“Cândido, o Construtor”by Daniel BeloDias Contados – Antena 3
"In Dias Contados we met a luthier from Coimbra who builds guitars using ancestral techniques...
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"In Dias Contados we met a luthier from Coimbra who builds guitars using ancestral techniques...
"I got to know Cândido's work when Linda Martini played with Dead Combo at Eléctrico da Antena 3. I was...
“I am personal friends with several luthiers of traditional instruments (Didgeridoos, nGoni, Tambores Xamânicos) and meeting and visiting Candido in...
“I met Cândido in his modest workshop at the end of 2015. I remember it because I took him a...
“I never had an instrument made to my measure until the moment I was challenged by Cândido and I challenged...
"Music has always been part of Cândido Jacob."...
Cândido Jacob has always been fascinated by music and it was a guitar problem that made him dedicate himself to...
In the early afternoon of this already long winter, we immersed ourselves in the art of creating stringed instruments, in...
Cândido came to visit me at my workshop some years ago, since when we have become good friends....
When you enter his workshop in Banhos Secos, a few kilometers from Coimbra, you don't see many guitars. The reason...
Fernando Meireles has been building guitars and other traditional instruments since 1984. He was a pioneer in recreating the accordion, a...
"Cândido Jacob is an alchemist who transforms wood into gold for the senses."...
"What can I say about Cândido Jacob's guitars? I can say that they are incredible! They sound great, they're comfortable,...