The Classical Guitar Centre

The Classical Guitar Centre A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at our specialist Centre in the heart of the country.

๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐Warwickshire luthier John Callinanโ€™s elegant instruments always prove well worth the...
04/04/2026

๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐

Warwickshire luthier John Callinanโ€™s elegant instruments always prove well worth the wait.

With a delicate combination of brightness and sweetness, this guitar offers impressive volume.

Beautifully balanced with clarity and even separation, it is ideal for the concert stage while remaining comfortable to play.

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—™๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผA really popular flamenco instrument. This is a quality guitar with solid cypress back and sides, u...
21/02/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—™๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ

A really popular flamenco instrument. This is a quality guitar with solid cypress back and sides, unusual at this price. It has fitted clear golpeadores (tapping plates). The neck has an ebony reinforcement strip.

๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒThe Almansa 457 R Trad is Almansaโ€™s least expensive model featuring solid Indian rosewood back ...
21/02/2026

๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

The Almansa 457 R Trad is Almansaโ€™s least expensive model featuring solid Indian rosewood back and sides. With good volume, this example has a spruce top, adding clarity to the tone.

๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟThis attractive instrument features an all-solid rosewood body, exceptional at this price. With ...
21/02/2026

๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

This attractive instrument features an all-solid rosewood body, exceptional at this price. With good volume and a warm tone, it has a lively treble, well-paired with a punchy bass.

๐—”. ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—•๐—™ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐ŸฎPart classical and part flamenco, this guitar has clear golpรฉ (tapping) plates fitted, a low ac...
21/02/2026

๐—”. ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—•๐—™ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ

Part classical and part flamenco, this guitar has clear golpรฉ (tapping) plates fitted, a low action, and the addition of studs to take a strap on the base and heel. The tone falls somewhere between the two in character, with a smoother treble and darker mid-range/bass than a cypress flamenco, but also a more abrupt response and less sustain than is typical of a classical instrument.

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒBrought out by Ramirez to celebrate their 135th year anniversary, this instrument continues the...
21/02/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Brought out by Ramirez to celebrate their 135th year anniversary, this instrument continues the build style and aesthetics of the outstandingly popular 130 Years model. The tone has plenty of volume but is also well-balanced, with a clear singing treble and strong bass.

Playability, typically for Ramirez instruments, is very comfortable. The extra decorative detail in the rosette and bridge has been updated in the Del Tiempo model, and is elegant and distinctive.

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟThe Josรฉ Ramirez Del Tiempo Cedar was brought out by Ramirez to celebrate their 135th year anniv...
21/02/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

The Josรฉ Ramirez Del Tiempo Cedar was brought out by Ramirez to celebrate their 135th year anniversary, this instrument continues the build style and aesthetics of the outstandingly popular 130 Years model. The tone has plenty of volume but is also well-balanced, with a clear singing treble and strong bass.

Playability, typically for Ramirez instruments, is very comfortable. The extra decorative detail in the rosette and bridge has been updated in the Del Tiempo model and is elegant and distinctive.

๐——๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฎฬ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎWalter James Leckie was born into a family freshly returned to England from a l...
21/02/2026

๐——๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฎฬ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ

Walter James Leckie was born into a family freshly returned to England from a life with British Society in Indiaโ€”with servants, wealth and a distinguished lineage in the professions.

Following instruction from Madame Sidney Pratten, the tutor to the Royal Princesses, he met someone from a quite different worldโ€ฆ

Someone who, as a young Spanish boy, leaving home at the age of ten years to live with street musicians, rogues and vagabondsโ€ฆ was destined to become one of the most loved and influential guitarists of all time.

This is the incredible storyโ€”of their friendship, beautiful manuscripts and wonderful music.

CD recordings enclosed

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐„๐๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ž/๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐œ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—Neatly constructed by the English maker, Stephen Eden, the tone of this elegan...
14/02/2026

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐„๐๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ž/๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐œ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—

Neatly constructed by the English maker, Stephen Eden, the tone of this elegant instrument is nicely balanced; light and sweet, with a volume surprising for a smaller, non-rosewood guitar.

๐€๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐š 459The Almansa 459 is a really nice Almansa with solid Indian rosewood back and sides, a warm, lively tone and i...
14/02/2026

๐€๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐š 459

The Almansa 459 is a really nice Almansa with solid Indian rosewood back and sides, a warm, lively tone and impressive volume.

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51A St Mary's Road
Birmingham
B675DH

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Tuesday 10am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 3:30pm
Thursday 10am - 3:30pm
Friday 10am - 3:30pm
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