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Juan Montero Aguilera was born in Córdoba in 1932. Like many
guitar makers, Juan Montero Aguilera and his brother Francisco were cabinet makers before
taking up guitar construction. In 1960, at his brother's initiative they began building
guitars. Juan studied with Manuel Reyes, and for a time built guitars
for Manuel Rodriguez. After his brother moved to Barcelona in 1963, Juan seriously devoted himself to
the study of construction, and developing his own design. Currently, he is experimenting
with the lattice bracing used by Smallman. Since1960, Juan has built more
than 850 guitars.
In building guitars, he uses, top grade, aged woods, at least 20 years old. Among the
professional guitarists and artists who appear in his registry of customers are
Juan Serrano who has used his guitars on virtually all his recordings
since 1990, Paco de Lucia, Paco Cepero, Eloy de Diego, Manolo Dominguez, Antonio Romero Pantoja, Hermanos
Flores, Carlos Piñana de Cartagena, Adolfo Rábanos de Logroño, Alberto Lucena de
Córdoba, Paco del Gastor de Morón, and Enrique de Melchor. His guitars not only have the
workmanship and beauty one expects in qualify instruments, but the sound to match in
richness, depth, and balance. |