A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at our specialist Centre in the heart of the country. Visit at a time to suit yourself and enjoy the quiet and relaxed atmosphere where instruments may be played at your leisure and without disturbance, in individual studios. We hold Europe's largest stock of fine classical instruments and the choice of concert models is particularly extensive. Also available is an excellent selections of DVDs, CDs, music and accessories.

Jose Ramirez 1a : Tradicional Spruce/Madagascan

Top Spruce
Back and Sides Madagascan Rosewood
Fingerboard Ebony
Width at nut 52 mm
Scale length 65 cm

The House of Ramirez has for well over a century (since 1882!) constructed the finest quality classical instruments played by many of the world's top recitalists including the legendary Andres Segovia, Narciso Yepes, Julian Bream, Xuefei Yang, Alexandre Lagoya, Christopher Parkening, Kazuhito Yamashita, Liona Boyd, Laurindo Almeida, Alirio Diaz, Jose Luis Gonzales, Antonio Lauro, Oscar Ghiglia......

The Professional 1a instruments are now subject to limited production. The Tradicional Model was designed some forty years ago by Jose Ramirez III. It has a special interior construction.

This instrument also features wonderful Madagascan Rosewood. This stunning precious tonewood is now being used by Ramirez in place of Brazilian Rosewood. In common with its Brazilian cousin, its sound is incredibly rich and powerful, but it also seems to add an extra warmth to the tone without sacrificing articulation.

The tone in all respects is typical of Ramirez - fine, clear, refined, a flexible and responsive palette saturated with colour, powerful basses, singing trebles - a sound which embodies a particular character developed from the accumulated experience of 125 years' professional guitar lutherie.

Always on display are the complete ranges of instruments by Jose Ramirez, Manuel Raimundo, Asturias, Almansa and Conde Hermanos,. Also available are instruments by: Alastair McNeill, Teodoro Perez, Mariano Tezanos, Ignacio Rozas,Dieter Hopf, Manuel Contreras, Paul Fischer, Kevin Aram, Sergei de Jonge, Juan Hernandez, Victor Anglada, Paco de Lucia, Wataru Tsuji and Strunal.

We are pleased to announce that we have been specially selected to participate in the Arts Council’s new Take it away scheme, which offers interest free credit* with the minimum of fuss, for instrument purchases between £100 - £2,000.

These loans exclusively designed for musical instrument purchases

Accessories (e.g. cases, strings) can be added to the loan for instrument at time of arrangement

A 10% deposit is payable

The agreement is for a 10 month period

Purchases may be made in-store or by mail order

Please telephone or email for further details.

* Subject to status. Terms and conditions apply. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. The Classical Guitar Centre Ltd is a licensed broker of Take it away loans. Registered Address: The Classical Guitar Centre Ltd, 51a St Mary’s Road, Bearwood, West Midlands, B67 5DH

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