My first love is building guitars but if you read this blog you will know that the history of the guitar and guitar-makers is part of that passion. Furthermore I have a special interest in the evolution of the Granada school and its influence on the rest of the world. David Ganz writes about this particular subject in the book “The Granada School of Guitar-makers” and was asked to do so precisely because of his interest and knowledge of the material. A week or so ago he sent me this note: “I just discovered the attached advertisement in the back of the Fall 1972 issue of Guitar Review magazine out of New York.” I had heard that guitars from Granada “arrived” a bit later in the decade although we know that some musicians had travelled to Granada and purchased instruments here. I printed the image above and went down the street to see Antonio Marín and his nephew José Plazuelo to ask them about F. Alex Guzmán. They remembered two partners, both named Alex, and they mentioned in passing that Antonio had built guitars for both Morales and de la Chica. I love the prices; now you would pay  3000 to 15,000 USD at today’s exchange rate. This remains only publicity but I persnally think that most of what it says was true and continues to be true today.