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Josep Melo’s family background allows him to combine intellectual work with craftsmanship. From a very early age he was obsessed with making guitars: as he grew older they went everywhere with him and he began to build up a collection. Apart from playing them he also studied their form, their design, their sound, the wood they were made from… The collection grew and so did his knowledge which was clearly contributed to by his training as a designer, and this afforded him a rigour in his work and in his thinking.
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29-11-2018
25th Anniversary MELOGUITARS: Blackguard
Throughout the twenty-five years of my work as a guitar maker I have received, on several occasions, the proposal to build guitars which were copies of other manufacturers’ models. I have always turned these requests down and advised those that asked me that it was better to own the original instruments.
To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary, I have reconsidered this issue and I have decided that, for the first time, without precedent and to celebrate this event, I will build a limited series of ten Blackguard Telecaster® and four prototypes.
The reason behind this decision is, firstly, my own devotion to this instrument, the first industrially-built electric guitar and my admiration for its creator, Clarence Leo Fender. The tonal quality of some of the examples form this period is legendary as well as its magnificent design. Moreover, I was born in 1952, at the height of its production, which runs from 1950 to 1954 with regard to the Blackguard model.
So, I have insisted in asking Tadeo Gomez, over several months, for his workshop apron to instill his knowledge and spirit of the time in me, to build for you, with the utmost rigor and musical success, these mythical Blackguard.
Telecaster® is a registered trademark of Fender Musical Instruments corp. MELOGUITARS© is not afiliated with any of the above companies in any way.
02-10-2018
MELOGUITARS in the Luthier Guitar Show
The exhibition will take place on October 13 and 14, 2018 in the “Nave de Terneras“, located in the surroundings of “El Matadero“, in Madrid.
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23-04-2018
25th Anniversary MELOGUITARS
MELOGUITARS celebrates 25th years and launches a new design website…
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22-01-2015
MELOGUITARS in American Lutherie
Issue No. 120. Winter 2014, Tacoma.
Meet the Maker: Josep Melo. By Mónica Esparza.
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10-04-2014
MELOGUITARS in Jazz Guitar Book magazine (Japan)
24-02-2014
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
We report to all of you that the Chinese company “Musoo” has produced a copy of one of my guitars without any type of authorization.
The information that we have in these moments says that the copy is a very low quality guitar.
I communicate it to you to avoid confusions with my original guitars.
05-08-2013
MELOGUITARS in Acoustic Guitar magazine
August 2013 (Issue No. 248)
ALL JAZZED UP. Custom archtop guitars from six individual luthiers. By Teja Gerken.
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25-03-2013
New EM3 Supreme Custom “Anniversary” – Exclusive model for CREWS CORPORATION
28-06-2012
10th Anniversary MELOGUITARS
MELOGUITARS celebrates 10th years and launches a new design website!
08-07-2011
MELOGUITARS in Masterclass Internazionale Di Chitarra
Valtellina (Italy)
28 July – 04 August 2011
