{"id":19500,"date":"2026-05-28T10:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=19500"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:38:52","slug":"alegre-guitar-in-cebu-offering-local-handcrafted-guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/alegre-guitar","title":{"rendered":"Alegre Guitar in Cebu: Offering Local Handcrafted Guitars\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alegre Guitar <\/strong>is one of the most visited destinations for<strong> handcrafted guitar factory<\/strong> founded by a family of luthiers, the <strong>Alegre<\/strong> brand was officially launched in <strong>1995<\/strong> and continues to carry generations of guitar-making tradition in <strong>Mactan, Cebu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The factory\u00a0 has become a well-known stop for visitors looking to experience Cebu\u2019s music culture and craftsmanship firsthand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19503\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/476125680_1091921752951339_7846592017196371740_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/476125680_1091921752951339_7846592017196371740_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/476125680_1091921752951339_7846592017196371740_n-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">IMAGE from Alegre Guitar&#8217;s Facebook page\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the factory, guests can watch <strong>skilled artisans create guitars, mandolins, bandurias, and ukuleles<\/strong> using<strong> native and rare woods<\/strong>, including premium materials such as Madagascar blackwood ebony.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop experience also allows visitors to hear live performances during tours, giving guests a closer look at the guitar-making process. Among its latest releases is the <strong>Alegre Semi Curve Concert Size Solid Manga Wood Ukulele<\/strong>, known for its naturally unique wood grain patterns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1914\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19504\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/599708275_1355659316577580_4385115401912499634_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/599708275_1355659316577580_4385115401912499634_n.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/599708275_1355659316577580_4385115401912499634_n-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/599708275_1355659316577580_4385115401912499634_n-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/599708275_1355659316577580_4385115401912499634_n-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/599708275_1355659316577580_4385115401912499634_n-1156x1536.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">IMAGE from Alegre Guitar&#8217;s Facebook page\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alegre Guitar Factory also features<strong> showrooms filled with handcrafted instruments<\/strong>, with options ranging from <strong>travel-sized guitars to GS Mini, substandard, and standard-sized models<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19502\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/194198085_2982755711993903_3799830625857230958_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/194198085_2982755711993903_3799830625857230958_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/194198085_2982755711993903_3799830625857230958_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/194198085_2982755711993903_3799830625857230958_n-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/194198085_2982755711993903_3799830625857230958_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">IMAGE from Alegre Guitar&#8217;s Facebook page\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, Alegre Guitar Factory continues to introduce handcrafted Cebu-made instruments to musicians and collectors around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alegre Guitar Factory in Cebu is known for handcrafted guitars, ukuleles, and traditional guitar-making in Mactan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[4081,4082,4083,4084,4085,4086,4087,4088,4089,4090],"class_list":["post-19500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourist-spot","tag-alegre-guitar-cebu","tag-guitar-factory-cebu","tag-handcrafted-guitars-philippines","tag-mactan-tourist-spots","tag-cebu-guitar-factory","tag-ukulele-cebu","tag-guitar-makers-philippines","tag-handcrafted-instruments-philippines","tag-things-to-do-in-cebu","tag-lapu-lapu-attractions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19500"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19589,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19500\/revisions\/19589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}