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Old 02-13-2018, 07:21 PM
timacn timacn is offline
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Default Contreras Guitar Question

Hello. I was wondering about this Contreras guitar listing on reverb. Would you say that based on the picture of the label it was actually built by Contreras or by an understudy? Does it look to be a good deal? Any help you can give to me would be most appreciated.

https://reverb.com/item/9051260-cont...-rosewood-1972
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Old 02-21-2018, 11:17 AM
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Default Who made this Contreras

Manuel would have signed the label had he made it himself, the fact that it isn't signed suggests that it was made by one of the luthiers he employed in his shop, such as Ignacio M. Rozas who had been at Ramirez from 1961-70, then went to work for Manuel Contreras or others such as Alfredo Lagunar, and Escolastico Valiente. Little is know about Lagunar and Valiente; and,
while Manuel's son, Pablo Manuel was also trained by his father, he didn't start his apprenticeship until 1975. If I had to bet, I put my money on Ignacio.
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