Jose Ramirez II 1945 / Jose Ramirez III 1981 / Manuel Romero (Macias)

Presented here is a Jose Ramirez II guitar from 1945.

It is well known there was a shortage of about everything 

just after World War II and the Civil War that ended in 1939.

This example has a spruce top with a seven fan bracing.

Ebonized fingerboard with copper fretwork. Brasilian

rosewood bridge with the well known ornamentation

from that period. Some odd things can be found on

this guitar as it has the bigger Blue / white label normally

found on the higher end student models. But the label

has been signed in blue ink (probably the maker) and

most likely afterwards with "J. Ramirez" done by (???)

Scale length: 650 mm - Length of the body: 477 mm -

Neck width: 50 mm (at top nut) Upper Bout: 255 mm

Waist: 218 mm - Lower bout: 342 mm - Depth: 

Varying from 80 to 90 mm (Bottom)

Jose Ramirez III 1981

This eighties Ramirez guitar has been obtained quite

recently. Though it suffered from some humidity damage

its sound was wonderful. Huge volume and the tonal

qualities are exceptional. Beautiful rounded tone for

all frequency registers. You should listen to the Ramirez

guitar on one of the Andres Segovia Youtube movies:

Andres Segovia demonstrates different timbres of the

guitar. The same sounds!

Manuel Romero Macias (1995)

Manuel Romero Macias is a Sevilla based Guitarreros

and at this moment he is retired and his son took over the

business. The workshop is in Montellana (near Sevilla)

A nice shot of the sides that shows us Palo Santo the way

you only can find it in the 19th century guitars (chocolate

brown) as opposed to the more common orangy colour they 

provide today. The materials used are premium quality 

but the final touch on this guitar could be better.

I never had the opportunity to try out one of his guitars so 

it was a buy in the blind. However, the woods used are that 

nice and only the Fustero tuners mounted made it worth to

buy it anyway. Spruce top and Palo Santo used for sides 

and back. This guitarreros built his guitars after 

Santos Hernandez and used premium materials.