C. Vega -> RE: José Ramirez III for sale jewel... (Nov. 19 2012 12:43:59)
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Ramirez III went from using initials to using a number for a few years to indentify the person who assembled the guitar from pre-made partially completed components produced by others in the shop. They usually worked on three or four instruments at a time. The number was stamped on the underside of the top beneath the fingerboard extension. The guitars were not and are not made from start to finish by one person whether it was Ramirez IV, Bernabe, Contreras or anyone else. The practice of using initials or numbers was no longer in use when the 1986 guitar being discussed here was made. AlVal, Cristina Ramirez was, from the serial number, able to identify the employee who assembled of your guitar as "JM" which stands for Julian Moraga Rodriguez. Ramirez blancas from the 1980s or any other period do not have doubled cypress sides. The classicals had, and the Tradicional model classical still has, rosewood sides laminated to a cypress inner face.
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