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Pedro Maldonado Ronda (Blanca)
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elbabilonio
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Joined: Jul. 26 2011
From: Doha, Qatar
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Pedro Maldonado Ronda (Blanca)
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Hello, comrades! I bought two guitars from Pedro Maldonado a couple of years back, one blanca and one negra (both Rondas). After a while, I have discovered that if I place a (metal) ruler on the fretboard starting from the nut, there's a small gap (1mm?) between the ruler and the middle fret bars. This means that the neck curves a bit. I had three different professional flamenco guitarists try it out and they didn't really notice a difference in playability, though compared to the other guitar, the action is higher. Now that I'm selling the guitar, I'm faced with the question of whether I should "fix" the neck first or sell it with that caveat. Living in Doha, Qatar, I have no option to take it to a luthier. The question is: what would Paco do? The blanca sounds more flamenco, but I hardly play it and I'd rather sell it. Attached are some pics. El Babilonio
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Date Jul. 28 2019 16:48:55
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elbabilonio
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RE: Pedro Maldonado Ronda (Blanca) (in reply to Richard Jernigan)
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Richard Jernigan quote:
ORIGINAL: elbabilonio I think I might have misspoken. Attached is a picture showing the ruler extending from the first fret to the 11th. Looking at the guitar again, my concerns might have been exaggerated; there's a fraction of a millimeter of relief between the 4th-5th frets and the ruler. Move the ruler to the right so that it touches both the first and the 13th frets. It should just barely reach if your guitar has a 650mm scale. If the scale is longer, you need a longer ruler. With the ruler touching the 1st and the 13th frets you will have the measurement described by SEden. According to him (a professional guitar maker) there should be a slight gap at the sixth fret, no more than 0.5 millimeter. On two of my guitars with low actions the gap is hard to see, but the ruler can be moved from side to side across the fingerboard, leaving the ends on the 1st and 13th frets but bending it very, very slightly in the middle, without rubbing on the frets. Your guitar looks OK. RNJ Thank you, Richard, both for your response and for pointing out my oversight in a gentle and mature way.
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Date Jul. 30 2019 23:09:03
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