On his tour in april '97 Tomatito played in Freiburg. Johannes Inhoffen invited him to visit his shop 'Mundo Flamenco'. There he picked a "Guitarra Blanca" out of the rich lots of flamenco guitars in the shop, a long neck model with cherry back and sides and a spruce top.

Tomatito liked the quality of tone and was enthusiastic about the idea of having the edge of the body at the 15. fret, making it very comfortable to play up to the 20. fret. He tried it out on stage during the sound check and then decided to buy it.