Amalia Ramírez was born in Madrid in October 1955 into the Ramírez guitar making family, and familiarized herself as she played as a child in its surroundings. By the age of 21 she joined the workshop where she learned how to make guitars. She left for a few years; only to return to help her brother Jose Ramírez IV in the restructuring and management of the shop, and to bring a new look to the family business. The work was evenly distributed between the two. José Enrique was devoted mainly to the workshop while Amalia applied herself to the commercial aspects. Amalia also built guitars after establishing the workshop again in General Margallo.

The real change occurred at the beginning of 1993 when they returned to the original outline of a reduced workshop and a limited production. “Today, all of our professional guitars are sold. They can be acquired in our store in Madrid or through our world-wide network of distributors.” In the summer of 1995 the store moved from Concepción Jerónima nº2, to the street of La Paz nº 8, very near the old store.

At the moment, the House of Ramírez workforce comprises ten persons. The workshop has three officials - Carmelo Llerena, Fernando Morcuende, and Ricardo Sáenz. The three apprentices are Pedro Abel Morcuende, Laura del Pino y Cecé Sánchez. Supervising the organization is Marisa Sanzano, who checks the production in the workshop and occupies herself with the administrative work, and assisting with the secretarial work is Arancha Prieto who works in the main office.

Two guitarists, with astistant Oscar Leal, work in the store. Antonio Molina- a Rock & Roll guitarist - and the gifted flamenco guitarist, Paul Martínez, who is responsible for the shop. Amalia Ramírez can be found there, and after José IV’s death in June of 2000, she took over the running of the company and committed herself to carry on with the family tradition.

José Enrique Ramírez left four children; Cristina, Almudena, José Enrique, and Francisco Javier. They are still very young but Cristina has expressed an interest to continue the family tradition and will soon learn how to build guitars. Also, José Enrique will join the business in the future when he’s finished with school. Therefore there is great promise for the Ramírez family to continue with a fifth generation of guitar builders.

amalia@guitarrasramirez.com