Welcome to one of the most active flamenco sites on the Internet. Guests can read most posts but if you want to participate click here to register.
This site is dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía, Ron Mitchell, Guy Williams, Linda Elvira, Philip John Lee, Craig Eros, Ben Woods, David Serva and Tom Blackshear who went ahead of us.
We receive 12,200 visitors a month from 200 countries and 1.7 million page impressions a year. To advertise on this site please contact us.
|
|
New Member, New Guitar, Ruined Lacquer
|
You are logged in as Guest
|
Users viewing this topic: none
|
|
Login | |
|
mcspookster
Posts: 11
Joined: Dec. 22 2004
|
New Member, New Guitar, Ruined Lacquer
|
|
|
Hi. I am new to these forums, so initially I'd like to say Hello! Unfortunately I've been a bit stupid. I bought a Cashimira 105 which comes without Golpeadores, so obviously I needed to fit some. After applying, one of them had trapped air bubbles, and I had been told that a good way of removing these (wait for it) is to run a hair dryer over the problem area and rub... It didn't work, and when I removed the plate I was pretty gutted to see grooves in the laquer underneath, where it had softened due to the heat and then rubbed with my nail. To be honest, you can only see it when the light catches it, and I am pretty sure the wood itself is ok, but as I've only had the guitar a month I'd like to sort it. Any ideas? Cheers, Mcspookster
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Feb. 3 2005 9:23:27
|
|
mcspookster
Posts: 11
Joined: Dec. 22 2004
|
RE: New Member, New Guitar, Ruined L... (in reply to mcspookster)
|
|
|
Hi Jon - thanks for the advice. There is a shop called Sheehans near where I live - they don't do much in the way of Flamenco guitars but they have got a resident guitar repair bloke - I'll see what he thinks. The Cashimira? Well, it's a beautiful guitar, no doubt. It's nicely put together, including the inside. The fingerboard is nice - very close-grained ebony - and the frets are finished well. It is a very light guitar. I have some Allesi machine heads on order (The Flamenco 3 model, with ebony buttons) as the original equipment is cheapish and doesn't do the guitar justice. I also took the action down a bit - it was 5.0mm on both E strings at the 12th - this is probably an indication of the guitar's mid-rangeness... Soundwise, it's hard to say at the moment as I'm still playing it in. I'm experimenting with strings - at the moment I'm on Savarez Alliance, which sound better than the Hannabachs I've just tried. Next it'll be La Bella. The sound has opened up nicely since I first got it, but you still have to dig in a lot to get it to shout. I'm sure the responsiveness will improve in the coming months. It really sings capoed at the 2nd fret, for some reason. The tone is even, and the top end is very nice - maybe a touch light on the bass, but again this could change over time. All in all, I'm happy with it! I'll upload some audio when it has opened up a bit more - I have a pretty kick-ass recording set-up at home (and know how to use it) so I'm looking forward to recording this guitar. All the best, MCS
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Feb. 3 2005 11:01:30
|
|
Guest
|
RE: New Member, New Guitar, Ruined L... (in reply to mcspookster)
|
|
|
If it was possible to take of the golpeador the way you described it, without completely ruining the guitar, Its cellulose or water based industrial laquer.
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Feb. 3 2005 16:06:49
|
|
Guest
|
RE: New Member, New Guitar, Ruined L... (in reply to mcspookster)
|
|
|
You can get white golpeadores (or fake pearl) which are not thick, and which are acoustically OK. I dont think they are ugly, just different. And they do give your look a nice gitano touch.
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Feb. 5 2005 7:20:13
|
|
New Messages |
No New Messages |
Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
Locked w/ New Messages |
Locked w/o New Messages |
|
Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts
|
|
|
Forum Software powered by ASP Playground Advanced Edition 2.0.5
Copyright © 2000 - 2003 ASPPlayground.NET |
0.078125 secs.
|