Elvis Pajares Cortez is a skilled and passionate luthier from Namora, Cajamarca, Peru with a long family tradition. His concern is to create the most beautiful instruments, inspired by the great masters of the early twentieth century and the most recent discoveries in the modern guitar. The projects by Antonio de Torres, Francisco Simplicio, José Luis Romanillos, Thomas Humphrey, and Manuel Contreras are the base on which Elvis sets his most successful models, using only the highest quality materials from Peru and Latin America. 

"The spirit of the guitar and its secrets live on the soundboard, there is a lot of talk about its mysteries that over time have been jealously guarded by the great masters: this information and the investigation of string instruments have provided a whole range of possibilities to achieve different timbres, colors, and the volume of the instrument. Various factors can impact the attainment of a desired instrument, but in my opinion, the most crucial one is the luthier's ear. I make it a point to wake up early every morning so I can enhance my understanding of the guitar. My goal is to develop a discerning ear that will serve as my mentor and lead me in my quest for the sound I want for each guitar. In this way, I can understand wood as a living being that whispers in the ear and says what thickness and weight will be ideal, since not all fir or cedar has the same density, weight, or hardness, for this reason, there are no universal formulas. After many years I have to take the time with each set of wood to be able to study and understand them. For 15 years I have been going to the forest in silence and playing the first notes of what will be the top of the guitar over and over again until I can hear the first melodies that come from it. When one listens, the mind can be projected and the ears act as if they were listening to the final result."

Elvis Pajares