Vintage Prudencio Saez Bandurrias / Lute / Mandolin. This is a vintage 12 string Prudencio Saez Bandurrias Y Laudes Classical Spanish Acoustic Mandolin/Guitar. Rare. Beautiful coloring and a rich sounding Guitar/Mandolin. I was given this instrument By an acquaintance and have found a few Prudencio Saez Guitars of similar design on the internet but none by Bandurrias Y Laudes. I’m led to believe it was made during one of the first few years of Prudencio Saez production (mid model 60's to early 70's) because there is no specific model number. There are a couple of minor dings or scratches (none Affect the sound or play-a-bility) and I have noted them in the photos. There is also a string missing and would need to be restrung. However, I’m assuming all strings will need to be replaced due to it being a vintage instrument and doesn’t appear to have been played (other than my strums here and there) in a while. 😬 Here’s more about Prudencio Saez from. “Guitars of Spain” ({url removed} website: “PRUDENCIO SÁEZ GUITARS SINCE 1963, PRUDENCIO SAEZ MANUFACTURERS HIGH QUALITY CLASSICAL GUITARS AND FLAMENCO GUITARS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN Prudencio Sáez started his own business in 1963 after working for others Guitarreros, the family business GUISAMA S.L. built their guitars in true artisan style, adapting to the needs of the market, from the most basic classical and flamenco guitars, through mid-range models with cutaway and amplified guitars.For some models it is as if time had stopped, because its production is entirely hand crafted and carefully maded, because this is what this type of instruments requires.The brand Prudencio Sáez is very well known nationaly and internationaly level, since much of its production goes abroad.Today, D.Prudencio Sáez Marín (3rd generation) manager of this company in Torrent, continues the family tradition to the art of building execent guitars. Guitarras Prudencio saez are one of the best classical guitar brands for their tremendous quality price ratio.”