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I have been told by folks at GSI that there is a rift in the Conde family that resulted from one brother getting guitars made in China. This happened in the last 6 months, apparently. I have been away from the for for a while and probably missed the thread, and the search engine hasn't turned up anything.
Can anyone fill me in or point me at a thread in the foro that discusses the breakup?
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RE: Chinese Condes and family breakup (in reply to a_arnold)
well, a familly breakup is not a proof for the chinese story.
we have familly breakups in 50% of all famillies worldwide
this chinese story could be a rumor to take advantage of the situation. and Conde Hermanos ( i mean Mariano and Felipe ;-) have many "enemies" as we know. so, this must have been a good time for a "chinese story".
however, my friend told me that the conde guitars he tried out there, were not so damn good. but he was crazy for the Hnos. Sanchis Lopez guitars. seams like there was even more improvement since last years. he also bought a Sanchis Lopez 1F blanca which i tried and this guitar was really really good.
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RE: Chinese Condes and family breakup (in reply to a_arnold)
on the other hand, this could be a chance.
because they will have to build up reputation again with the "new" names and they must compete against eachother, if the name "Conde Hermanos" wouldn't exist anymore.
So if someone would like to buy a Conde , he has 2 alternatives and (as you asked) he would ask himself "who is better" ?
So they have to top eachother to be able to sell guitars to more people and be better than the other brother.
Kind of Conde VS Conde situation.
and if they were both THAT good in business and soulless money grubbing people as many people claim, they would keep the name "Conde Hermanos" for business and backstage continue their familly fight or whatever.
But they decided to completely seperate.
So maybe thats good for buyers AND good for the quality of guitars.
RE: Chinese Condes and family breakup (in reply to Guest)
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As for Ron, he's been cut from the same cloth as Prince Phillip .....
Ah, you mean the "Chooky Embra" as he is known here in Scotland.
Making fun of accents isn't racist.
Comedy shows are doing it all the time...the Scottish accent gets sent up all the time, along with Irish, Welsh, Geordie, Liverpool, Brummy, Cockney, Devon....
The Russians take a blasting too, along with George-W style American, Italians, Spanish, Chinese..etc etc etc.
The creator of "The Swedish Chef" in the Muppets must be a racist pig!
I'm sure the Chinese must have a laugh at all our accents when they hear someone trying to speak Chinese!
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RE: Chinese Condes and family breakup (in reply to a_arnold)
For the record. I played a guitar this summer, in a second hand shop in California. It was a Conde Hermanos from 1985, Gravina address, but the guitar was quite unique. On the label it was hand signed "Felipe Conde", the back and sides were Walnut, and there were some strange details in the trimmings. It was a media luna, and the sound was freaking amazing. For me it beat out the Reyes and a couple other top guitars that were also there. My gut feeling was that this was made by Felipe while working in his father's shop in Gravina, and was allowed to sign his own name for some reason. Or perhaps it was one of his first made instruments and he was helped by his father or uncle in hopes to establish his name. But either way this was a long time ago. Regardless if these guys outsourced most or all of their instruments from the Felipe V address, I would have to say based on that instrument this one guy Felipe conde seems to actually know how to build a great guitar. Let's hope he does more of the same under his own name.
RE: Chinese Condes and family breakup (in reply to Guest)
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ORIGINAL: nealf
Ricardo that must have been a heavy negra, walnut wood is very heavy. Not common in flamenco guitars.
Not all walnut is heavy. Like most hardwoods the weight varies considerably depending on the environment where it grows. Of course I'm only talking walnut native to N. America. I've never really thought of it as a tonewood but you can make a decent guitar out of virtually any hardwood. It's the topwood that makes the sound. Main problem with walnut in my opinion is the foul smell.
RE: Chinese Condes and family breakup (in reply to Ricardo)
2010 looks like an interesting year for the Conde dynasty. !985 was also a significant year. During 1985 Julia Conde started signing the guitars with the Gravina label - I wonder why. Here is a picture of the label of a walnut guitar signed by Mariano (senior I presume) and what looks like the signatures of his two sons.
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RE: Chinese Condes and family breakup (in reply to a_arnold)
wow its crazy this stuff, chinese conde no way !
(he says in a yorkhire accednto)\ Ron , are u speaking chinese ?
i think u mean,
这个翻译不太准，你可以这样说.
my experience is being close to the workers , they have copies of many guitars, yet u have to be blond (Sorry blind) they dont not sound the say, ive got a few pics ill upload them when time is cool.
i documented before , i could get Greg small copies(about90 Pounds a piece) and flamenco guitar copies, but they never be the same, flip this is cool we chat of that
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