{{Short description|Spanish luthier (1897–1977)}} {{Expand Catalan|topic=bio|Ignacio Fleta|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Ignacio Fleta | birth_name = Ignacio Fleta Pescador | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|07|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Huesa del Común, Spain | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|08|11|1897|07|31|df=y}} | death_place = Barcelona, Spain | occupation = Luthier | years_active = 1927–1977 | children = 2 }} '''Ignacio Fleta Pescador''' (31 July 1897 – 11 August 1977)<ref name="Jones2009">{{cite book |author=Roger Jones |title=What's Who?: A Dictionary of Things Named After People and the People They are Named After |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46Rx1U5x70QC&pg=PA79 |date=1 January 2009 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-84876-047-9 |pages=79–}}</ref> was a Spanish luthier and a crafter of string instruments such as guitars, violins, cellos, violas, as well as historical instruments.<ref name="Wade2010">{{cite book |author=Graham Wade |title=A Concise History of the Classic Guitar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ytfJvpphLqQC&pg=PA169 |date=7 October 2010 |publisher=Mel Bay Publications |isbn=978-1-60974-280-5 |pages=169–}}</ref> Fleta is widely regarded as one of the foremost classical guitar makers in the history of the instrument and sometimes described as the Stradivarius, or Steinway, of the guitar.<ref name="Lichfield2012">{{cite book |author=John Lichfield |title=Our Man in Paris: A Foreign Correspondent, France and the French |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48G_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT33 |date=30 March 2012 |publisher=Andrews UK Limited |isbn=978-1-908493-56-9 |pages=33–}}</ref><ref name="Rodriguez2010">{{cite book |author=Manuel Rodriguez |title=The Art and Craft of Making Classical Guitars |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UdMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 |date=1 January 2010 |publisher=Hal Leonard |isbn=978-1-4768-5553-0 |pages=135–}}</ref> Born into a family of cabinet makers, he initially built string- and historical instruments, and was inspired by Andrés Segovia to focus his efforts on the guitar.<ref name="Bolt2010">{{cite book |author=Ben Bolt |title=Getting Into Classic Guitar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nw7hs4jxZDkC&pg=PA5 |date=17 December 2010 |publisher=Mel Bay Publications |isbn=978-1-61065-116-5 |pages=5–}}</ref>
During Ignacio Fleta's Golden Age, from the 1960s to the 1970s, he revolutionized the cedar top and is considered the greatest maker in that material. Fleta's guitars from this period are known as the "Rolls-Royce" of the classical guitar world.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morrish|first1=John|title=The Classical Guitar : A Complete History|date=2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|location=San Francisco, CA, USA|isbn=9780879307257|edition=1.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoKMs9l4V-cC&dq=fleta&pg=PT6}}</ref>
Throughout the 20th century, he was championed by guitarists such as Andrés Segovia, John Williams and Alirio Díaz.<ref name="Jones2009"/><ref name="Freeth2002">{{cite book |author=Nick Freeth |title=The Guitar & Rock Equipment |url=https://archive.org/details/guitarrockequipm00cvfree |url-access=registration |year=2002 |publisher=Salamander |isbn=978-1-84065-395-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/guitarrockequipm00cvfree/page/130 130]–}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://artsonfilm.com/fleta-documentary Ignacio Fleta: I AM A GUITAR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904022123/http://artsonfilm.com/fleta-documentary |date=2015-09-04 }} * [http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/ignacio-fleta-a-classical-guitar-the-ex-john-4478304-details.aspx?intObjectID=4478304 CHRISTIES: Ignacio Fleta "EX-JOHN WILLIAMS, BARCELONA, 1961"] * [http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1977/08/12/pagina-16/33764525/pdf.html Obituary, Spanish newspaper ''La Vanguardia''] (printing the second surname: Pescador).
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