{"id":4946,"date":"2025-01-13T13:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/proceso-de-fabricacion-de-una-guitarra-mariano-conde\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T13:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:47:53","slug":"manufacturing-process-of-a-guitar-mariano-conde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/manufacturing-process-of-a-guitar-mariano-conde\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing process of a guitar Mariano Conde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariano Conde guitars represent an artisanal tradition dating back to 1915, keeping alive the legacy of the old Conde Hermanos house, successors of Domingo Esteso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The handcrafted manufacturing of Mariano Conde guitars follows a meticulous seven-stage process that takes between 3-5 months of waiting-construction time, potentially extending to 1 year or more depending on the workload and orders at the time of commission, preserving a tradition that spans more than a century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First: wood selection<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction begins with a rigorous selection of noble woods that have undergone a natural drying process for 15 to 90, even up to 100 years. The following woods are carefully chosen:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Top<\/strong>: German spruce or Canadian red cedar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sides and back<\/strong>: Sycamore, Mahogany, Indian Rosewood, Cypress, Madagascar Rosewood, Maple, Cocobolo, Brazilian Rosewood, Golden, Koa, Ebony<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Fingerboard<\/strong>: Ebony<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second: parts manufacturing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All guitar components are meticulously crafted:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neck and headstock carving<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cutting and calibrating the top, back, and sides<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bending of the sides<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal bracing system elaboration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridge manufacturing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third: gluing and assembly<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This crucial phase requires absolute precision, including joining the sides to the back or top, placing the bracing system, and assembling the neck with the soundbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourth: sanding and finishing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Progressive sanding with different grains and polishing of all surfaces to achieve a perfectly smooth surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fifth: varnishing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A traditional finish is applied including wood sealing, multiple layers of shellac or nitro, and intermediate polishing between layers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sixth: setup<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Precise adjustments are made:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carving of nuts (head and bridge) in cow bone<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fret leveling and crowning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Installation of high-precision tuners<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">String height adjustment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preliminary tuning and acoustic testing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seventh: customer delivery<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process culminates with final quality control, definitive tuning, and instrument documentation including certificate of authenticity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production details<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The limited production of approximately 30-50 guitars per year ensures attention to detail and maximum quality in each instrument. Each guitar is fire-branded with the initials &#8220;MC&#8221; and contains a handwritten interior label stating the model with its serial number and year of construction, certifying its authenticity as a true masterpiece of Spanish lutherie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The resulting sound quality is characterized by its depth and projection, with intense and lively notes, especially suitable for flamenco and classical music.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mariano Conde guitars represent an artisanal tradition dating back to 1915, keeping alive the legacy of the old Conde Hermanos house, successors of Domingo Esteso. &nbsp; The handcrafted manufacturing of Mariano Conde guitars follows a meticulous seven-stage process that takes between 3-5 months of waiting-construction time, potentially extending to 1 year or more depending on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categorizar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4946"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4959,"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946\/revisions\/4959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianoconde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}