narrow body electro classical guitar Flawless craftsmanship through thick and thin: the Camps NAC2 narrow body electro classical guitar with cedar top A foot in every Camp Guitarres Camps have been making guitars for seventy years now, since founder Juan Camps Coll set up shop in the picturesque municipality of Porqueres, Catalonia in 1945, with a rather…

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A closer look at the Amalio Burguet Vanessa classical guitar: spruce top Straight to the top: Amalio Burguet Vanessa with solid spruce soundboard The family jewels Luthier and musician Amalio Burguet has been in the guitar business for almost fifty years now. His highest calling (and possibly greatest achievement)? To transform ‘wood into pure art’. This noble maxim has evidently been…

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Traditional Spanish Techniques Every Guitarist Should Know

Spanish guitar is defined by its precision, rhythm, and expressiveness. These core techniques — many from the flamenco tradition — are essential tools for any guitarist looking to expand their sound and control. These are techniques that everyone wanting to play in a flamenco style needs to learn. But also could add a unique flourish even for guitarists who play in a pop or rock style and who…

Traditional Spanish Techniques Every Guitarist Should Know

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The Healing Power of Music: Stories from Lockdown

Half a decade on, your powerful testimonies are a study of how music unites us Alhambra 10 Premiere classical guitar, sent to Luke in The Gap, Australia on Jan 31st 2020, the day the virus was first detected in Spain Overture We started the year at GFS by doing some much-needed housekeeping. Namely, importing all of the comments and messages we have received over the years by linking them to…

The Healing Power of Music: Stories from Lockdown

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Why You Need the New GS4-LEV Guitar Support

The Woodside GS4-LEV Guitar Support Tightening the thumbscrews: the new look GS4-LEV Our favourite brand, new When it comes to guitar supports, Woodside has always been the byword in performance, quality and comfort. Not satisfied with that accolade however, they have been busy fine-tuning the design features and tinkling with the aesthetics of late. The result? The GS4-LEV, which offers the…

Why You Need the New GS4-LEV Guitar Support

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In your opinion: Prudencio Saez 1-FP

It’s got the hole works: Prudencio Saez 1 F-P Common knowledge You’ll find a guitar for almost every musical taste in the Prudencio Saez catalogue: classical, flamenco (blanca and negra), cutaway, Cuban tres, bandurria, lute and cutaway requinto. From professional to studio models. The luthiers at the Prudencio Saez workshop in Torrent, near Valencia must be very busy people indeed. But…

In your opinion: Prudencio Saez 1-FP

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Affordable Spanish-Made Guitars: Finding the Best Guitar for Your Budget

When is it time to buy a new guitar?

When is it time to buy a new guitar? Truly majestic: Manuel Rodríguez Magistral F-C All change! Most beginner guitarists wisely opt for an inexpensive model as a first instrument. Made in Spain, nonetheless (all being well). Standards are standards, after all. But at some point it can be time for an upgrade. Perhaps when you’ve been playing for a year or two and you’re progressing so well, you…

Affordable Spanish-Made Guitars: Finding the Best Guitar for Your Budget

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Classical guitars for students: special sizes

Heaven on Earth: Alhambra 1C HT 7/8 Hybrid Terra guitar The Taylor effect Possibly the world’s greatest celebrity, Taylor Swift is a cultural icon of our times. A formidable singer-songwriter, she’s written the soundtrack to the lives of a generation of young people for the better part of the 21st century. She’s also a talented guitarist. She’s smashed music industry records, boosted the…

Classical guitars for students: special sizes

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Carry on playing:

How to transport your guitar safely on holiday Strapped in for the ride: the GFS-3 by Ortola classical and flamenco guitar case Happy holidays For many guitarists, this time of year comes with a painful dilemma: to travel or not to travel with their prized instrument. For others of course, the whole point of a holiday is to spend more time with their beloved guitar: they wouldn’t leave it home…

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Here comes the Sun!

Summer Guitar Care: Tips to Keep Your Instrument Safe in Hot Weather Hot on the Spanish heel: Camps M16 classical concert guitar Summer love Here at Guitar From Spain, it looks like we’re in for another hot, sizzling summer. But wherever you are and wherever you are heading (in the northern hemisphere), chances are, temperatures will rise and (relative) humidity will follow suit. You probably…

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Amalio Burguet

Nothing elementary about the Amalio Burguet 2F flamenco guitar  Another string to our bow We’ve recently added one or two new makes and models to our catalogue here at GFS, in our quest to offer you an ever-more comprehensive collection of instruments and accessories. Amongst these are Abraham Luthier from the island of Tenerife (makers of the Canarian Timple and Venezuelan Cuatro), Saenz de la…

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In your opinion - Alhambra 9P 7/8

Another Alhambra with ingenious architecture: the 9P 7/8 The whole works In the business of making and selling guitars for nearly sixty years, the Alhambra name is possibly the most familiar of the leading Spanish manufacturers today. Their exhaustive collection of models ranges from classical guitars (professional, concert, conservatory and student), flamenco guitars (concert, conservatory and…

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Sustainable guitars

Alhambra 9PCW E8 Electro Classical Guitar: At Alhambra, beauty is not just cosmetic. All of their woods come from sustainable forests and they adhere to stringent recycling processes too A world of difference Most of us understand by now that we should be doing our bit for the planet. We don’t have to be told that buying environmentally-friendly products can help mitigate our carbon footprint –…

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Made in Spain: classical guitars for students

Made in Spain: classical guitars for students

Black beauty: Alhambra 1C Black Satin Worlds apart In today’s global world, Spain is not the only country making and selling classical guitars for beginners; the market is flooded with ‘low-cost’ instruments made in Asia, as well as several other European countries. Yet there is no place in the world with stronger cultural ties to this instrument than Spain; the classical guitar is as…

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