This Paulino Bernabé Especial is a top-of-the-line concert classical guitar model complete handcrafted by the renowned luthier Paulino Bernabé Jr.
This particular model features a high-quality spruce (Epicea Abies) top, pricesely selected of the old stock of his father, Paulino Bernabé Senior. Spruce is known for its rich and vibrant sound. Back and sides are made of high quality Madagascar Rosewood (Dalbergia Baronii).
The craftsmanship of this instrument is impeccable, with intricate detailing and a smooth, easy-to-play neck. Whether you are a professional musician or a serious enthusiast, the Paulino Bernabé Especial is sure to exceed your expectations and delight your ears.
Paulino Bernabé Especial vuren
Paulino Bernabé is een absolute top gitaarbouwer uit Spanje en heeft zijn atelier in Madrid. Zijn vader, Paulino Bernabé Senior, was meer dan 30 jaar chef atelier bij de familie J.Ramirez en startte uiteindelijk zijn eigen atelier eind jaren '60. Vandaag werkt de zoon Paulino nog altijd verder op dezelfde manier als zijn vader hem leerde.
Naast de concertgitaren model Concierto, Ideal, Especial, Torres en Royal bouwt hij ook een aantal "atelier" modellen: M15 ceder, M20 vuren en M30 met ceder bovenblad.
Specificaties Model Especial:
Bovenblad: German Spruce
Rug en zijwanden: Madagascar Palissander (Madagascar Rosewood)
Hals: loofhoutceder ( Cedrela Odorata)
Toets: ebbenhout
Afwerking: Goma Laca, politoer
Snaarlengte (mensuur): 650 mm
Snaren: Paulino Bernabé "String clips", speciaal ontworpen door P.B. om een maximum aan trekkracht te krijgen achter de kam op het bovenblad. Hierdoor krijg je de typische Bernabé klank die zeer krachtig en luid is.Decorte Guitars is sinds 2014 hoofdverdeler van de Paulino Bernabé gitaren voor België en sinds 2023 voor de Benelux.
This is a text written by Paulino Bernabé Jr.
I was born among guitars, on June 9, 1960 in Madrid, in the workshop where my father worked. We lived in the upper floor of the (José Ramirez) shop, and I had the luck that ever since I was very small I have always watched as my father worked with the wood, selected it carefully and it treated with love and respect. He always told me that he looked for the most noble woods and that the wood always thanked him with quality, by allowing him to build a good guitar.
Then, when my father became independent (1967), a new time of his life, the workshop began in our family house on Loto street. I continued learning the secrets of the good construction of guitars, directly from father to son, there was always much time spent in the workshop and so soon I left my studies to do the work I loved and to work with my father full time.At the age of 17 years old I began my career of guitar-maker as my fathers apprentice, with the best but most difficult Master, he was always a perfectionist and he was always telling me the secrets of the use of the tools and the knowledge of the life of the woods. In this way, first I learned the secrets of my Master, and then in time I could work in the same fashion as my father, always attentive to his advice and his good ways of seeing a profession that he had as an art.
We worked together in this manner for 30 years. Even when we rested or we had vacations we were always thinking of the future and about how we could build the next Great Guitar. Now my father has passed (2010) and that challenge has become mine. I know my father is still with me, even after his death, helping me build my guitars and that he is happy that he prepared me so well these 30 years, to build guitars in our way.
