Alhambra 4-P Classical Guitar
Here is the best selling Alhambra.
4 layers of light varnish highlight the solid Red Western Cedar top and a gorgeous one-sided Rosewood laminate on back and side.
The fingerboard is made of gorgeous Ebony!
You notice the Machine heads (aka tuning keys, tuners) are superior quality. They allow you smooth and precise tuning.
Ebony knobs… [...]

Selling Alhambra 7P Cw E2 that I have been using in concert and for D’Addario videos for over a year.
Great condition, pictures available. All solid wood:
- spruce top
- indian rosewood back and sides
- electronic: Fishman prefix pro-blend

Cut-Away are the ideal guitars for cross over guitarists.
The Venitian cut away provides an easy access to high notes. [...]

Luthier Rio Spruce

The Alhambra Luthier Rio is a beautifully crafted by two of the master luthiers at Alhambra, Javier Mengual and José Margarit. Just touching it was a sensual experience, the beautiful finish; I should say the perfect finish, the incredible quality of Solid German Spruce top with very tight and regular nodules all across [...]

Hey Folks!
That is like the question I get all the time:
- Philippe, what strings do you put on your guitar?
and, I know when I look in your eyes that you guys had… and maybe still have if you did not read this article yet, the same issue(s) I had. Finding the right strings!
Honestly, if you [...]

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Howdy y’all!
Keeping in touch with guitarists, exchange ideas, having a place to perform and a goal to practice is sometime challenging!
The Alhambra Guitar Club start in Arlington next month, completely free!
On the top of meeting players once a month and performing in a cool and friendly environment, I will do some [...]

There is another run, in the Yngwie Malsteem’s fashion, at the very end of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Because I play the top string, I will use a thumb, ring finger, middle and pointer to play it. If you did not practice your tremolo exercises, and this technique is based on it, well, you better [...]

Hi there!
Today, the subject is:
How to play fast with no hassle. I do not believe in a 3 hours warm-up to be able to play. Neither in a 10 hours daily practice. You have many things to do to enjoy your life, why staying in your bedroom practicing the guitar for hours and hours when, [...]

Villa Lobos: From Rio to Hollywood, history of a passionate.
Most of the students coming to a master class will play a Villa Lobos’ prelude or etude. Sharing with them this passion for the Brazilian composer, I decided to work on an instructional DVD.
First question: What do I have to say about him? Classical is [...]

Howdy,
with the help of Nick Kinkade – great bluesman and Panda savior – I wrote:
Everything You Want to Know About the Blues.
It is very intricate to write a blues, I mean A BLUES, a good, a real one and a lot of people are asking me about “how to write a blues”:
3 chords [...]

Spruce
Its high stiffness combined with the lightweight characteristics of most softwoods, makes it a natural for high velocity of sound.
A strong fundamental-to-overtone ratio gives Sitka spruce a powerful direct tone capable of retaining its clarity when played forcefully.
Sitka Spruce from North West Canada and Alaska -
Its high stiffness combined with the lightweight characteristics of most [...]