Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 3—Josefina Pimentel In Loving Memory Josefina Pimentel, co-founder of Pimentel Guitars and the cherished matriarch of her ...

Inside of a workshop in Albuquerque sit master creators who handcraft classical, acoustic guitars. Its a long an meticulous process to create guitars by hand, but it's a a way to turn wood into a ...

Lorenzo Pimentel, whose handmade guitars are played by professionals around the world, has died at the age of 82. Mr Pimentel died after a long battle with prostate cancer, family members said. Mr ...

Red and green chile isn’t the only export of New Mexico that’s world-renowned. For three generations the Pimentel family crafted exquisite, perfectly tuned instruments made by hand and made with love.

They are considered some of the finest instruments in the world- celebrities and dignitaries turn to one New Mexico based company from across the globe for the purest sound a guitar can make. At the ...

Guitar-building seems to be embedded in the DNA of the Pimentel family. Lorenzo Pimentel learned the craft from his half-brothers while growing up in Durango and Ciudad Juárez, in their native Mexico.

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Gustavo Pimentel was raised in a musical family, one that owns and runs Pimentel & Sons Guitar Makers in Albuquerque. The classical Spanish guitarist studied ...

Apr. 28—Josefina Pimentel In Loving Memory Josefina Pimentel, co-founder of Pimentel Guitars and the cherished matriarch of her family, passed away peacefully on the morning of April 23, 2025, at the ...