Guitar Gamaliel & Jose Yacopi 1945

Guitar Gamaliel & Jose Yacopi 1945

Gamaliel and Jose Yacopi designed this magnificent guitar in 1945. You’ll appreciate the finely detailed decoration and delicate rosette motifs. The precious woods of this ancient instrument have been meticulously selected. Father and son offer us a top-of-the-range antique guitar that lives up to their reputation. An ideal classical guitar for lovers of vintage guitars.

Gamaliel & Jose Yacopi father and son

Gamaliel Yacopi (1878-1951) was born in Italy. Founder of the Yacopi dynasty, he set up his workshop in Barcelona, Spain, at the beginning of the 20th century. There, he met some of the great Catalan guitarists with whom he forged strong friendships. For Emilio Pujol, a great master of the classical guitar, he built a splendid vihuela, a kind of viol. He moved to Argentina in 1949 with his son Jose Yacopi, to whom he passed on all the tricks of the trade. From the traditional Barcelona school, his guitars are similar to those of the famous Spanish luthier Francisco Simplicio.

His son, Jose Yacopi, was born in Vitoria (Spanish Basque country) in 1916. He moved to Argentina with his father in 1949, and set up his own lutherie workshop in 1951 in San Fernando, a charming town north of Buenos Aires. Many great guitarists, including Narcisso Yepes, Atahualpa Yupanqui, María Luisa Anido and Abel Fleury, have had the chance to play his magnificent instruments.