“Cândido, o Construtor”
by Daniel Belo
Dias Contados – Antena 3

"In Dias Contados we met a luthier from Coimbra who builds guitars using ancestral techniques...

22 January, 2024

André Henriques (Linda Martini)

"I got to know Cândido's work when Linda Martini played with Dead Combo at Eléctrico da Antena 3. I was...

18 January, 2024

Frankie Chavez – W 15.55

"I'm leaving" (Miramar) " Come Together" (The Beatles)...

10 July, 2023

Rui Aires

“I am personal friends with several luthiers of traditional instruments (Didgeridoos, nGoni, Tambores Xamânicos) and meeting and visiting Candido in...

02 November, 2020

João Francisco

“I met Cândido in his modest workshop at the end of 2015. I remember it because I took him a...

25 April, 2020

Pedro Gonçalves
(Dead Combo)

“I never had an instrument made to my measure until the moment I was challenged by Cândido and I challenged...

04 April, 2020

“From the lifelong passion for music to the art of building and repairing guitars” in Diário de Coimbra 1/09/2019

"Music has always been part of Cândido Jacob."...

08 September, 2019

CÂNDIDO JACOB: UNIQUE AND CUSTOM GUITARS
interview with Magnetica Magazine

Cândido Jacob has always been fascinated by music and it was a guitar problem that made him dedicate himself to...

27 April, 2017

The art of Cândido Jacob Luthier

In the early afternoon of this already long winter, we immersed ourselves in the art of creating stringed instruments, in...

21 April, 2016

Andy Manson

Cândido came to visit me at my workshop some years ago, since when we have become good friends....

20 April, 2016

Cândido, the builder

When you enter his workshop in Banhos Secos, a few kilometers from Coimbra, you don't see many guitars. The reason...

04 March, 2016

The art of building instruments

Fernando Meireles has been building guitars and other traditional instruments since 1984. He was a pioneer in recreating the accordion, a...

04 March, 2016

Senhor Vulcão

"Cândido Jacob is an alchemist who transforms wood into gold for the senses."...

03 March, 2016

Frankie Chavez

"What can I say about Cândido Jacob's guitars? I can say that they are incredible! They sound great, they're comfortable,...

20 February, 2016