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Gypsy Street
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Joined: Sep. 12 2006
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Please help me decide
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This is a question for everybody to answer, each with his own opinion: Which company or luthier makes the BEST flamenco guitar with the following criteria: - Solid German Spruce Top - Solid Spanish Cypress Back & Sides - Full size (Madrid School) - Cut Away (AAHH don't sneer) - Lots of volume, bite, and harmonic overtones - THIN lacquer or French Polish Basically, I'm at a dead end with my research. Australia doesn't have much in the way of variety in guitar shops. At the moment I play a borrowed 1974 Conde Hermanos through a cheap condenser mic, and a variety of horrible cheap PAs. I need a really good acoustic amp. Why? The PAs in the venues are aweful. Please advise. AER? or maybe Ashdown? or Fishman? The best tone. Please vote. I need a pick up that sounds like a guitar, not a synth. Why? Because I'm tired of this microphone stand! Maybe an LR Baggs LB6 or I-Beam? Finally, it's time to spend my life savings, I need a cut away. Why? Because I'm not Paco De Lucia and I can't do what he does, no matter how relaxed or focused I am. Who makes the flamenco guitar of my dreams? Please, tell me what you think. Who votes for a Conde EF4? Please help me decide, I have no real guitar shops here.
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Date Sep. 12 2006 10:07:11
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Gypsy Street
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Okay, I need an all-rounder I guess... (in reply to Gypsy Street)
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Thanks for your replys so soon guys. Well, I don't speak spanish very well yet (but it is my intetion to learn), I would prefer there be a guitar available now (rather than in years to come), and then the cash... Well, the part of me that says "spend whatever it takes, your life's savings" is in conflict with the part of me that says "you can't take a guitar thats worth a small house busking on Saturday night after the gig". So, I don't know. I need a proffesional instrument is all I know. Not semi-proffesional. I don't want to spend a lot, but if it costs a lot, then I have to. I guess I'm lucky that I still don't have any kids to support, but then again, as many of you might well know, money comes in very slowly when all you do is play guitar. As for the microphone reply, thankyou, but I am determined to find a way. There must be a way.
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Date Sep. 12 2006 16:01:25
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hhmusic
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RE: Please help me decide (in reply to Gypsy Street)
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one place you could look is berkely music, in california. they have several cutaways in stock, all built in paracho mexico by skilled luthiers, and reasonably priced. jason mcquire has been playing these, and he likes them. i'm pretty sure they have a return policy, so if you didn't get what you wanted you could return it, though round trip shipping to Oz might make that prohibitive. you can check them out here: http://www.berkeleymusic.com/flamenco2.html carlos pina, also from paracho, makes nice cutaways that are usually available, however these are not madrid size. more like granada, or even a hair smaller; nice guitars though, and they often have pick ups already installed. you might want to swap brands, but at least the holes are already in the right places. one of these might be cutaway: http://www.gspguitar.com/jsp2/listProduct.jsp?cat=instruments&scat=flamenco_guitars german rubio, in los angeles, also makes flamenco cutaways, and some are very, very good. they can sometimes be found on the used market and at the LA dealers websites. he's sometimes referred to as "G.V. Rubio." chris mello was selling one of his rubios; you could email him from his site: http://chrismello.net/gear.htm cutaways are less common in spain, so its unusual to find one used, and very difficult now to find a spanish luthier-built professional guitar for prices as low as any of the above. good luck-
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Date Sep. 12 2006 16:29:17
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RubenSevilla
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Joined: Sep. 20 2006
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RE: Please help me decide (in reply to Escribano)
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Hello Simon, thanks a lot...great to discuss my opinions with your members here... @GipsyStreet: I have read your search description above. You are looking for a flamenco cutaway in spruce/cypress with a scale of 660 ? Handmade ? If you go for a Hermanos Sanchis Lopez 2F-05 with Cutaway and Fishman, the price will be around 2.100 USD with Pickup, Micro, Case. The only thing is, that the waiting time for this guitar will be around a minimum of 3 or 4 months, maybe more. The 1F from Hermanos Sanchis Lopez is also available as cutaway with fishman. The price for this guitar is about USD 2.500,-- with Pickup, Micro, Case. Also with waiting time around 2 or 3 months. The 1A Especial from Hermanos Sanchis Lopez is also available as cutaway with fishman. The price for this guitar is about USD 2.800,-- with Pickup, Micro, Case. Also with waiting time around 2 months. There is also Bernal from Andalucia who makes good cutaway guitars with fishman preamps. The prices start at USD 2.000 - more or less. But normally Bernal guitars are "Chicas" with a scale of 650 mm or 655 mm. But he makes also with scales of 660 mm if you have enough time to wait. A cheaper version of a cutaway blanca is here available: https://ssl.kundenserver.de/s92526103.einsundeinsshop.de/sess/utn;jsessionid=1545110cd443a4d/shopdata/0010_English/0010_Special+Offers/product_details.shopscript?article=0090_TOP%3D3A%2BFlamenco%2BGuitar%2BMod%3D252E%2BOl%3DE9%2BFlamenco%2B2AF-C%2B%3D28Incl%3D252E%2BCase%3D29%2B%3D28OF2AF-C%3D29 This is a guitar for rumberos like Gipsy Kings....It sounds good and the you get a lot of sound for the money.
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Date Sep. 20 2006 10:09:21
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