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    Paco Rey explains how he used his 1896 great-grandmother’s cross-stitch cloth to make one of his rosette designs! We visited him at his workshop in Southwest Spain.

    Like many guitar makers in Spain, Paco Rey also started out as a cabinet-maker and later became a guitarrero. We went to his workshop in the southwest of Spain, Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, where it used to be a cabinet-maker workshop, now years ago Paco transformed it into a beautiful and very functional guitar workshop where he spends hours every day making his prized guitars which are in great demand in Spain.

     

     

     

    More information about Paco Rey: PACO REY CLASSICAL GUITAR 2022 for Madera

     

    Please contact us if you are interested in a guitar made by him at madera@maderaguitarras.com

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    Paco Rey's guitar workshop in southwest spain.

    INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION

     

    As a child
    I was very fond of the guitar and at the same time,
    I was also fond of plastic arts.
    And well, to the point that
    as I got older,
    I started studying cabinetmaking
    And well, I started with the profession
    but then
    I was growing separately both what is
    the hobby of the guitar and the hobby of the..
    well, cabinetmaking in the professional level
    And after a few years, I wanted to learn
    how to make guitars.
    I contacted a person who was Rafael López Porras.
    And he was the one who taught me
    the traditional method of guitar making
    -where is he from, Seville?
    from Cádiz, this man is from Cádiz.
    And then, from there on, well,
    I started on the path of research
    searching for the sound, playability
    understanding how a guitar works
    in relation to physics,
    the tensions, the action, the sound,
    wood behaviours,
    how it then affects construction in general.

     

    -what kind of sound are you looking for?

    Traditional.
    Well, highly responsive sound,
    depth,
    sustain…
    yes, traditional sound…

     

    -Paco Rey -Rosette-

    I have several models.
    This is well, it’s the last one I’ve done.
    And well, it’s based on a cloth.
    my great-grandmother did in cross-stitch because, well,
    many of the vintage rosettes are based on…
    … are related to the
    cross-stitch designs.
    So, well then,
    I took advantage of the fact that I had this cloth
    from my great-grandmother
    And I saw it nice
    to use this same design.

    – It’s this design, this design right here.
    the same as the one on the rosette.

    exactly, that’s the one I used.

    -And that’s the year, the year your great-grandmother
    did it

    yes, yes.
    It says here
    in 1896.
    -wow.
    -what a nice touch

     

    Paco Rey Classical Guitar Spain

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    Paco Rey Classical Guitar Spain

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    Paco Rey Classical Guitar Maker

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    Paco Rey Classical Guitar Spain

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