Just arrived: A new German Vazquez Rubio (G.V. Rubio) classical guitar after Hauser I. Inspired by Andres Segovia's iconic 1937 Hauser I guitar now residing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the sound of these instruments is warm and focused, possessed of a flexibility and sheen, complexity, breadth of color and character, power and depth that is uniquely musical: an outstanding traditional concert guitar, recorded and performed upon by numerous professionals over the years, and at $5500.00 still at a remarkably reasonable price...

January 1, 2012

Expected January 2012: A rare new Gernot Wagner spruce/cedar double top classical guitar. This great German master has received enormous international acclaim over the years for his revolutionary idea to employ Nomex technology in doubletop guitar construction. Jason Vieaux; Marko Feri; José Manuel Dapena; and Susana Prieto and Alexis Muzurakis of Duo Melis are just five of the internationally acclaimed concert artists choosing to perform and record with Gernot Wagner double top guitars. Capable of projecting to the back of the most challenging concert hall, we believe Gernot Wagner's most recent double top guitars to be the most sonically beautiful, most musically flexible, most natural sounding of the latest generation of double top guitars: lush, round, clear, well balanced sound throughout all registers, smooth creamy tonal transition from note to note, quick response, wide color palette, excellent separation, sustain, depth and density of sound...

December 20, 2011

Just Arrived: A new classical guitar by German master Achim Peter Gropius. Gropius is one of Europe's most exciting younger makers of individually handmade classical guitars. His traditional signature sound is warm, dark, focused and round: quick very powerful trebles, midrange and bass with impressive density and depth of sound. Beautifully proportioned, lovely to look at, easy to play - Gropius' classical guitars exude an inspired and inspiring full singing tone which is quite special. Still a tremendous value in a wonderful, world class concert instrument, this is the finest of many fine concert guitars we have received from this gifted maker... 

December 7, 2011

Just Arrived: A spectacular new Christopher Dean classical guitar. Christopher Dean is one of England's and Europe's foremost, most sought after makers of fine handmade classical guitars with good reason: With their lush, focused, colorful, traditional sound, these powerful concert instruments remind us of the David Rubio guitars with which the legendary Julian Bream made some of his finest recordings in the late 1960s. From the guitar offered here, expect quick, clear creamy trebles, deep, rich cello-like basses, perfect balance and immaculate craftsmanship. Most recently, Tilman Hoppstock and the Eden Stell Guitar Duo have purchased and performed on Dean's lovely instruments...

December 2 2011

Just Arrived: A wonderful new 2011 Daniele Chiesa concert guitar. This immensely gifted Italian luthier makes his home near Granada, Spain. While the sound of his instruments is warm, sweet, round, polished and clear (the Italian influence), Chiesa's powerful concert guitars also embody the alluring sonic depth and earthiness so characteristic of the Granada School's finest makers. The result: the Italian and Granada influences, and a great deal of individual talent here make for an exceptionally rewarding musical experience for player and listener alike. These are very, very special guitars...

November 30, 2011:

Free: Ground shipping within the continental U.S.A. with the purchase of any BAM Hightech 8002 XL classical guitar case currently in stock. In designing this small, sleek, ultra light (weighs only 6.2 pounds), very strong, hard shell classical guitar case, Bam has drawn upon its years of experience developing and producing its highly regarded line of Hightech violin and 'cello cases. BAM's L'Original Hightech clasical guitar cases offer outstanding shock, compression and thermal protection...

November 28, 2011

Just Arrived: A new 2011 German Vazquez Rubio Hauser Model with Double Top. At $6500.00 these beautifully crafted guitars by one of this country's most esteemed master makers represent a tremendous value in an innovative, exceptionally musical modern concert instrument. Vazquez Rubio's Hauser Model double top guitars look just like his award winning, much recorded traditional Hauser Model, they even incorporate that guitar's bracing pattern. However, the innovative double top construction in the guitar offered here results in an even stronger first string, and an overall greater dynamic range and openness than his traditional solid top guitar...

Novemner 23, 2011

Just Arrived: A rare Enrico Bottelli Special Model inspired by Hauser I. Enrico Bottelli learned the traditional art of Spanish guitar making from the great contemporary Spanish master, José Luis Romanillos. Today Bottelli's concert guitars are esteemed by professional musicians and collectors worldwide for their unusually pure, sweet, singing sound; wide range of delicate tone colors; quick response to subtle changes of attack; elegant visual beauty; and flawless craftsmanship...

November 18, 2011

Just arrived: A rare new Geza Burghardt concert guitar. Geza Burghardt is one of the greatest of the unequivocally great contemporary guitar makers. Born and trained in Hungary, he practices his high art in Canada. Burghardt handcrafts a few exquisite classical guitars in the Spanish style of Santos Hernandez each year. His guitars are prized by cognoscenti around the world for their noble, breathtakingly beautiful, pure, deep, unusually powerful, traditional musical sound; magnificent old materials and unsurpassed workmanship...

October 29, 2011

The twelfth annual Classical Guitar Weekend, Northeast Ohio's premiere classical guitar festival,
will take place at the Cleveland Institute of Music (Jason Vieaux, CIM Guitar Department Head) Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3, 2012. For further information and to purchase Classical Guitar Weekend recital tickets, click here.

October 21, 2011

Just arrived: Andrea Tacchi's Coclea Thucea (Skrjabin Homage) classical guitar. The intricate visual beauty of this masterpiece speaks for itself obviously; more to the point, however, one will discover its inspired grand concert sound to be nothing short of spectacular...

October 11, 2011

Just arrived: A very rare, as new Andrea Tacchi Simplicio Homage classical guitar. This master piece is both a gem to behold and a musical inspiration to play. A number of professionals and knowledgeable amateurs have commented to us that this instrument is the closest to the perfect guitar of its type they have played or heard...

September 12, 2011

Check out classical guitarist Jonathan Leathwood's instructive article, Multitasking, Mompou and the Means-Whereby: A note on coordinating the hands. Leathwood writes,"One of the challenges - and fascinations - of playing the guitar is the very different set of skills demanded of our two hands. Yet I have often been struck by how little we discuss one of the most fundamental difficulties of all: making the two hands work at the same time..."

September 8, 2011

Check out our two new 2011 German Vazquez Rubio Estudio Model classical guitars - spruce top, cedar top.  At $2450.00 these musical gems are an exciting alternative to all laminated and solid body factory and production shop guitars (so called handmade) guitars from the U.S.A. and abroad. These beautiful, truly handcrafted, solid wood guitars by one of this country's finest, most experienced luthiers regularly outperform entry level concert instruments costing substantially more.

August 21, 2011

Just arrived: Bam Hightech 8002XL classical guitar cases in new exterior colors: White, Silver Carbon and Black Lazure. We also have these rugged, light weight cases with Black Carbon and Tweed Grey exterior finishes...

June 16, 2011

Just arrived: Simon Ambridge's Antonio de Torres 1887 SE 111 Homage classical guitar. A  connoisseur's guitar maker, Simon Ambridge handcrafts among the most sublime, finest projecting, traditionally braced, musically refined, classical guitars in the world today. The exquisite tonal qualities and gem-like visual beauty of the instrument offered here constitute this great contemporary maker's homage to one of his most revered artistic inspirations. See a video performance with this very guitar...

May 26, 2011

Just arrived: A magnificent new Joshia de Jonge custom classical guitar. This elegantly crafted concert instrument combines the finest attributes of the traditional northern European tonal aesthetic with the immediate response, projection and easy playability of the most innovative contemporary guitars...

May 24, 2011

Review: Classical Guitar Weekend 2011 reviewed by clevelandclassical.com...

May 18, 2011

Read the new 2011 Classical Guitar Weekend Program Book on line  - recital programs, program notes, artists' biographies and more...

May 12, 2011

Just arrived: Coclea Thucea "Carruggio" custom (one of a kind) classical guitar by Andrea Tacchi. This is an exceptional, mint condition example of this renowned Florentine maker's modern concert guitar: Very powerful, deep, rich, lyrical, traditional, musical sound...

April 25, 2011

Just Arrived: David Russell's Greg Byers cedar/Madagascar lattice braced (all wood) classical guitar. Guitars International is honored to offer this magnificent one owner instrument to our customers, comes with a provenance written and signed by David Russell.

April 18, 2011

Just Arrived: A wonderful Robert Ruck spruce top classical guitar. Its beautifully seasoned concert sound is elegant, smooth and very responsive to subtle changes in color and attack..

April 1, 2011

Just Arrived: New 2011 Eric Monrad Classical Guitar. Monrad's magnificent guitars are sought after for their clear, concentrated sound; wide dynamic range; excellent projection; evenness and sustain; quick response to a light touch; unusually accurate intonation; and meticulous craftsmanship. Each guitar is a unique visual work of art, embodying different binding, purfling, rosette and peghead marquetry...

March 19, 2011

Just Arrived: New Bernhard Kresse Stauffer Reproduction. Bernhard Kresse is one of the world's foremost experts on 19th century guitar making due to his many remarkable restorations of period guitars and extensive research into their origins. His inspired reproductions, musical revelations in their own right, are performed and recorded on by an unusually large and distinguished group of artists. Clients include Raphaella Smits and Pavel Steidl...

March 3, 2011

Just Arrived: 2007 Olivier Fanton d'Andon classical guitar. Fanton d'Andon is widely regarded to be the finest French guitar maker of his generation. His extremely rare concert guitars are prized for their unusually powerful, beautiful, traditional, flexible voice and unsurpassed workmanship. Clients include Antigoni Goni and Roland Dyens...

December 10, 2010

In Stock: BAM Hightech 8002 XL Hard Shell Classical Guitar Cases available in both Carbon Black and Tweed Grey exterior finishes. Drawing upon its years of experience developing and producing a highly regarded line of Hightech violin and 'cello cases, BAM's L'Original Hightech clasical guitar case offers outstanding shock, compression and thermal protection - small, stylish, ultra light (weigh only 6.2 pounds) and very strong... 

December 9, 2010

In Stock: The new, light weight, form fitting Bam Hightech 8002 XL Case within Case Cover. The ultimate travel case compliment with its one to two inches of high resilient injected foam protection and water resistant outer material provides a tough, easily removable, padded outer structure around BAM's sleek, best selling, super impact resistant Hightech 8002 XL classical guitar case. Bam's unique case within case cover comes with a large expandable pocket for sheet music, a smaller pocket for documents, and two comfortable back pack straps...

November 10, 2010

Just Arrived: A magnificent new 2010 Gregory Byers classical guitar. On completing this magnificent guitar Greg Byer's assessment was that it is one of the two or three finest guitars he has ever made. As such it incorporates for the first time a few new refinements in his already very successful all wood lattice bracing design. We concur with Greg's conclusion. Indeed, we find in close to twenty years representing this fine maker that this particular instrument is the finest Byers guitar we have ever played or heard...

August 26, 2010

Just Arrived: A very rare, as new Geza Burghardt classical guitar. Geza Burghardt, one of the greatest of the unequivocally great contemporary artist luthiers...

August 18, 2010

Just Arrived: A magnificent Andrea Tacchi Bouchet Model classical guitar - an elegant sonic and visual homage to one of the greatest masters of the past by one of the world's greatest contemporary masters...

July, 22, 2010

Just Arrived: A beautiful new 2010 German Vazquez Rubio custom 635mm short scale Estudio Model classical guitar - excellent dynamic range, clear beautiful warm sound, superb balance and color range, exceptional playability, fine materials and workmanship - a wonderful, very musical guitar for those players requiring a very responsive classical guitar with a shorter string length...

March 22, 2010:

Just Arrived: A very special new Coclea Thucra (Skrjabin Homage) classical guitar by the great Florentine luthier, Andrea Tacchi. Tacchi created this magnificent instrument in honor of Classical Guitar Weekend 2010, presented by Guitars International in cooperation with the Cleveland Institute of Music. The stunning visual beauty and intricacy of this musical masterpiece speak for themselves obviously; more to the point, however, one will find its inspired grand concert sound to be nothing short of divine...

March 20, 2010:

Just Arrived: A particularly lovely new classical guitar by esteemed Italian luthier and scholar
Luca Waldner. Luca Waldner writes: I believe an instrument maker must among other things study old instruments. This study is important not so much to reproduce instruments that have already been perfectly realized by others and which have lived and continue to live a glorious existence, but
because it is important to recover and understand the sensibility and thought which lay behind these instruments' creation. By engaging in such study an informed and aspiring instrument maker of talent, sensitivity and conviction can maintain, extend and enrich the path begun by others...

March 3, 2010

Just Arrived: A magnificent new 2010 Gary Southwell 1940 Hauser I reproduction. Performed upon by Julian Bream in his "Great Estates Tour" of England, these magnificent concert guitars have been designed, built and refined since 1995 in an ongoing collaboration with Julian Bream. Fashioned after the vintage 1940 Rose Augustine Hauser I guitar that Julian Bream performed and recorded with towards the end of his international touring career...

November 12, 2009

Now Available: The New Free 2010 Guitars International Color Brochure. Click on this entry to request your free copy.

November 9, 2009

Just Arrived: Two handcrafted Estudio Model classical guitars - one cedar top, one spruce top - by master guitar maker German Vazquez Rubio (sometimes referred to as G.V. Rubio). These modestly priced musical gems are an exciting alternative to the many laminate and solid body factory production guitars so prevalent in this price range. Indeed, we have found that these meticulously handcrafted solid wood instruments by one of this country's finest most experienced luthiers regularly out perform entry level concert instruments costing substantially more...

October 15, 2009

Just Arrived: A spectacular, very rare, new spruce/cedar double (sandwich) top classical guitar by master German guitar maker Gernot Wagner. Jason Vieaux, Susana Prieto and Alexis Muzurakis of Duo Melis, and Marco Feri are just four of the internationally acclaimed concert artists performing and recording with Gernot Wagner double-top classical guitars. Capable of projecting to the back of the most challenging concert hall, we believe Gernot Wagner's most recent double top guitars to be the most sonically beautiful, most musically flexible, most traditional sounding of the latest generation of double top guitars: lush round clear well balanced sound throughout all registers, smooth creamy tonal transition from note to note, quick response, broad color palette, excellent separation, sustain, depth and density of sound...

September 28, 2009

Just Arrived: An as new 2009 Robert Ruck ced./Ind. composite top classical guitar. Embodying as it does the extended dynamic range, warmth and dark allure of cedar composite top construction without cedar's possible detriments, this innovative concert guitar represents a significant contribution to the art of guitar making in general and to the use of western red cedar for soundboard construction in particular...

September 5, 2009

Just Arrived: A gorgeous sounding and looking classical guitar by the immensely gifted young Italian luthier, Daniele Chiesa. Chiesa makes his home in Granada, Spain. His guitars are very special indeed. While the sound of his instruments is characteristically warm, sweet, round and clear (the Italian influence), Chiesa's powerful concert guitars also embody the alluring sonic earthiness so characteristic of the Granada School. The result, the Italian and Granada influences, and a great deal of individual talent here make for a profoundly beautiful musical experience for player and listener alike...

June 18, 2009

We are excited to have just received an exceptional new, very rare classical guitar from master guitar maker Geza Burghardt, one of the greatest of the handful of unequivocally great contemporary artist luthiers: Unsurpassed traditional elegant sound, impeccable materials and workmanship,,,

May 15, 2009

Our new Achim Gropius classical guitar has arrived: German master guitar maker Achim Peter Gropius is one of Europe's most exciting younger makers of individually handmade classical guitars...

We are now offering a chamois Guitar Wrap to help protect your guitar's finish.

May 1, 2009

Bernhard Kresse's new flamed maple/spr.Anton Stauffer Homage classical guitar has arrived: An unusually large and impressive group of international artists perform and record on Kresse's beautiful handcrafted instruments...