Max Baca, the bajo sexto player known for his work with Flaco Jimenez and his own band, Los Texmaniacs, once owned four of the 12-string guitars built by San Antonio’s legendary Macias family.

He was mesmerized with the bajo sexto player and the unique sound the 12 string guitar made. "It’s been part of all my life, that’s all I’ve ever done," said Baca.

It was love at first sound for Max Baca. When the Los Texmaniacs bandleader first heard the rich ring of a bajo sexto, he was enamored of the 12-string instrument used in conjunto, Tejano and Tex ...

He was 72. De La Rosa helped revolutionize conjunto music by adding drums and electrifying the bajo sexto or 12-string guitar in his post-World War II band, creating a new style called tacuachito.