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Instruments currently built in Albuquerque, NM since 1951.

Luthier Lorenzo Pimentel, originally born in Durango, Mexico, learned guitar making from his older brothers. Though trained as a baker, Pimentel moved to El Paso, Texas in 1948 to work for master violin maker Nagoles. In 1951, Pimentel started his own company building classical guitars. In 1953, he moved to Carlsbad New Mexico and then in 1963 moved to a permanent home in Albuquerque New Mexico where Lorenzo (Pimentel and his wife Josefina Founders) still reside. The company Pimentel & Sons consists of all family members including Lorenzo and his sons Rick Pimentel, Robert Pimentel, Victor Pimentel, and Agustin Pimentel, who are all Master Luthiers, and Hector Pimentel and Gustavo Pimentel who are the musicians of the family. In the late 1970s, the company started building acoustic steel string guitars and to date there is a waiting period up to four years to get the best of their acoustics. In 2003, they designed a Variation of a guitar called the Acoustic and classical Electric Jazz Fussion guitars.
Currenty, Lorenzo Pimentel and his sons handcraft about thirty guitars a month. List prices start at $1,200 depending on the model and woods used in the construction, and can go up to over $15,000 for some Brazillian rosewood work. In 2009, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson signed a bill to make an acoustic steel string Pimentel guitar called The New Mexico Sunrise the State guitar of New Mexico. For more information visit Pimentel's website or contact them directly (see Trademark Index).