Modesto Borreguero 1928

Modesto Borreguero 1928 flamenco guitar - one of those holy grail guitars from one of the greatest luthiers of the last century!

Modesto Borreguero was born in 1893 and began working as an apprentice at the age of 12 in Manuel Ramirez's workshop in Calle Arlaban, where he worked with Santos Hernandez and Domingo Esteso, among others.
After the death of Manuel Ramirez in 1916, Borreguero planned to open his own business and even had labels printed, but when Manuel Ramirez's widow asked him to continue, he did so together with Hernandez and Esteso.
After a few years, Hernandez and Esteso set off to open their own workshops, but Borreguero continued to work for Manuel Ramirez's widow until the business finally closed in 1923.
He also stated on his labels that he had worked for Manuel Ramirez (Antiguo oficial de M. Ramirez).
In 1924, Modesto married and opened a workshop at Duque de Fernan Nuñez, No. 5, but times were difficult and during the Civil War he lost his workshop and his wife died, leaving him with two children. He continued to struggle and changed workshops several times. In 1945, he opened a new workshop at Zurita 27, where he worked until 1948 and began to make a name for himself as a guitar maker. In 1948, he rented space in the workshop of Hernandez and Aguado, who were still furniture restorers at the time, at Ribera de Curitdores no. 9.
Inspired by the sight of Borreguero building guitars, they too began to build guitars. In 1952, Borreguero moved his workshop to Desengaño No. 4 and began to build exclusively for the Casa Garrido music store.
There he also took over the training of Vicente Perez Camacho, who later became a well-known guitar maker. He also taught the young Felix Manzanero, which enabled him to join the workshop of José Ramirez III.

This guitar by Borreguero from 1928 is a beautiful specimen. It has a spruce top and cypress back and sides. The scale length is 650 mm and the nut width is 52 mm.

This guitar sounds impressive, it has all the qualities of a very high quality traditional flamenco guitar, including a powerful sound that echoes from the top, back and sides.
It has a loose, loud and penetrating sound with rich basses and crystal-clear trebles. The guitar has aged beautifully and is therefore well balanced, with a fine vintage sound. A fantastic guitar of the best you can get - absolutely on a par with the guitars of Santos Hernandez, Manuel Ramirez and Domingo Esteso.

The guitar is in surprisingly good condition and we only discovered a repaired crack on the back.

It is perfectly set up, with a straight neck and a low action. It comes with a non-original case.

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