By Rebekah Sager – NBCNews.com – Photo: Courtesy Manuel Delgado.
The story of Candelas Guitars and the Delgado family, which makes instruments by hand, starts in Torreón, Mexico, with brothers Porfirio and Candelario Delgado. They built guitars and played music as the duo, Los Hermanos Candelas (the Candelas Brothers). They opened their first shop in Torreón in 1928, then another a few years later in Juárez. In 1947, they moved to California, finally landing in East Los Angeles and opening Candelas Guitars in Boyle Heights.
