New flamenco guitar building course

New flamenco guitar building course

We are very happy to announce this new flamenco guitar building course organized by Solera Flamenca and Maderas Barber. Throughout this post we will tell you the first details of what will undoubtedly be a great experience for those who want to build their first guitar and also for those experienced luthiers looking to improve their building technique.

The construction of the Spanish guitar is a practice that for more than a century has brought together the most outstanding craftsmen in the world. 

Today, the joint work of Solera Flamenca and Maderas Barber together with Luthiers Francisco Sánchez and Francisco Barba, consolidate the history of the flamenco guitar in this course.

The construction of the handcrafted Spanish guitar

Solera Flamenca is one of the most important guitar stores in the world. Its stock of new and used flamenco guitars contains names of luthiers who have made the history of this instrument great: Antonio de Torres, Manuel Reyes, Hermanos Conde, Francisco Barba, Miguel Rodríguez, Gerundino Fernández, Marcelo Barbero, Enrique García, Vicente Arias, Santos Hernández. These are just some of the signatures that we can see in his catalog. 

It is better if all this is told to us by one of the protagonists, Jordi Franco is the director of Solera Flamenca and mentor of this guitar course in which he has been working for years.

What will be the characteristics of the flamenco guitar building course?

The classes of construction of a flamenco guitar will be face to face, twelve full days in charge of the teacher Francisco Sanchez and will take place in twelve consecutive days.

At the end you will take your finished guitar with you (without varnishing). The course will have 10 places available and each student will work individually on their own workbench. 

In parallel, you will learn the technique of shellac (French polishing) on a practice piece of wood. Once this technique is incorporated, you will receive a Masterclass given by Juan Antonio Barba (Francisco Barba Guitars). 

The guitar building course will take place at Solera Artisans School, located within the Solera Flamenca VILLAGE facilities (Vacarisses, Barcelona). 

This will be part of an immersive experience in which you will not only learn the art of construction, also you will be part of an incredible professional and human team, share experiences and recreational moments. There will also be room to enjoy the sound of the guitars from the Solera Flamenca collection, played by world-class guitarists.

There are two confirmed editions for this summer 2024: The first one will take place from July 1st to 14th and the second one from August 18th to 31st.

What does the guitar building course include?

  • Accommodation at Hostal Guilleumes, (located 5 minutes from Solera Flamenca VILLAGE) with breakfast and dinner included. 
  • Individual kit of wood and tools for the construction of your own guitar during the course. 

  • Work dossier with detailed explanations of the process that will support the theoretical and practical explanations of the teacher. 

  • Use and enjoyment of the leisure areas of the facilities during the free hours: swimming pool, tennis court, petanque, gardens...

  • Lunch at noon with the teacher and the other students in a nearby restaurant. 

  • Acoustic demonstration by professional guitarists and detailed study of the guitars of the private collection with the master Francisco Sanchez. 

  • Conference and masterclass of shellac varnish with the master craftsman Juan Antonio Barba. 

  • Transfer from the hostel to the course and vice versa for the duration of the course.

Meet the master guitar builders of this guitar building course.

In recent days, the protagonists of the course have visited the podcast "El Chester Flamenco" that Jordi and Carlos. Directors of Solera Flamenca. 

The first to visit the program was Francisco Sanchez, Master Luthier who will lead the guitar building course. 

The next edition was attended by the brothers Francisco and Juan Antonio Barba, sons and disciples of Maestro Francisco Barba. 

We also participated in the podcast, Toni Minguez and José Luis Vizcaino have been representing Maderas Barber to share an interesting conversation about the guitar wood market and, of course, to talk about the woods and tools with which the students will build their guitar. 

All the interviews are available in the following playlist

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