Me and my work

I’ve been building guitars and traveling all my life. That’s what I love. I spent my childhood growing up in Israel, learning to build stringed instruments from my father and grandfather, who were both violin builders.
After my military service I went traveling. I went to Europe, South America, Central America, and eventually wound up in New York, where I continued building guitars.
During my travels, I went to Spain, where I studied Flamenco and classical guitar... I visited many builders here in America as well. 

I guess seeing so much traditional building made me want to go for something a little further... a little more challenging than a standard classical guitar. Recently I’ve gained notoriety as the builder who will try anything new. But to tell you the truth, I'd rather be known as “the musicians’ builder”.
I have spent most of my life looking for acoustically perfect sound in the classical guitar. And my goal is to reach a level of perfection in each of my instruments, consistently, that has not yet been achieved by any luthier. This interest led me to the late Richard Schneider, who was a good friend and an inspiration, not to mention in Andres Segovia’s opinion the man “...in whose hands lies the future of the classical guitar”. 

*New Clarita Negra website www.claritanegra.com