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I´ve been asked if I could show some pictures of the guitar I´ve used on my virdeos, so here she is. Her name is "la pluma" (The feather) Its because what everyone who tryes it says. "es una pluma" The guitar is very dry sounding, unforgiving and very transparent. It always inspires me, even with very old strings on. Its all standard, cypress, euro spruce, french polish etc. Its some 5 month old now. Funny enough, she´s big, 660 scale 54mm nut but noone who has tried has said anything about that. They have only said that it was very comfortable and easy to play
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Anders, you've used the term "unforgiving" a number of times in the past, specifically in reference to peghead blancas, if I remember correctly, and I'm not really sure what you mean by this. Can you elaborate?
Ron, when I hear your uploads, I can hear that the guitar is devellopping very nicely. Very flamenco.
Adam, unforgiving means that the dry sounding transparent guitar shows you everything. Also the not so good parts of your playing. It doesnt disappera in loads of harmonys and sustain. You hear everything. It can be a little rough, but I like it. It pushes me.
Now that's a guitar where all the aesthetics come together perfectly. Just looking at it makes my hands fall in love. She LOOKS like the sound of a flamenco guitar.
I'm not sure I've got one thing right, when you build 660 scale do you scale up the entire body somewhat too?
Ah, of course. Makes perfect sense, like when I practice something like arpeggios with sponge under the strings. It never sounds as precise as it does when the notes ring out, filling up that space, covering all the little imperfections (or big ones...).
Does sound a bit rough to handle, but that sound appeals to me as well.
This cypress is absolutely top. Very difficult to find.
Mr.Magenta. The difference in bridge position from a 655mm scale (my standard) and a 660mm scale is 1,2mm, so I dont change anything in the body size or bracing pattern.
Adam, the guitar is very easy to handle, you just have to be precise.
Adam, the guitar is very easy to handle, you just have to be precise.
Yeah, that's why I asked my original question; I thought "unforgiving" had something to do with the physical playability, but I definitely get it now....
I don't know if it's the angle, but the pegs look like they're a little on the short side. I really prefer that look. When I see guitars with really long pegs stretching out behind the headstock it always looks a bit "too much" to me.
So, am I actually seeing a difference in length here or are all pegs pretty much the same length and I'm just experiencing some kind of optical illusion?
And if there are different lengths, is there any real functional difference there, or is it purely aesthetic?
First of all, unforgiving is not a negative thing when it comes to flamenco guitars. We are talking guitars and not human beings
All good flamenco guitars are somehow unforgiving. Thats flamenco, an unforgiving artform where it is like you never end. The unforgiving guitar gives clarity when you handle them well and its a very nice feeling. Spyros, your guitar is also a bit dry and unforgiving, but not as much as this one. It has some more ring to its tone.
The pegs are a bit shorter. Just 3 - 4mm. I dont like them to long either. I find them to be uncomfortable when they are to long
Her name is "la pluma" (The feather) Its because what everyone who tryes it says. "es una pluma"
So Anders, what does it actually weigh? When a flamenco says "es una pluma" that is saying something.
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