Juan Miguel Carmona
Juan Miguel Carmona "Habichuela" was born in Granada in 1960. He began his apprenticeship at the age of 14, with master builders Eduardo Ferrer Castillo, Manuel Lopez Bellido, Antonio Duran, and Francisco Manuel Diaz. By the age of 22, he had mastered his craft, and established his own workshop. As a builder, he has studied the guitars of the great guitar makers, Antonio de Torres, Jose Ramirez, Santos Hernandez, and Marcelo Barberos'. The guitar's he makes are patterned after the latter's. He uses wood that has been cured and dried for 10 to 15 years for the guitars he builds. Carmona has sold his flamenco guitars to such greats as Sabicas, Juan Habichuela, Pepe Habichuela, Yerbita, Tomatito, Manuel Cano, Manuel Delgado, and Ketama.
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