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Casa Montalvo Review
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dformell
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Casa Montalvo Review
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Hello Everybody, Before you read this article please note that I’m not gaining anything monetarily by writing it and am doing so by my own free will. I few people on this forum have made inquires about Casa Montalvo guitars so I thought that I would be the guinea pig and buy one. I bought the traditional flamenco guitar model thinking that it would be o.k., say maybe comparable to the Yamaha CG171SF. I was pleasantly surprised! The guitar has a great sound, not real bright nor is it warm but roughly in between, a good all-around instrument. It also has, believe it or not, some nice overtones. The volume is respectable, not a blow the walls of your local café cantante volume like a Stephen Faulk or Andy Culpeper guitar but respectable. The intonation is spot on and the playability is excellent; my guitar plays like butter! The guitar I bought has a solid cedar top with Mexican cypress back & sides plus a bone nut/saddle. The Mexican cypress is actually prettier to the eye than it’s Spanish counterpart. The tuners are cheap but functional, for an all solid wood guitar at $650.00 you can’t complain. To summarize things, The Casa Montalvo traditional flamenco guitar is a great instrument for the money and is better than factory made guitars costing twice as much. Casa Montalvo guitars are made in Paracho, Mexico and sold by Berkeley Musical Instrument Exchange. The owner, George Katechis Montalvo has the guitars made to his specifications and he also does the final setup/inspection. When I have more time I’ll upload pictures of my guitar. Dan
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