Building a perfect guitar

Felipe Conde Jr. works on a guitar ready in his workshop in Madrid.

Conde's family has been handcrafting guitars following the family's tradition since 1915.

Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar in his Madrid workshop.

The family uses a 30-year-old drying process to prepare the guitar wood and the finishing process lasts two months.

Felipe Conde Jr. readies a guitar for closing.

The Conde family produces only 24 guitars a year.

Felipe Conde (L) and Felipe Conde Jr. (R) ready guitars for closing in their Madrid workshop.

They make two different kinds of guitars - flamenco and classical - mainly for professionals around the world.

The Conde family works in their workshop in 1970.

Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar.

Felipe Conde tests one of his finished guitars.

Clamps are used during the gluing of the "barras," or bars, of the guitars.

A detail of the guitar during the gluing of the "purflings," decorative inlay used on the front of the guitars.

Felipe Conde Jr. forms the sides of a guitar.

Maria Conde sands down the back "barras."

Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar.

Felipe Conde Jr. fits the "mosaico" in a guitar's soundboard.

Felipe Conde works glues purflings into the front of a guitar.

Felipe Conde Jr. works gluing the "zoquetillos," or inner bands, into a guitar.

Felipe Conde Jr. readies a guitar for closing.

Felipe Conde (R) works to ready purflings before gluing them into a guitar.

Felipe Conde (L) and Felipe Conde Jr. (R) work on closing guitars.

Felipe Conde attaches the bridge of a guitar.

Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar.

A tool called a "cees" is used to make the handcrafted guitars.

A guitar is closed with the help of a tool called "cees."

Felipe Conde attaches the neck of a guitar.

Different types of wood (from different kind of trees such as Brazilian Cedar, Cypress, Maple, Indian and Madagascar Rosewood or Central European Fir Tree) are seen in Felipe Conde's storehouse.

Felipe Conde sands the soundboard of a guitar.

A detail of a guitar during the gluing of the purflings.

Felipe Conde Jr. attaches reinforcements to the sides of a guitar.

Two finished guitars are seen in Felipe Conde's storehouse.

Professional guitarist Yago Santos practices with one of his guitars, handcrafted by Felipe Conde in Madrid.

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