Pimentel and Sons Guitar Makers has been in business for over 52 years. We specialize in custom building classical, flamenco, acoustic, acoustic bass and any other type of string instruments.
Pimentel and Sons offers a complete instructional program for guitar at all levels, beginners to advanced. All of our music teachers have a minimum of a Bachelor of music and some have graduate degrees. All are capable musicians and experienced teachers who take pride in their ability and lead you or your child through a planned program of musical instruction designed to help you get the greatest amount of pleasure and satisfaction out of your guitar. Lessons include music theory, guitar history and notes on guitar composers and performance practices throughout history. In addition to classical guitar, Pimentel offers Popular, Folk, Jazz, Flamenco, and Mexican guitar music lessons ...
Gregory Furan, Lutherie:
I build guitars that range from my concert quality classical (the C-49) to a number of performance acoustic steel-string guitars. My steel-string guitars range from a wide body (not quite jumbo) Signature model, to a very narrow body parlour guitar (also available in a classical nylon string version). In between is my L-49, a powerful OO style and the S-45, a small body guitar with exceptional volume. My P-49 is a concert model steel-string with the same body outline of my classical C-49. The D-49, a dreadnought with big sound, rounds out my present model listing.
I prefer the qualities of Engleman Spruce or Western Red Cedar in my classical guitars and Sitka Spruce in my steel-string guitars, but there are other options which will yield impressive results.
I do not feel limited by tradition here. Personally, I love Rosewood, but many other hardwoods will yield truly professional instruments and I will not shy away from highly figured hardwoods if they are acoustically sound and stable. I have been collecting seasoned hardwood for many years now, and can offer more than twenty-five different species. A list of available wood options can be found in my "woodbin".
Meisterwerkstatt für klassischen Gitarrenbau JoachimSchneider -Informationen über unsere Instrumente und unsere Werkstatt - Information about our instruments and our workshop. Bereits in der fünften Generation werden in unserer Werkstatt handwerklich gefertigte Meisterinstrumente hergestellt. Diese langjährige Tradition, sowie der Erfahrungsaustausch mit vielen Solisten aus aller Welt, spiegeln sich in unseren Instrumenten wider. Bestätigt wurde dies nicht zuletzt durch die Anerkennung zum Kunstschaffenden sowie durch internationale Preise im Gitarrenbau ...
It is today the fifth generation of master guitar makers who manufacture hand-made master instruments in our workshop.
Consequently, our instruments reflect these many years of tradition and the exchange of experience with numerous soloists from all over the world.
This has been acknowledged not least by our recognition as artists as well as by international guitar makers awards ...