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Help/Guitar Purchasing Advise Needed
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Kaloguitarist
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RE: Help/Guitar Purchasing Advise Needed (in reply to Kaloguitarist)
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Hi Devilhand, Thanks for your reply. So, I spoke to memorial music in Texas and the retailer assured me that Marlon could make me a cutaway, with even a 48mm nut for $1295.00 That is pricey...With no cutaway it would be $1200. Berkley Exchange is located in San Francisco and they have tons of flamenco guitars...Higher End and they are reputable. All there guitars are Parracho Hand Made in Mexico. I am not sure if Huipe still makes them...The one I was looking at is NOT a cutaway and is traditional blanca with a 50 mm nute for $1100.00 And finally there is the Cordoba GK either Blanca or Negra (yes factory made in china) for &679.00 and cutaway.. The weird part to all of this is and what make it hard to choose is because even handmade Parracho Mexican guitars are a crap shoot as well. My student Navarro flamenco was nice but at the time I bought it it was $749.00 out the door and that was a great price. This is just my opinion, I played Cordoba GK's that played and sounded just as good as the the Navarro Student flamenco. Factory guitars are a crap shoot and not all sound good either. But so is the hand made Student Navarro flamenco...Not all of them play great either... Yes, quality wise they maybe better, But the GK is not laminated from what I read. As for the Casa Montalvo, I am not sure how it will sound for $1100.00 I know Berkley Exchange has a great reputation. I think the dilemma I am having is do I just buy a $679.00 GK Negra or Blanca and save up enough money for Andy Culpeper guitar. 'I guess what I am trying to say is the price of Student Flamenco Mexican guitars have gone up so much that I am wondering if they really worth the bang for the buck. Resale wise, yes, they are and if I bought I Cordoba GK the retail value would be much lower...But, I am not sure if that matters to me anymore...Because I could progress further and save up...Rather then buy in the 1,000 and grow out of the guitar quickly. If I didn't have small hands, I would probably take a change and buy second hand student Navarro...But, I don't want to tackle wider nut as I know for me the 48mm to 50mm is perfect. Again, thanks for your help and I hope to make my decision soon... Kalo
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Date May 24 2020 17:26:39
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