David Peña Vargas builds at Guitarras Artesanales in Jerez de la Frontera, the city where the bulería was born and where the Roma guitar tradition runs deepest of any school in this collection. La Frontera - The Border - takes its name from the city itself: Jerez de la Frontera, the historic Christian-Moorish border town. Label confirmed: Peña Vargas, Guitarras Artesanales, Jerez de la Frontera, Modelo Taranto, Año 2020, Nº 148.
La Frontera closes a gap this collection had named directly as its most significant open one. It is the sole Jerez school representative in the archive. Acquired 2026, the instrument has not yet undergone Riley inspection; construction specifications below are per the seller's listing and remain unverified pending that assessment.
La Frontera is the sole Jerez school representative in the collection. Jerez de la Frontera is documented as one of the deepest centers of Roma flamenco tradition in Andalucía, alongside Triana and Utrera. The instrument's construction and the maker's workshop history are being documented as part of the ANICETO University curriculum, and the full record will be updated here following Riley inspection.
| Instrument Name | La Frontera · The Border |
| Maker | David Peña Vargas · Guitarras Artesanales, Jerez de la Frontera |
| Year | 2020 · Modelo Taranto · Nº 148 |
| School | Jerez · Sole school representative |
| Type | Flamenca Blanca |
| Top | Spruce (seller-reported, unverified) |
| Back & Sides | Cypress (seller-reported, unverified) |
| Scale Length | 655mm (seller-reported, unverified) |
| Label | Confirmed: Peña Vargas, Guitarras Artesanales, Jerez de la Frontera, Modelo Taranto, Año 2020, Nº 148 |
| Tuners | Planetary (seller-reported, unverified) |
| Collection Role | Jerez Anchor |
| Acquired | 2026 |
Label confirmed against the seller's own listing text, resolving earlier ambiguity in a handwritten label photograph. Condition and construction specifications above are seller-reported only. Riley inspection has not yet been performed; this record will be updated with independently verified findings once that assessment is complete.
Jerez de la Frontera is one of the historic centers of Roma flamenco culture in Andalucía, alongside Triana and Utrera. The bulería, one of flamenco's fastest and most percussive forms, is closely associated with the city. Flamenco is still taught aurally in Jerez today, passed within families before it ever reaches a stage. La Frontera was built inside that living tradition, not a historical reconstruction of it.
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The Jerez school and its place at the center of Roma flamenco tradition are documented in the ANICETO University curriculum.
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