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* German Vazquez Rubio, U.S.A.
Julian Bream -
Manuel Ramirez, Spain
Santos Hernandez, Spain
Hector Quine, England, 1954
Robert Bouchet, France, sold in 1990
Details on the Bouchet guitars : 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964
Hernandez & Aguado, Spain, 1965, sold in late 1970s
Brian Cohen, England, 1991
Jeffrey Elliott, U.S.A., 1986
Hermann Hauser, Germany
Details on the Hauser guitars :
Hermann Hauser I, Germany, 1936, 1940 (his present guitar,
owned by Rose Augustine), 1944, 1947, 1950
Hermann Hauser II, Germany, 1957, sold to Robert Spencer,
currently owned by Bruce Banister
Edgar Monch, Germany/Canada, 1959
Masaru Kohno, Japan, sold in 1990
Jose Romanillos, England, 1973, 1985
David Rubio, England, 1965, 1966
Kevin Aram, England
Gary Southwell, England, 1996, bench copy of Rose Augustine's 1940 Hermann Hauser I
guitar
Robert Brightmore -
John Gilbert, U.S.A.
Leo Brouwer -
Daniel Friederich, France, S/N:392 (1974) and 441 (1976)
Francisco Simplicio, Spain
Yamaha, Japan, H. Ezaki, GC 30A, cedar, late 1970s, bought from the luthier in person
Ignacio Fleta, Spain
Julian Byzantine -
Greg Smallman, Australia, 1990
Smallman & Sons, Australia, 1999, made by Kym Smallman
Jorge Caballero -
Masaji Nobe, Japan
John Price, Australia
Jorge Cardoso -
Manuel Contreras, Spain, 25th Anniversary model
Abel Carlevaro -
Manuel Contreras, Spain, Carlevaro model, early-mid 1980s
Ricardo Cobo -
Thomas Humphrey, U.S.A.
Gregory Byers, U.S.A.
Jose Oribe, U.S.A.
Tom Blackshear, U.S.A.
German Vazquez Rubio, U.S.A., Humphrey Millenium replica
Mikhail Robert, Canada