Lorenzo Alvarez 1983 - impressive flamenco guitar in the style of Santos Hernandez and Marcello Barbero - even Eric Clapton played a similar guitar for „Tears in Heaven“!
Lorenzo Alvarez is a guitar maker of the very highest caliber. He began building guitars in the 1940s together with his older brother Juan, a cabinetmaker.
The Alvarez brothers later became friends with Marcelo Barbero (1904-1956), one of the great guitar makers of the last century. He became their mentor, providing them with advice and support, from which they benefited enormously. Together with Marcelo Barbero, they also had the opportunity to look into the world of the great Santos Hernandez's guitars, as Marcelo Barbero worked for Santos Hernandez's widow for a while after his death.
Lorenzo Alvarez founded his own workshop, where he worked until shortly before his death and also trained other guitar makers.
Many professional guitarists played and still play Alvarez guitars. His guitars are in the tradition of Santos Hernandez and Marcelo Barbero.
Eric Clapton played an Alvarez guitar and recorded „Tears in Heaven“ with it. He also played his Alvarez guitar at his famous MTV Unplugged concert in 1992. This guitar was sold at auction in 2004 for $253900.
This beautiful guitar was built by Lorenzo Alvarez in 1983. It has a spruce top and cypress back and sides. The scale length is 650 mm and the nut width is 52 mm.
The sound of this instrument impresses with its warm and characterful tone - the trebles sound clear and brilliant. The basses are powerful and sound dark and warm.
The guitar unfolds an enormous volume and inspires with an incredible lightness.
It has a high collector's value and is ideal for performances or recordings.
The guitar has had several repairs and the shellac has also been reapplied. We are therefore selling the guitar at an extremely attractive price.
It is supplied with a matching case.
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