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HolyEvil

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From: Sydney, Australia

is a negra just a...

looking at the mixed blanca/negra post.. i am wondering :

is a negra just a blanca with rosewood sides?
means the same dimension, thickness etc in the side wood?
l

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HemeolaMan

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RE: is a negra just a... (in reply to HolyEvil)

depends. if the wood has the same exact qualities and physical specs then it would have identical thickness etc lol.

a negra is a flamenco guitar with rosewood b/s. the builder might use the same bracing pattern as he would for a blanca, or slightly adapt it to accommodate the rosewood;s strong points.

point is, the difference is the wood. Unless the builder is in a factory, it is highly unlikely that any two guitars would have exactly the same thickness of side etc.

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Stephen Eden

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RE: is a negra just a... (in reply to HolyEvil)

personally I wouldnt build a negra in the same way i build a blanca. Sound wise It's in the over all design. You will find that a Negra sometimes comes in as a bit more of a cross over guitar. niether true flamenco nor classical but certainally versatile! It all depends

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Pimientito

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RE: is a negra just a... (in reply to HolyEvil)

quote:

is a negra just a blanca with rosewood sides?

Im being very picky but shouldnt the question be "isnt a blanca just a negra with cyprus sides?"

I always thought that most guitars after Torres were built out of Rosewood. Later luthiers started to make blancas because they were cheaper to produce. The flamencos liked the brighter sound of the cyprus. This led to different bracing and the bodies became thinner. Later still the Flamenco negras use the same body dimensions and bracing as the blancas but use rosewood again for the back and sides. As steve says, a hybrid instrument, the best of both worlds with deep tone but a lot of volume and attack.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 1 2010 3:36:26

BarkellWH

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RE: is a negra just a... (in reply to Pimientito)

I have seen a flamenco guitar belonging to my guitar maestro that had a spruce soundboard but whose sides and back had longitudinal strips of alternating cyprus and rose wood, approximately an inch wide. It was, of course, especially made by request. Talk about a hybrid! Nevertheless, I cannot imagine that it added anything to the sound or tone. To my mind, it was just an oddity, a curiosity that lent a certain exotic appearance to anyone playing it.

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