John Ray Guitar Maker Interview. The importance of Tradition in Guitar Making.

[@richardg7758]

Great interview!……Alberto in effect what you’re doing is compiling and promoting a catalogue of the Granada guitar luthiers……a visual compilation of the book of the guitar maker of Granada.I hope the book is available in the future. Great stuff!….buenísimo!

[@maderaguitarras]

It will be available hopefully!! We are working now in the second edition. Thanks Richard!

[@СергейТерентьев-е1з]

Dear MarderaGuitarras team, thank you very much for your work. Try to watch everything you do. For me it's just pleasure to see happy people doing what they love carriyng more love in this world. This is a freedom and happyness i think. And of course for me it's like a kind of lessons on guitar building, finding some tiny things in every interview. Thank you guys for you efforts to bring beauty in this world. My best regards, God bless you..

[@maderaguitarras]

Nice words! Thanks

[@marcustoscano5112]

Muy buena entrevista, enhorabuena a John y Alberto, gracias por citar mi Simplicio, ansioso por probar tu guitarra!

[@maderaguitarras]

I was thinking it was your one. Thanks to you!

[@GoranIvanovic]

I love watching this videos. Great content and stories are very interesting. Love the editing as well

[@maderaguitarras]

Thank you very much Goran for your words!! Keep doing them

[@RodyvanGemert]

Thank you very much!

[@maderaguitarras]

Thanks Rody!! :)

[@peda0976]

Very interesting. Thank you!

[@maderaguitarras]

Thanks to you!

[@peda0976]

I love your content about Granada Guitar makers. I recently bought a guitar from Jose Marin Plazuelo and hope it will arrive soon. I think especially Marin guitars are the best in the World.

[@maderaguitarras]

He is one of the best in Granada. I am sure you will love it. Same construction and sound as his uncle Antonio Marín. He is together wit his uncle at his workshop since 1974 when he was a little boy and started cleaning the space and doing some help for the master @peda0976

[@peda0976]

@@maderaguitarras very interesting thank you. Yes I have seen Pictures of the Workshop on your Blog. Is there a chance for a Video in Marin Workshop?

[@maderaguitarras]

Antonio Marin is one of the nicest persons I've ever met. But he is not fond of making videos and interviews. So I don't want to bother him about it. Thanks!

[@markchandler7089]

Thanks for the discussion. Some people call Enrique Gomez the Stradivarius of the guitar. Any thoughts on his legacy as it applies to your work?

[@maderaguitarras]

Hi Mark. I think you need to ask directly to him about it. Probably in internet you find some John's contact info. Thanks!

[@docdoc]

Is there a part 2? Seemed to end abruptly

[@maderaguitarras]

No. That's it. Many times in the interviews we end it like that. In an abruptly way. The style. But we will take in consideration with the new ones to finish it more smoothly. Thanks!

[@LucaBenders]

Guys, I love you and your content. But please find a way to stabilize the camera and improve the audio quality for these kind of interviews: it really gets you the headache when the camera is so wobbly and such a poor audio quality makes the entire content less enjoyable. Btw, thank you so much for what you do!

[@maderaguitarras]

Thanks for your comments. Take them in consideration. Regards from Granada.

[@HotZTrain]

Well, I started playing classical guitar in 1958. Over the years I've played and owned many different makers. Many things John states here are correct, a lot he states is subjective. IMO ...the best guitars being made today (2024 ) are being produced in Japan and the USA. Just to name a few, Richard Brune, Robert Ruck, Jose Oribe, David Schramm, Jeff Elliott, etc. Again, IMO...I find the Spanish makers are stuck too much in the past, in their construction methods...it's the Spanish way or the highway.

[@markchandler7089]

Sorry, not Gomez but Garcia