With the perspective and experience of a performing musician, I began my career as a luthier in my hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Years later, I moved to Oakland, California to specialize in the construction of high-end steel string acoustic guitars in a 40 month apprenticeship to the renowned Ervin Somogyi. Upon completion, I founded Buendia Guitars.
I build one-of-a-kind custom guitars with the depth of sound and immediate response desired by professional musicians and guitar players around the world.
The process of discovering together with my clients exactly what they want or need in a guitar fills my work with a sense of meaning.
I come from a culture that places great value on connectivity and conversation. Admittedly I find great joy in working alone in a very focused and detail-oriented way; but it is working with people, and not just wood, that makes this my true calling.
While my teacher’s lineage is apparent in every guitar I build, my goal is to maintain a beginner’s mind so that every guitar can be as truly unique as its player.
Buendia Guitars
Koa Back & Sides
Adirondack Spruce Top
Cutaway
Custom Rosette
Koa Headstock Veneer w/ Custom Center Inlay
Ebony Bindings w/Green Maple Purfling
Ebony Fretboard w/ Burl Wood stick Inlay Markers @5,7,9, 12 & 15
Gold Gotoh 510 Tuners w/Ebony Buttons
Scale Length; 25″
Saddle: 2.30″
Nut: 1.80″
Hoffee Case
African Blackwood Back & Sides
Swiss Spruce Top
Cutaway
Blackwood w/Burl Wood Segmented Rosette
Blackwood Headstock Veneer w/ Burl Wood Center Inlay
Ebony Bindings
Ebony Fretboard w/ Burl Wood stick Inlay Markers @5,7,9, 12 & 15
Segmented Burl Wood Inlay Center Back Strip
Gold Schaller Tuners w/Ebony Buttons
K&K Pure Mini Pick Up
Hoffee Case
Scale Length; 25″
Saddle: 2.30″
Nut: 1.75″
Brazilian Rosewood Back & Sides
Old Growth German Spruce Top
Art Deco Rosette
12th Fret Inlay Matching Wood used in Rosette
Ebony Bindings, Fretboard & Bridge
BRW Headstock Veneer w/Wood Inlay Matching Rosette & Fretboard
Gold Gotoh 510 Tuners w/Ebony Buttons
Black Hoffee Case
Scale length 25″
Body length 19 5/8″
Upper bout 11 1/2″
Waist 9 3/4″
Lower bout 15 3/4″
Nut width 1 3/4″
String spacing at bridge 2 1/4″
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