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Desert Island, which guitar, budget $3000
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RE: Desert Island, which guitar, bud... (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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One of my own, because I like them.... Negra or blanca........................difficult.................very difficult................Playing alone.............. Negra!! Anders
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Date Jan. 6 2005 17:11:21
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RE: Desert Island, which guitar, bud... (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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Indian rosewood(which cracks less easily than cyress), spruce (which cracks less easily than cedro, sprayed finish, pegs (Which last longer without replacement than machines.) Sounds almost iike the typical guitar of a professional:-) But what about the 100´s of sets of strings? Sean
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Date Jan. 6 2005 19:20:57
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RE: Desert Island, which guitar, bud... (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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Sean, What about Cuban Mahogany with Alaskan yellow cedar top, because they accept changes in humidity better than any other tonewoods? (Is that important on desert island?) When you say crack, do you then mean because of being beaten or changes in humidity?
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Date Jan. 7 2005 7:48:32
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RE: Desert Island, which guitar, bud... (in reply to Guest)
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Anders These are the lines I was thinking on. Strength and durability would be more important than sound. So surely the answer would be one of those all carbonfibre guitars (Rainbow?) which could double up to paddle a canoe. Sean
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Date Jan. 7 2005 11:22:29
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RE: Desert Island, which guitar, bud... (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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To give you a more earthy answer, with a beer budget of $3000 and champaign tastes, you want a professional flamenco guitar which to my mind can only be found from an individual luthier, rather than a production guitar. With the Euro/Dollar exchange rate the way it is, there are really few good choices within your budget. I would recommend Rafael Romero's model 150, Ricardo Sanchis Carpio's 1a-extra (this is a model that Ricardo actually makes by himself), and Jesus Bellido Concierto Flamenco model. Here's a short video of Rafael playing his model 150. Rafael Romero model 150 James Zavaleta's La Casa de Guitarras
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Date Jan. 11 2005 13:48:25
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RE: Desert Island, which guitar, bud... (in reply to Guest)
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James You should play my cedar/palosanto de Rafael Lopez. For 2400 euros you have a guitar which is very very close to my Gerundino. Sean
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Date Jan. 12 2005 15:01:49
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Miguel de Maria
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RE: Desert Island, which guitar, bud... (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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"Say that humidity and the hot, sandy nature of the island had no effect. " Of course, here in Phoenix there is an effect. As you might imagine, the humidity here is quite low, lower than most places guitars are made. But in the winter, it gets pretty rainy. It's rained maybe half of the days in the last couple of weeks. Temperature ranges from 45-75 degrees F so far, although that should get higher soon. Although generally you have to say Phoenix has nice weather, the problem is that I have to play outside a lot. So I could be playing anywhere from 110 degrees F or below 50, depending on the situation. So I'm looking to get a less expensive gig guitar eventually, probably something that I can plug in so I don't have to mess around with mics.
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Date Jan. 12 2005 17:04:48
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