Lester DeVoe

[1][2] He has been cited as "among the most in-demand flamenco guitar makers alive today".

[3] DeVoe originally had aspirations of becoming a professional player as he took up playing in the San Francisco Bay Area, but ventured into building guitars instead, influenced by his teacher's 1924 Santos Hernández guitar.

DeVoe guitars have been owned and played by most of the greatest names in the Latin guitar world, including the late Paco de Lucía and Sabicas, Vicente Amigo, El Viejín, Ottmar Liebert, Amir John Haddad and David Cordoba.

Pavel Steidl and Pepe Romero have both played DeVoe classical guitars.

Many of the guitars are made from Brazilian Rosewood which gives them a soulful tone.