Juan Orozco died on February 15, 2020. An enterprising and characteristic person in the guitar world.

Juan Orozco (born 14 April 1937 and died on February 15, 2020) 

Spanish luthier^[1][2] and guitar impresario who lived in New York 

from 1965 to 1995, where he had a famous guitar shop at 

156, 56th Street in the 1970s to 1990s. He is the third in a family of 

guitar makers (his father, Juan Orozco, built guitars in Spain, 

Uruguay and Brazil). He was actively involved in the development 

of classic guitars in the mid-1970s (starting as early as 1969) 

together with great Japanese luthiers like Matsuoka, Tamura, 

Masaki Sakurai and Yairi, who then developed guitars for Tama, 

Ibanez and Aria (at that time the small workshop where they 

worked was in the company Hoshino Gakki who own Tama 

and Ibanez). 

They also built guitars in the Kohno-Sakurai style (models #8, 

#10, #15) that were sold with the "Juan Orozco, Luthier" label. 

Later the Orozco guitars were equipped with a very characteristic 

headstock, different from the Fleta-style headstocks they had 

first. In the majority of user reviews, the majestic volume and 

sonorous bass sound of Juan Orozco guitars are emphasised.