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Kremona Rosa(s)
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bernd
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RE: Kremona Rosa(s) (in reply to Sr. Martins)
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The Kremona sound is not comparable to HSL. In fact you can be sure not catch a HSL that has the brutal crack sound. Surely you´ll get loud guitar, but in each model the sound quality range is quite different. In 2005 I ordered an individual HSL while visiting them at their workshop. As the guitar came, it had good basses but so extremly hard trebles that even the worst Conde never provided. A HSL I never will buy without playing at first! I was happy when someone bought it. And this buyer sold it, too. You surely can get wonderful "canons" of HSL, but to be honest, their craftsmanship is generally very slampy (lacks and blemish of laquer, unprecise drilled mechanic holes, uneven fretboard diameter at he edge of E1 & E6 etc). If you have small hands and know your limits, then you should know that HSL flamencas come with 660/53 mm. That´s out of range for my small hands. The action at bridge sometimes more than 9 mm. You will need a long nail plate if you don´t want get hurt by playing i-golpes. If you cannot reduce the action yourself, then you need to spend some extra cash to a guitar maker. Lowering the action to 8 mm took my HSL a strong part of its aggressiveness. If you buy a used HSL, than make sure that it´s built not before 2005. The earlier guitars ALL have a wrong fret distance. This results in an unprecise tonality. To equalize this circumstance you need a new fretboard with new frets. This will cost you an extra at roundabout 250 €. The Kremona is more a singing flamenca while the HSL is screamer. Good luck!
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Date Nov. 7 2013 16:50:34
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Arash
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From: Iran (living in Germany)
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RE: Kremona Rosa(s) (in reply to bernd)
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The FC26 from Felipe are very good guitars. A lot of these "new condes are always bad, old ones are always good" is also simply hearsay. I would even compare two FC26s which i played from Felipe with a Conde like the one from Chicuelo for instance However, I would never suggest buying a 'studio' model from Conde for that price. For 4200 Euro you can even find good used Media Lunas. But i think the estudio models are cheaper (around 2500), so i don't know how they come up with the 4200 euro price! But even for 2500 euros you can buy 1F extra from sanchis or other good guitars (new and used) . Anyway, so, if Conde, then the 'real' Conde. If student, go for Sanchis or other brands where you get more for you money. Negras is a difficult issue. Its hard to find Negras which are 'flamenco' enough to be considered as flamenco guitars and not simply classical guitars with a tap plate, and i am not speaking about setup, etc. but the sound and pulsation. Also Blancas are much more 'multitalents', good for accompany, dance, duo, solo, etc. Negras are 'huge' soundwise and cover too much spectrum and often tend to leave less musical 'space' for the rest. (might sound weird, but thats how i feel meanwhile). imo good Negras are pefect for Toque Libre solo pieces.
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Date Nov. 8 2013 8:05:27
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