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Andy Culpepper

Posts: 3023
Joined: Mar. 30 2009
From: NY, USA

Free guitar!!

lol...just had to rave about this a little bit, sorry

I just got a huge upgrade over my crappy Francisco Solera "Flamenco" guitar (really just a poor classical trapped in the body of a flamenco)
For FREE!!!! (basically)

A luthier friend of mine, Richard Cogger, decided to give me his guitar #6 (he's made 19 now) just in exchange for a few lessons. Great luthier and obviously a great guy.

Of course he was still in the fairly early stages of honing his craft when he made this but it still has more Flamenco tone in one string than 10 Francisco Soleras

and a much better setup.

I'm going to commission a new guitar from him probably this fall but this makes me very happy for now. It's a copy of a Ramirez 1a with a cedar top. I'll try to post some recordings soon.

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Andy Culpepper, luthier
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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 10:32:02

HemeolaMan

Posts: 1514
Joined: Jul. 13 2007
From: Chicago

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

well done good sir! a fine instruments it looks indeed.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 11:10:11

Sarkin

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Joined: Sep. 17 2008

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Congrats dude!
Upload some stuff so we can hear it!

Hope I'll have such a friend one day cause my guitar sucks!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 11:19:16

Pgh_flamenco

Posts: 1506
Joined: Dec. 5 2007
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Score! (Anders-hint hint.)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 11:45:30

Andy Culpepper

Posts: 3023
Joined: Mar. 30 2009
From: NY, USA

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Thanks guys, it actually sounds better than it looks

For some reason the french polish on the top came out a bit blotchy in some places. Maybe he refinished it I don't know.
He actually tried to donate this guitar to a group of nuns, because someone came to him with this story about how the nuns had to play on this horrible guitar etc etc.
But the nuns rejected it because of their vows of poverty

Here's a picture of the back.

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Andy Culpepper, luthier
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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 12:09:18

Sarkin

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Joined: Sep. 17 2008

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

What a mess

(Kidding of course what if you see my house

)
Nice collection of CDs

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 12:22:14

at_leo_87

Posts: 3055
Joined: Aug. 30 2008
From: Boston, MA, U.S.A

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

whoa! congrats!

that's very cool of your friend. does he have a website?

man, i gotta get better at guitar so people start giving me free stuff.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 14:32:42

gshaviv

Posts: 272
Joined: Mar. 22 2005
From: Israel

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to at_leo_87)

quote:

man, i gotta get better at guitar so people start giving me free stuff.

With the guitar I have, people give me free stuff if I just stop playing, or maybe it's my playing and not the guitar...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 21:14:51

HolyEvil

Posts: 1240
Joined: Nov. 6 2008
From: Sydney, Australia

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

that guitar looks like a beauty..
congrats!! nothing beats free.. =)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2009 23:01:06

at_leo_87

Posts: 3055
Joined: Aug. 30 2008
From: Boston, MA, U.S.A

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to gshaviv)

quote:

With the guitar I have, people give me free stuff if I just stop playing

if that guitar isn't working for you, i'll be happy to trade

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 5 2009 7:38:19

Andy Culpepper

Posts: 3023
Joined: Mar. 30 2009
From: NY, USA

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Sarkin)

quote:

What a mess

Man that is the cleanest part of the house

You should see the rest of it..we are moving soon so everything's crazy

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 5 2009 7:50:01

XXX

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Joined: Apr. 14 2005

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

So... how does this nuns guitar sound like?

Make an upload!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 5 2009 11:09:39

Andy Culpepper

Posts: 3023
Joined: Mar. 30 2009
From: NY, USA

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to XXX)

quote:

Make an upload!

OK OK...here ya go

http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=112441&p=1&tmode=1&smode=1

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Andy Culpepper, luthier
http://www.andyculpepper.com

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 5 2009 12:59:55

Exitao

Posts: 907
Joined: Mar. 13 2006
From: Vancouver, Canada

RE: Free guitar!! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Sure looks nicer than a poke in the eye!

Tuners like like Rubners, do you know what they are?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 9 2009 22:38:54