Background
He was born on 16 March 1924 in Cora Cora, Ayacucho.
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Abraham Falcon
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Since he was too young, his life was focused on agricultural activities to help all his family. In 1946, Abraham Falcón made the first "Falcón"s guitar", an instrument made of guarango (a piece of dry wood he had found near Palpa"s river) lieutenant was the beginning of a new hope for all the country: making the best Peruvian guitars. His company name is ‘Guitarras Falcón’ and nowadays it is located in Lima, Peru.
Falcón"s guitars have been used by many renowned Classical guitarists throughout the world as well as Andean and Criollo artists in Peru.
Falcón"s trademark is in the design of the guitar skeleton which has a unique fan bracing system. As a consecuence, this "research" was registered in INDECOPI as "Structural Innovation for the Peruvian Classical of Concert Guitar" in 2009.
On the other hand, all of his concert guitar bodies are made of Indian palisandro, the tops are mostly made of European spruce and the fretboards are made of African ebony. The unique design system combined with his careful selection of the various woods result in exquisitely sounding guitars.
The sound quality of his concert guitars have been judged as comparable or better than many guitars made by world-renowned Spanish luthiers.
Falcón is one of the few quality luthiers in the world that stayed away from becoming a mass producer, and, kept the tradition of making all the guitars himself, by hand.
