Marco Golfieri Interview: His Guitar Making Approach & Manuel Ramírez 1912 Replica for MADERA

In this interesting interview, Italian luthier Marco Golfieri presents his classical guitar, the “Manuel Ramírez 1912 Replica”. With this instrument, Marco has truly managed to recreate the sound of Manuel Ramírez’s guitars, as well as the feel of playing one. It is striking: you genuinely feel that you are holding a guitar by this historic maker, one of the most important figures in the history of the classical guitar, whom Marco also talks about in the interview. We explore how Marco approaches his work as a guitar maker and as a specialist in recreating these instruments, and the exhaustive, precise work he does to immerse himself in Manuel Ramírez’s original work to achieve such an impressive result. I hope you enjoy this journey into the world and vision of this remarkable guitar maker.