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Jaime Ribot ~1898 - 1905 incredibly nice guitar in the style of Barcelonas high end guitars of Enrique Garcia, Francisco Simplicio …
Jaime Ribot was born in Valencia and was a luthier who worked in Barcelona at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. For many years he shared a workshop with Bautista Alcañiz on the calle Ancha until 1920. In addition to classical and flamenco guitars, he also made bandurrias. Contemporary with the construction of Torres guitars in Andalucia, this guitar represents a great example of the early Catalan school (which would eventually include makers like Garcia, Simplicio, Coll and Fleta). Miguel Llobet was known to be a fan of this maker and played on one of his instruments regularly. Emilio Pujol and Domingo Prat also played on Ribot guitars.
This guitar is in good condition and has been lightly restored. The guitar has a nice spruce top and rosewood back and sides. It is a smaller guitar with a scale length of 607 mm and a nut width of 45 mm.
This guitar is a very elegant example of Ribots best instruments. The tone is truly gorgeous – rich and silky, smooth and full, marrying together the best qualities of a spruce-top guitar with the unique sound of Barcelonas greatest guitars. The separation between notes is clear and incredibly balanced, across the entire range. It is extremely easy to play, with a lovely old-world poetic sound. The guitar also is very lively and “friendly” with great charm and personality.
The ease of playability allows the guitarist to let his creativity run free, as one gets the impression that the notes literally jump out of the guitar.
The timbre is round and warm with amazing sustain and perfect balance.
Overall an extremely charming instrument – these rarely appear on the market, so this is a really special treat for us to have such an excellent example.
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