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The guitar maker Miguel Garrido was born in 1959 in the working district of Villaverde in Madrid. It has cordobesas roots, since its mother was born in the city of Cordova and its father in Villanueva de Córdoba. His parents came to Madrid as many Andalusian families in the 50’s looking for a future to form a family.
Antonio, the father of Miguel and the precursor of the tradition, has been professionally dedicated to the carpentry trade, working the wood since the age of 9, in all its forms, becoming an incredible professional in this field. From a very young age he began to be interested in the world of guitars, first playing the instrument quite well and then, as it could not be otherwise and for the affinity with his work, for pleasure, building them.
He never professionally dedicated himself to making guitars for sale, but his great professionalism in the world of wood made him build some exquisite guitars.
The master Miguel helped and accompanied his father since he had reason, and afterwards and for many years helped him in many of his works, so his handling in the wood tools and in the work of the same has been since a very early age.
Miguel is a simple person, positive, determined, loving his family, while enthusiastic and curious. All this accompanied by a natural talent to fix all kinds of things.
But the two most important characteristics of Michael are a great sensitivity and a perseverance to say enough, to reach the ultimate end of things.
This personality and his love for wood, along with his natural talent in the face of challenges, have led him to the deepest secrets of guitar sound. Those who know you in person know what we are talking about.
Belonging to a working class family in the 60s and 70s along with scarce family resources, marked the educational life of Miguel.
He was a bright, nonconformist boy … and we call them difficult. He went to school as an extreme obligation because he did not motivate him, what he was told, nor the methods, nor the authoritarian teachers he had. Whenever he could, he made “steers”. He was a free soul in those days.
In his family, the education was in the old fashioned way, from the alpargata “pa up”, espadrille “pa down” of his beloved grandmother Isabel. Many of his neighborhood acquaintances got lost in the way of alcohol and drugs, but Miguel, perhaps fortunately, perhaps because of his way of embracing life, went ahead without finishing his studies, and went to work at the young age of 14 years.
We can say, without the slightest hint of doubt, that his education and his life have shaped the street and hard work.
Miguel is a very prolific person. We can say that his professionalism has led him in many different ways, in which he has always stood out. He has always helped his father and has worked an average of 14 hours a day for most of his life, for others at the same time as for himself.
He has also undertaken on many occasions and projects of all kinds, sometimes with success and others with failures. The latter have always served to make him stronger and determined, if possible.
In the world of guitar, he began in 1999 helping his father. It was an activity that motivated him very much for the secrets and challenges that he entailed, as well as his passion for music, dancing, and playing the instrument. His first complete guitar finished it in 2007. Since then he has been perfecting his technique until today, discovering to us all instruments with a soul and a life of his own.
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“Unbelievably comfortable, powerful and defined, outstanding balance between the bass, always understandable and not dark, the media, which gives it a strong character, and the sharp, sharp and sharp as blades when making chopped. and worked by hand with the best woods of every moment, just brutal! “
“In my mind always that softness and ease to move around the fretboard, comfortable and with the right volume, but above all a sound that is something more than simple chords, arpeggios or tremolos, because when something is born from the heart, normally the result is superior . Because when you spoil and put your soul in every detail that guitar will never leave you indifferent, and that is the best definition for a Garrido Pozuelo guitar”
“Having a guitar designed and built to the smallest detail is something that not everyone can have, and if we add that it is made with all the care and love possible, it is inevitable that the result is something fantastic.”
“Having a guitar designed and built to the smallest detail is something that not everyone can have, and if we add that it is made with all the care and love possible, it is inevitable that the result is something fantastic.”
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A strong response with incredible smoothness. I do long study sessions and practically do not feel tired.”
“More than a guitar, it is an instrument created with so much love and …”
“A few days ago I had the pleasure of visiting the workshop of my friend, the luthier Miguel Garrido, and I was able to try some of his guitars.In his different models I could see how the careful selection of materials and the love for craftsmanship give as a result beautiful pieces, each one with its peculiarities of pulsation and sound, in a range in which practically any guitarist, whether professional or amateur, will be able to find a guitar that meets their needs”
“Like a guitar made with love, it sounds special and the sound is already good, it strikes it better and better.
So grateful is this guitar”
“Flamenco guitars are very soft. Its clean sound is perfect in the melody and its sound allows to accompany ideally”
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