Neck：Cedro
Fingerboard：Ebony
Finish：Lacquer
Tuning Machine：FUSTERO
String height：1string　3.0mm／6string　4.0mm

[Profile]
Born in Madrid in 1943. His father was Marcelo Barbero I (1904-1956), one of the most famous Spanish master craftsmen of the first half of the 20th century. When he was 13 years old, his father Barbero I passed away, and he was apprenticed in the workshop of Jose Ramirez III. Later, Arcángel Fernández, an apprentice of Barbero I, opened his own workshop, and Barbero Hijo entered as an apprentice there in 1957.
The guitars that were shipped with the 'Arcánhel Fernández Workshop' label were in fact completely handcrafted by Barbero Hijo himself, and were loved by core guitar fans as having a quality as high as that of his mentor Arcánhel.
From the late 1990s, he also produced guitars under his own original label, and was showing increasing refinement and enrichment, until his untimely death in January 2005.
His slightly rigid tone evokes the best traditions of the Spanish guitar, which were passed down to his master, Alcángel, and even to his father, Barbero I. The more he approached the last years of his life, the more his reputation grew.

[Description]
We now have a 1999 made by Marcelo Barbero Hijo Para Casa Arcangel Fernandez label. The head shape is a 'workshop' design. Other than that, the quality is extremely high, including the grade of wood used (the back and sides are selected to be the most beautiful quarter-sawn Jacaranda wood ever made). It is a piece that shows the quality of Barbero Hijo's craftsmanship during this period. He has done an excellent job throughout his production career, but his works from the late 1990s to his later years are particularly impressive in terms of the depth of musical expression, and his rustic tones are full of richness and power, in the tradition of a good Madrid sound.
The sound has a unique stiffness, inherited from his mentor Alcángel, but the response is pleasant and the rich volume is perfect. Although the guitar is over 20 years old, it does not have many scratches and is in very clean condition.


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