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Ramirez Workshop Luthiers 
We are often asked what the intials in the Ramirez Guitars represent. The following is a list of luthiers of the Ramirez workshop and their intials:
MAG - Manuel Alonso Gimenez: Although these were his initials, he ever never used them. He used a number instead.
PC - Cayetano Alvarez Luna: He didn't use his own initials. When he made guitars he used Pedro Contreras' initials PC.
JLA - José Luis Alvarez Mariblanca
Paulino Bernabe Almendariz
CB - Carlos Blanco Pena: Although these were his initials, he ever never used them. He used a number instead.
EB - Enrique Borreguero Marcos: Although these were his initials, he ever never used them. He used a number instead.
MC - Manuel Caceres Pizarro
MG - Manuel Gonzales Contreras (from 1959-1962)
AC - Alfonso Contreras Valbuena
PC - Pedro Contreras Valbuena: He shared his initials with Cyetano Alvarez
JF - José Flores Duro
JG - Juan Garcia Rey
PJ - Pedro Jimenez Posadas
José Lopez Cubillo
CLL - Carmelo Llerena Martinez
MM - Miguel Malo Martinez
FM - Felix Manzanero
Pedro Manzanero Cabrera: He didn’t use initials because he never made guitars. He cannot be considered a disciple of Ramirez when it comes to building guitars, only when speaking of bandurrias and lutes.
IM - Ignacio Manzano Rozas
AM - Antonio Martinez Ortega
JM - Julian Moraga Rodriguez: Although these were his initials, he ever never used them. He used a number instead.
FM - Fernando Morcuende De Cruz
Ramón Peñalver Soler
GP - (Goya) Pérez Mariblanca
Manuel Rodriguez Fernandez: He is not a disciple of José Ramirez III. He was a workmate, and he left the workshop before Ramirez III unveiled all of his innovations. It is better to say that he was a disciple of José Ramirez II.
JR - José Romero Garrido
AS - Arturo Sanzano Moreno
MTC - Mariano Tezanos Castro: He also used the initials MT, but he inverted the "T" in order to distinguish himself from his father.
MT - Mariano Tezanos Martín
O (JER) - José Ramirez IV: Normally he doesn’t use initials. When he began building, he used the letter "O" on some guitars. When he does use initials, they would be "JER".
AR - Amalia Ramirez: She does not use initials on her guitars yet. When she does, they would be "AR.".
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