As well as the second edition of the book about Granada guitar-makers, I have also sent out copies of “The Art of Guitar”. This book was published in 2006 but has not been easy to find due to distribution issues. It is little more than photos of myself working in my workshop. The text is minimal. However, there are techniques illustrated that you might find useful and the photos are lovely. You can find it here The Art of Guitar

And here The Art of Guitar

Of course the international distributor for the other book also has this one. Maderaguitarras.com

Esta página es muy útil para buscar una librería donde comprar este libro en España. https://www.todostuslibros.com/libros/la-guitarra-tradicional-en-granada_978-84-09-62794-3 . Pinchar en Ver disponibilidad.

Por favor, no me pidan este libro a mi sino en su librería. Hoy llegan los libros a los distribuidores. La nueva versión de “La escuela granadina de guitarreros” está disponible ya con el título “La guitarra tradicional en Granada”. Sepan que es el mismo libro solo con 10 guitarreros añadidos y sus correspondientes textos y fotos. En España deben pedir el libro en su librería favorita y citar el ISBN 978-84-09-62794-3 y el editor John Lawrence Ray. Si no lo encuentra dígales que distribuye Azeta Distribuciones. Pidiendo el libro en librerías me están ayudando mucho dar a conocer el libro y la guitarra granadina. Fuera de España contacten con Madera Guitarras.

Today is the big day. The new version of the book “The Granada School of Guitar-makers” is going out to the distributors today. The new version is called “Granada and the Traditional Guitar” and is exactly the same as the original except that we have added 10 new makers and their photos and texts. If you have the original there is no reason to buy this one. In Spain it will be available in bookshops and in the rest of the world I hope to see it at the same shops which sold the first edition as well as a few new ones. Ask at your guitar shop or music store and give them this link Madera Guitarras. For now I think that DK Classical Guitars in Glasgow, Strings by Mail, Guitar Salon International, Sicccas Guitars and a few others will be carrying it. If you can’t find it you can order direct from Madera Guitarras. Please don’t contact me about acquiring this book.

The guitar festival held every year in Granada is now in full swing and I have been to a few concertsalready. I think I might catch Julia Trintschuk this week and Iliana Matos next week and of course I will watch the final of the guitar-making competition. Last night we saw Raphaël Feuillâutre play a repertoire which included pieces from the baroque period right up to relatively modern times. His playing was very musical and of a perfection which I think few today could show on such difficult and rapid passages. On Saturday I saw Carles Trepat who also offered an excellent concert with a very well chosen programme of pieces which are not so commonly played. The expressiveness and authenticity with which he plays is second to none. He plays these days with period instruments and gut strings. It really is just like stepping back in time to hear how these guitars sounded. He played his 1892 Torres and a guitar made by Domingo Esteso. I attended with a friend who also plays on historic guitars and he referred to Carles as “the poet of the guitar”.