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Maderas Barber and Luthiers Mercantile Alliance: a new era for luthiers around the world
We are excited to announce a new partnership with Luthiers Mercantile International, which will allow us to offer our customers a wide range of quality accessories and tools, while luthiers around the world will be able to purchase our most sought-after woods from their online store. This alliance is great news for the luthier community, as it will allow us to reduce distances and shipping costs, providing greater accessibility to innovative and quality products.
Fijian mahogany: The sustainable and high quality wood that is revolutionizing the music industry
Fijian mahogany is a durable wood, with a reddish color that varies from light to dark red. This wood is highly valued for its stability and its ability to retain its shape and color.
Juliana Hernández, luthier: "For me, building a guitar is like having a child".
Juliana Hernández is 33 years old and comes from Argentina. She has been a luthier for more than 10 years. When she was a little girl, she was attracted to the guitar because her father always played it when he came home from work. It is one of the few memories she has left of her father, who died when she was only 7 years old. That is why the guitar became a very special instrument for her.
Vega-Trem, the innovative floating bridge that has captivated the historic brand Fender
Isaac Vega is one of the founders of the company Vega-Trem, which markets the VT1 Ultra Trem and VT2 Teletrem floating bridges for the well-known Stratocaster guitar. Vega began his career as a guitarist in the 90's in Madrid with his own bands of the Trash Metal genre. He studied classical guitar and modern guitar and worked as a professional guitarist in the circuit in Mallorca.
Black Friday 2023, offers that echo like your favorite tonewoods
This year, our Black Friday offers start on November 17th and end on November 26th. However, we want you to enjoy the offers as long as possible, so if you subscribe to our newsletter, you will have access to the discounts two days before everyone else. Sounds good, doesn't it? Go for it!
Master your guitar tuning with Gotoh's high-end machine heads
Every skilled guitarist needs to perfectly master the tuning of his guitar and every good luthier must equip his instruments with the best machine heads. After all, both are looking for a clear and defined sound that can only be achieved with a quality machine head.
Aged tops and necks for authentic relic guitars
What if we told you that you could travel back in time, back to the first half of the 20th century and discover the most emblematic guitars of that time? Thanks to the aged wood, nowadays we can bring the most historical models of classic, acoustic and electric guitars to the present day. How? By creating perfect replicas of the guitars of those times.
We launch MB Exclusive, our own brand for the best pieces we have in stock
There is no doubt that looking for the perfect wood to create a guitar is an arduous task that every luthier must do before starting to make it. At Maderas Barber we want to make your work easier and we launch MB exclusive, our own brand of unique pieces and finished parts. A project born at the request of customers. A project in which the exclusivity of each instrument is the goal.
How to choose the right pickup for your guitar?
In the world of musical instruments, the electric guitar is one of the most recent compared to classical instruments. This does not mean that it is less complex, as it is made up of many elements that allow us to achieve those spectacular sounds that we find in many musical genres.</p
Fender at Maderas Barber
Almost at the same time as the founding of Maderas Barber, was appearing in the USA a company that would mark the future of the electric guitar for the next 60 years. Its legacy continues to this day, and it is still one of the most important brand in the world market. We are talking about Fender, undoubtedly the brand that has had the greatest influence on popularization, innovation and renewal of the electric guitar since its creation.
