The Anthill received last Monday Johnny Depp y Richard Scamarciowho presented their new film, Modi, three days on the wing of madness, directed by the American and starring the Italian.
The actors of Hollywood They sat at the table next to Pablo Motos And, before starting the interview, the presenter gave both guests exclusive guitars: “We are three musicians,” The presenter pointed out: “They are exclusive pieces with 64-year-old wood from Francisco Bros, “cut during the waning moon. The thing is that, depending on the phase of the moon in which the wood is cut, the guitar sounds different,” added Motos while playing a bit of flamenco to show how the guitars sounded.
Both performers were very grateful for the gift, although they were not the only ones to whom the Valencian gave one of the Bros Guitars, the Alicante brand that makes them, since Russell Crowe, Will Smith o Tom Hanks They also have one of the exclusive guitars that the Broseta brothers make for El Hormiguero.
Johnny Depp and Riccardo Scamarcio in El Hormiguero.
THE SPANISH has contacted Adam Broseta, who continues the family tradition of guitar making that was started by his great-grandfather, who was already a luthier (a person who builds, restores, repairs and adjusts bowed and plucked string instruments), but for another company, his grandparents were the ones who created the Francisco Bros brand: “Our surname is Broseta, but my grandfather Francisco was known as Bros and the name stuck,” he explains.
“My grandmother varnished the guitars that my grandfather made when they started the company. Although I dreamed of being a footballer when I was little (laughs), I have always loved my family’s craft. I spent part of the summer, when I didn’t have school, in the workshop and my father made us some swords out of scraps of wood so that my brothers and I could play with them. We grew up there,” Adam recalls.
The Alicante native told his father that he wanted to continue the family tradition of guitar making: “We are lucky to be able to dedicate ourselves to something that we like and are passionate about. And we pass it on to the next generations because my daughter Laura is in the conservatory and plays the guitar very well,” he admits.
Amy Winehouse, Ed Sheeran, Alejandro Sanz, Joaquín Sabina, Camilo, Luis Fonsi, Pablo Alborán, Melendi, Carla Bruni, Estopa, el Gran Wyoming, Leiva, Sebastián Yatra, Dani Martín, Pignoise, Despistaos and, of course, Pablo Motos, are some of the celebrities who enjoy Francisco Bros guitars, and the latest to receive them were Johnny Depp and Riccardo Scamarcio.
When did your collaboration with El Hormiguero begin? Adam remembers that it was about 15 years ago when they started making the guitars for the show and the presenter, who has several. But the first guest on the Antena 3 show to take home a personalized guitar as a gift was Russell Crowe, followed by Tom Hanks: “El Hormiguero buys our guitars and Pablo gives them away live,” explains Adam.
That exclusivity is paid for, and the ones that Johnny Depp and Riccardo Scamarcio received last Monday exceed the 6,000 euros price each one because “they are high-end guitars, unique pieces. The lunar cycle has a lot to do with the cutting of the wood of these guitars and my father made a special one a few years ago 38 years of some wood cut in the waning moon, and we use these covers in very special cases, such as for Mick Jagger’s guitar, Will Smith’s, and now for Depp’s and Scamarcio’s,” says the manufacturer.
And it is a pride and an honor for these artists to have their guitars. Bros Guitars and even more so for Adam, since Depp is one of his favourite actors. “We are very grateful to Pablo for making our brand more and more media-friendly,” he adds.
Being mentioned on El Hormiguero also brings them other benefits, such as an increase in orders from famous and anonymous clients, as has happened after the broadcast of the program, when they cannot keep up with the calls: “Every time Pablo mentions us, the whole week is crazy. It is the most important format on television in the country and has a great impact.”
Its manufacture
Normally it takes between three and four months to make one of their guitars, but the exclusive and unique pieces that Depp and Scamarcio took home are made separately from the rest of the orders because they require much more meticulous, pampered and loving work, taking between six or seven months to finish them. For example, all the guitar’s marquetry is inlaid with exclusive solid white mother-of-pearl, which is first set in gel so it can be worked and shaped, then left in a humid temperature for a few days so it can be bent. “The lid is cut in the waning moon, and the sides and backs are made of exotic Cameroon ebony, which is a very exclusive wood,” explains Adam.
The cheapest ones available on their website are the Spanish classical guitars, which start from 280 euros, But there is a waiting list of almost two years to get one, as they do not usually work with them: “What we make are professional guitars and there is a long wait for entry-level or mid-range guitars. High-end classical and flamenco guitars are the most in demand,” says Adam.
Meteorites on the guitar
One of the specialties of Bros Guitars It is the personalization of their instruments. Adam points out that they have a client who is a collector of meteorite stones and in every guitar he buys from them he asks for inlays of pieces from his collection on the rosette and on the guitar. “It is a material that we cannot work with with normal drills because they break, we have to buy special ones to be able to make them. It is a way of having a unique guitar and uniting his two hobbies, but it does not affect the sound of the instrument or increase the weight to remove vibration from the wood,” says Adam.
They also often ask for extravagant things on an aesthetic level, but that do not affect the musicality of the guitar, such as decorations with stones. Swarovskiwith portraits of family members, a phrase, names, portraits or Melendi, who has a marijuana leaf or Pignosie a skull, for example.
Before they leave for their destinations around the world (they ship to the United States, China, Japan, Dubai, Thailand, etc.), a professional guitarist tests them to make sure they sound perfect, “it’s the quality control of the instrument, although I also play (laughs),” Adam points out.
“Although we are known all over the world, our workshop is very humble, it is a small house in the countryside and we focus on quality, not quantity. We work little and well, or at least we try,” concludes the Alicante native with a laugh.
