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Tonewood for guitars and other musical instruments has been our greatest passion since 1957. It all started when Rafael Barber, before his trip to Germany to learn the language, visited his aunt in Madrid. There he met the lodger staying in her house: an older guitar-maker. Hearing that Rafael was going to Germany, the man asked him to bring him some tops, impossible to find in Spain. These few tops that Rafael brought with him aroused the interest of many guitar makers who began to ask him for more and more wood.
Since then and still today, we travel the world in search of the most exotic, exclusive and best valued woods by luthiers and we have more than 90 different wood species, which makes us the world leader in tonewood.
HOW DO WE WORK?
We travel to the origin country where we personally choose each piece of wood. Sometimes we buy it raw and cut it at the origin location or at our facilities back in Spain.
We stock all the wood we purchase at our headquarters. This is where we cut the raw wood and carry out a second quality control on all the pieces we buy already cut
We classify all pieces according to our own quality criteria. From AAA to C quality, we have several quality levels that we have maintained since the beginning of the company.
We choose the best unique pieces for our MB Exclusive unique pieces stock and we put aside the most suitable woods to create our MB Exclusive finished parts.
The MB Exclusive unique pieces stand out for their spectacular aesthetics, with different grains and a wide variety of colors.
In addition to the MB Exclusive pieces, all our woods are separated by qualities and prices so that each luthier can find just what he needs, both the artisan maker who requires small quantity of high quality wood, and the industrial manufacturer who needs large amounts of supply and compliance with delivery deadlines. We always take care of the quality of our production, selection and shipping processes to offer each customer the quality they deserve.
Our desire to offer all the necessary for the creation of instruments has led us to expand our range of products and services.
On the one hand, we have a wide range of tools, finishes and accessories such as Pingwell machine heads, with an excellent quality-price ratio, and Perona, the most sought-after top brand of high-end handmade machine heads on the market. In Europe, we are the only distributor of these world-renowned brands.
On the one hand, we have a wide range of tools, finishes and accessories such as Pingwell machine heads, with an excellent quality-price ratio, and Perona, the most sought-after top brand of high-end handmade machine heads on the market. In Europe, we are the only distributor of these world-renowned brands.
On the other hand, we want to make the creation of your instrument easier through our purchase by picture, calibration, drying, bending sides and cut to size services.
OUR SERVICES
Start building your guitar, with no waiting for the natural drying process to take place.
Start building your guitar, with no waiting for the natural drying process to take place.
The ideal service for those clients who do not have their own bending machine.
We sand, calibrate and obtain a flat surface, almost ready to varnish.
Customize the size of the pieces to fit the spaces and designs you have in mind.
Choose the specific piece of wood you are going to buy.
MADERAS BARBER COMMITMENT
We are passionate about wood and music, but neither of them would be possible without nature. That's why we focus all our actions on respecting nature and giving it the time it needs to regenerate itself. How do we do this?
We plant trees to reforest the forests and take care of the planet
We started our own reforestation project in partnership with Tree Nation, the largest reforestation platform that allows citizens and companies to plant trees around the world.
What is the project about?
In order to replant forests, reduce our environmental impact and fight against climate change, we plant 1 tree for each order received. This way, each of our customers has a tree with their name on it and contributes to our environmental commitment.
Would you like to see how many trees we have planted and what species?
We work with sustainable wood, FSC®-certified and CITES-protected.
On the one hand, Maderas Barber is committed to responsible and sustainable forest management. We are FSC®-licensed and currently stock more than 10 sustainable species with 100% FSC® certification. As an FSC®-certified company, we receive an annual audit to verify our FSC® wood stock and ensure that each part of the custody chain has the appropriate FSC® license for these woods. The tracking of FSC-certified wood allows us to control its quality from the origin to the final finish.
On the other hand, we also have many CITES protected wood species. CITES is an international agreement that seeks the conservation of the most vulnerable species and regulates their trading through strict controls on the purchase, exploitation and sale of these species.
We ensure wood legality
We fight against the trade of illegally obtained wood, in accordance with the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), which since 2013 aims to prevent the illegal wood trafficking in order to protect forests. To this end, every time we import wood, we make sure that it comes from legal sources and that its supplier has all the necessary certificates and licenses for export.
Our commitment also extends to the social sphere, as gender equality and the recognition of women in the lutherie sector is a key aspect that we strongly support.
WHERE WE ARE?
Come and visit our headquarters in Valencia, where you can select the pieces of wood that you like the most from our stock without limits or restrictions. You will be accompanied by one of our tonewood experts during your visit and our customer service team will be available to answer any questions you may have during, before or after your visit.
Come and visit our headquarters in Valencia, where you can select the pieces of wood that you like the most from our stock without limits or restrictions. You will be accompanied by one of our tonewood experts during your visit and our customer service team will be available to answer any questions you may have during, before or after your visit.
If distance prevents you from visiting us, in our online store you can also select the products you need the most. In addition, you have many benefits such as:
personalized support by chat, phone or email
worldwide shipping
free shipping to Spain and Europe for orders over 150€.
guaranteed refund if you are not satisfied
MEET PART OF MADERAS BARBER
CLARA BARBER
PRESIDENT
clara@maderas-barber.com
ANTONIO MINGUEZ
JOSE LUIS VIZCAINO
GENERAL MANAGER
LAURA TAMARIT
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS MANAGEMENT
GUILLERMO MARTINEZ
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS MANAGEMENT
LOLI SEGURA
NATIONAL CUSTOMERS
LAURA BULEO
HUMAN RESOURCES & OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
JORGE SALAS
LOGISTIC
PABLO MUÑOZ
ASSISTANT MANAGER
ANTONIO MOYA
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
ANDREEA ATOMEI
MARKETING & DESIGN
PAULA MURILLO
DIGITAL MARKETING
TONI MINGUEZ
WEB DEVELOPER
LUCAS LARRAZÁBAL JOSÉ
COMMUNITY MANAGER
WE MAKE EUROPE TOGETHER
Maderas Barber has benefited from the European Regional Development Fund which aims to improve the competitiveness of European companies and thanks to this, it has launched an International Digital Marketing Plan with the purpose of continuing to grow digitally in international markets during the year 2023. To this end, it has been supported by the XPANDE Programme of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce.
