{"product_id":"rare-vintage-valdez-flamenco-classical-guitar","title":"Rare Vintage Arturo Valdez flamenco guitar","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe we have a super rare Arturo Valdez flamenco style guitar with pickup .Arturo Valdez \u003cspan\u003ewas known around the world as the “guitar repairman to the stars.” With his shop located on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, California, Arturo worked on thousands of guitars, many legendary in the history of rock and roll. He opened his shop in the early 1960s and soon had customers such as John Lennon, Eric Clapton and John Denver and Gene Simmons . Over the years Arturo also created his own brand of guitars and became a sought-after luthier as well. Beginning in the 1980s he designed his own line of classical and Flamenco guitars, which have been sold around the world and here is one of them . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis particular guitar was purchased from Arturo Valdez himself  (photo attached of him holding the guitar) around the early 1980's from his store in Hollywood . It has a number of extremely ornate features which make this guitar so rare and unique . It has a german Spruce soundboard , Cypess back and sides and a scalloped Ebony fingerboard ! Imagine the time it took to do that ! Pictures definately help form the description of this one off masterpiece . It has a strong spanish tone and also had a Barcus Berry insider pickup fitted . It has a couple of light cracks in the cutaway section and the rosewood traditional tuning pegs were changed out for some high quality gold grovers . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll in all this is a quality handmade Vintage USA instrument from one of the stars of the guitar luthier world . Includes a Guild hardcase . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valdez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43077562204278,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/1811\/files\/unnamed_17_08d71e8e-d167-4bac-94f7-d513c8355041.jpg?v=1771558552","url":"https:\/\/musicatnoosa.com\/products\/rare-vintage-valdez-flamenco-classical-guitar","provider":"Music at Noosa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}