Ramírez Guitars was founded in 1882 by José Ramírez de Galarreta y Planell, a guitar player who began as an apprentice at the age of twelve in the workshop of Francisco González (from the Madrid Guitar School, successor to the former Association of Violeros, Guitar Makers and Instrument Builders). de cuerda of 1761) and at twenty-four he settled in the Rastro together with his brother Manuel whom he trained in the trade. The first fixed address was at 2 Concepción Jerónima, with a workshop and store. He was one of the most outstanding guitar masters of his time and one of the main promoters of the so-called Madrid School of Guitar Builders, in which his descendants continue today, already in the fifth generation. Among the wonderful guitars that have come out of this workshop, the Traditional model and the Tablao Guitar stand out. José Ramírez I revolutionizes the world of flamenco with this latest model that his brother Manuel takes to transform it and lay the foundations of the current flamenco guitar that his disciples continued to make: Borreguero, Esteso and Santos Hernández. José Ramírez III was the first to introduce red cedar on the soundboard of the guitars, as well as the reinforcement of ebony in the neck and the use of synthetic varnishes with greater crystallization.

Many musicians have played their guitars from Andrés Segovia, through Agustín Barrios, Víctor Monge "Serranito", Manolo Sanlúcar, Narciso Yepes, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Serrat, Aute... They have received many awards among which we can mention, As an example, the gold medal of the Chicago Guitar Society (1962) or the gold medal for the Exemplary Craftsman of the Obra Sindical de Artesanía de Madrid (1972). This year they have received the 2021 Manuel Babiloni Guitarist Musical Excellence Award.

Anecdote of Andres Segovia