The Martinez Guitar Company is currently the world’s largest manufacturer of handmade classical guitars. The company led by Managing Director Alex Wang has worked closely with European Designers and Builders since the company was first founded in 1978.
Antonio de Torres was one of the most important guitar makers of the 19th century, building between the early 1850s and 1892. As a Stradivarius violin is revered among violinists, a Torres guitar is prized and collected among guitarists. Torres innovated a body shape, bracing pattern, soundboard arch, and other design elements that were revolutionary for his time, transforming the guitar into a much louder and resonant instrument with more projection than any guitar that had come before it. Not only are Torres guitars the elite standard by which most classical guitars are compared to today, but most modern steel string acoustic guitar designs are traceable to the Torres lineage.
Miguet Llobet one of Fransico Tarregas best student’s made some of the early recordings with a Torres 1859 guitar have s give a glimpse of his musicianship and also of the sound of a Torres guitar made in 1859.
Inspired by Antonio de Torres, Martinez made this Guitar in honour of the legendary maker.
The bracing is a traditional fan bracing with top quality European Spruce and quarter sawn Indian Rosewood for the back and sides. The affordable price of this guitar is hard to beat given Martinez is rich experience in Classical guitar building.
The guitar has a sweet mellow tone with good clarity, balance, overtones and bass response.
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