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RobF
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 Video of one of my guitars
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I never post videos of my guitars, mainly because I suck at playing flamenco, and for some weird reason I’m shy about it, but I figure it’s overdue.
I don’t have anything recent, I had big plans for 2020, and 2021 ain’t looking great either, so the most recent video I have is of a friend playing a guitar that I made in 2019. It was taken in the Albaicín about two weeks after I completed the guitar. I plan on getting some more videos done next trip to Spain - the guitar that was featured in the Spraying Tinted Shellac post turned out to be stellar, and it’s headed there, so I’ll try to get some good videos done of it, for sure.
One thing about the video....you can criticize the guitar all you want. I’d like to say I’ll take it on the chin and learn from it, but I won’t, I’ll just get mad and hate you, lol, if that’s OK. We were all aware the G string needed changing when the vid was done, and it is what it is...but any criticism of my friend’s playing is off-limits, please.
Even from my FB page it’s pretty obvious that I suck at self-promotion, too...
https://www.facebook.com/100013638432680/videos/809266809976644/
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Date Jul. 5 2021 3:07:35
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ernandez R
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From: Alaska USA
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RE: Video of one of my guitars (in reply to RobF)
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Rob,
Gave this a listen in my old I pad soon as you posted it, tried to play it through my little Yamaha shelf system with the subwoofer but no joy.
Tried it again with a different device and ended up listing to it over and over again as I did my PT workout this morning. It was that good, not perfect but it had that thing, what's the word used, donde? Was in a back room for a moment and as it ended the applause sounded like it was in my living room. Brought home how much we have lost and of course looking forward to safer times!
Hard to critique anyone's guitar with my lack of experience but the whole recording had me wishing for more. I would love to have had the whole evening recorded, better yet to be sitting there with a glass of wine tapping my foot, the good one. It's coming!
Guessing you are not sitting on those guitars you finished and must be making more. What's on your work board now?
And for dogs sake, if you have any more recordings that 2019 juerga, post more. Olé!
HR
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I prefer my flamenco guitar spicy,
doesn't have to be fast,
should have some meat on the bones,
can be raw or well done,
as long as it doesn't sound like it's turning green on an elevator floor.
www.instagram.com/threeriversguitars
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Date Jul. 5 2021 22:59:06
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RobF
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RE: Video of one of my guitars (in reply to RobF)
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Thanks for all the kind words everybody.
HR, I like that performance a lot, too, it has a lot of heart and it makes me feel good every time I watch it. It triggers a lot of fond memories, as well, so I dig it out whenever I’m feeling homesick.
As far as on my bench, just a couple of guitars, mainly final stage work on projects that were started last year. I was pretty well out of commission the first four months of this year due to illness, and then all the other craziness started up in March and I thought I would have to sell my place and tear down the shop, etc... so I didn’t want to start any new projects. Didn’t really have the heart for it, either. Things are a little more under control now and my health is slowly returning, so I’m getting my motivation back, but this might end up being another pretty down year by the time everything is said and done.
Stephen, hahaha, yeah, it’s funny how a 15 minute call can stretch out when you’re having fun. I think we went on for close to 2 1/2 hours! I really enjoyed the conversation, too, you are very engaging.
JasonM, just let me know when you’re ready to give spraying a shot. It’s worth trying at least once, and I’m happy with how the guitars turned out. It’s a skill well worth developing.
Everyone else, thanks again, encouraging words make a difference. I’ll tell Manuel people enjoyed his performance, he’ll be happy to hear that.
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Date Jul. 6 2021 17:23:40
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RobF
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RE: Video of one of my guitars (in reply to estebanana)
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That goes along with what I was saying the other day about there not being much of a difference between a traditional classical guitar and a Flamenco guitar beyond the set up, in as much as the set up plays as large a part in defining the flamenco character of the sound as it does with the playability. But, because you want to build a structurally sound as well as a musically successful instrument, the character of the wood chosen is bound to come through.
The Padauk guitar pretty well sounded identical to a good Blanca, however. I think Padauk is closer to Cypress than Rosewood is for flamencos. But it’s messy stuff, it has big pores, and its dust will eff up your eyes, if you’re not careful. It smells good, but so do most of the woods used in a guitar (I’ll use willow sometimes for internal stuff, and it doesn’t smell great, but it’s not a bad smell or anything). There’s no denying it’s a beautiful wood, it can be both sonically and visually very attractive for a flamenco but, all in all, I find Cypress is way more pleasurable to work with.
In general, I think Cypress makes great guitars. It’s my favourite, it’s almost an ideal guitar making wood. I never understood why people say the reason Torres used Cypress is because it was cheap and available. I think they’re making that up. My pet theory is that he used it so much simply because he felt it made killer guitars.
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Date Jul. 9 2021 8:56:23
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Video of one of my guitars (in reply to RobF)
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quote:
In general, I think Cypress makes great guitars. It’s my favourite, it’s almost an ideal guitar making wood. I never understood why people say the reason Torres used Cypress is because it was cheap and available. I think they’re making that up. My pet theory is that he used it so much simply because he felt it made killer guitars.
Cheap and available and a great wood to make killer guitars are not mutually exclusive. It could be that Torres recognized that cypress combined the two attributes to make the best of all possible worlds for both luthiers and players.
I prefer cypress over rosewood. And cypress carries the added advantage of having a magnificent aroma. In fact, I think the nearest thing to heaven is playing a cypress blanca while having a copita of medium dry Amontillado jerez at hand, with the rich, intersecting aroma of each. It doesn't get any better than that.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Jul. 9 2021 14:51:00
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RobF
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RE: Video of one of my guitars (in reply to Fluknu)
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I think I know who the singer was, she has a very powerful voice. Also, the dancer, too, if it is who I think, he did a show with Manuel last night. Yeah, the first time I saw Manuel play I couldn’t believe how wild the crowd got, it was nuts, he really knows how to get people going. He knows how to draw it out of the people that work with him, too.
Also, I was just talking with him and told him you said Hi.
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Date Jul. 11 2021 18:34:50
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