Manuel Ramírez’s foremost disciple, he worked in his master’s workshop until Manuel’s death in 1916. He then established his own workshop and became renowned as Spain’s foremost guitar maker.

One could say Torres created the modern guitar, Manuel developed it into a classical instrument, and Santos added a distinctly Spanish flavor.

It is said that the Manuel Ramirez guitar used by the young Segovia was made by Santos. Furthermore, the guitarist who premiered the Concierto de Aranjuez, Rejino Sainz de la Maza, owned and cherished five Santos guitars.

This guitar is a work from Santos’s late period, 1939, yet it remains in miraculously perfect, completely original condition, having never undergone restoration. Santos Hernández 1939 (7)

This is one of the world’s finest instruments, used on the CD “Bach on Guitar 3” (Unaccompanied Cello Suites Vol. 1.1), released for the 30th anniversary of his debut in 2021, and on the CD “Bach on Guitar 4” (Unaccompanied Cello Suites Vol. 1.2).