Before long, Barrios attracted the attention of impresario Carlos Trapani in Mon

tevideo Uruguay, and began to appear in public with a beautiful guitar from the
workshop of Jose Ramirez I, gifted to him by Trapani. It was this guitar which B
arrios used in his first recordings, and which endured an unscheduled immersion
in a river in Tranqueras Uruguay, when the car in which the guitar had been plac
ed rolled Soon after arriving in Buenos Aires, Barrios began to perform locally,
in what was a true center of guitar culture. He acquired a modern guitar, proba
bly from the Ramirez (Manuel or Jose I) or another Madrid worksBefore long, Barr
ios attracted the attention of impresario Carlos Trapani in Montevideo Uruguay,
and began to appear in public with a beautiful guitar from the workshop of Jose
Ramirez I, gifted to him by Trapani. It was this guitar which Barrios used in hi
s first recordings, and which endured an unscheduled immersion in a river in Tra
nqueras Uruguay, when the car in which the guitar had been placed rolled off a r
iver ferry, deftly researched and investigated by American guitar historian and
guitar maker Richard Brune, who also sold the guitar at auction in 2002. The ori
ginal Ramirez catalog from that time period clearly shows this guitar. (Catalog
courtesy of R.E Brune).hop. Maestro Rico Stover correctly identifies this guitar
as the first guitar we can associate with Barrios to have mechanical tuning mac
hines. Already, we can see in his dress, and his posture, a man in whom the guit
ar has become an inseparable part of his persona.
off a river ferry, deftly researched and investigated by American guitar histori
an and guitar maker Richard Brune, who also sold the guitar at auction in 2002.
The original Ramirez catalog from that time period clearly shows this guitar. (C
atalog courtesy of R.E Brune).