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Arash
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From: Iran (living in Germany)
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 RE: Paco Castillo (in reply to Muhammad Maher)
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Hello everyone,
hope you are doing fine. Sorry for not being around for a while.
Was Struggling with a thyroid disease, job, etc.
Just wanted to let you know that i have tried their "top" model flamenco cypress (which is about 700 euros new i think) recently and honestly, it was the best sounding and playable cypress guitar i have EVER played in this price range. I compared it directly with a 1F Sanchis Lopez and surprisingly i liked this Paco Castillo more than the Sanchis which 3 times higher price. Clean and seperated sound. Excelent craftmanship. A little warmer than the 1F but surprisingly a little easier to play. This guitar was bought from my friend in the music fair. I don't know if the quality is consistent, but we are goind to order a few of them now.
I don't know if they are built in Valencia or China, but i think valencia. But whoever builds them, does a good job. You can also make little changes while ordering.
For instance we want shellac instead of polyeruthane, a little thinner neck, etc. no problem, just a little bit more added to the price.
The Story is: Jaime Julia Abad and his sons Luis, Lucas und Juan are behind this relatively new company.
These guys were all with Alhambra, i think Jaime was the Boss of Alhambra for several years.
We are in contact with Luis, who is very flexible and nice guy.
So if you have the chance to play one of these 215F, try them out, you will be surprised.
This company can become the new Sanchis Lopez soon. Specially with these prices.
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Date Aug. 5 2012 9:27:59
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Arash
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From: Iran (living in Germany)
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RE: Paco Castillo (in reply to NormanKliman)
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ORIGINAL: NormanKliman
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Was Struggling with a thyroid disease,
Hey Arash,
How's that going now?
(Sorry for the thread hijack Muhammad.)
Hey Norman, nice to see you.
They gave me Thiamazol, and shooted me down to diminished function (the exact opposite of the hyperfunction which i had. Then they realised that the dose was too much, now they said i have to stop taking medication and come again in 2 weeks, then we will start again with lower dose.
I go to take blood samples each 2 - 3 weeks.
I think most doctors don't have a clue what they are doing.
They don't take enough time for you and do the same for all kind of patients.
Anyway, i feel better now, even though i am still in low thyroid function phase, which makes me slow, tired, sleepy, etc.... its better than the extreme hyperfunction i had.
The only thing that really sucks and really bothers me is that my guitar playing suffered extremely. I can't play a single picado anymore, or a little faster pulgar. Just slow and relaxed chords is all i can play at the moment. I think the low function somehow affects your muscles and tendons and the coordination or something. I also had a lot of cramps, while i was in the subfunction. They only appeared when i did slow movements like taking of my shoes, or taking of my shirt, or when i was lying in my bed, i had a lot of extremely painful cramps in m sural......but not when i was doing something exhausting, weird!
Anyway thanks for asking :)
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Date Aug. 5 2012 9:47:09
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Manitas de Lata
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RE: Paco Castillo (in reply to Muhammad Maher)
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hello from Portugal.
I bought last year a Paco Castillo 214F .
After many research (luthiers inclued) my option was Paco Castillo.
Why The 214F ?
All solid quallity Woods , pickguard and case included for 540 euros aprox.
The construction is very very good.., finish is perfect , no defauls defects, no buzzs etc
The guitar have a very flamenco sound , the woods smells great , and its Lightweight
The strings are very good also.... medium/hard (i think) Knobloch strings , classy flamenco strings and durable..
The action is low , but you can put it lower.
The sound is very flamenco , the sound is better day by day , after some days you will remember this.
Dont have to wait long for mature sound...
Tunners are ok medium range, no cheap tunners but not luxury tunner,
Overall its a steal , i think this guitar is at least worth the double . One of the best buys i did ever.
It came with a semi solid case..
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Date Apr. 9 2021 16:12:47
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Manitas de Lata
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RE: Paco Castillo (in reply to Muhammad Maher)
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Well , the humidity decreases and the temperature is higher , so the guitar sounds great...
Today i show it to a pro , i told him that i got a 8k Lester Devoe , and the guy made a very surprise face (i told that i cant play) , he checked and it is a Paco Castillo (lol)
So he show one of his Condes , the one that its very used that the plays for the gigs.
nothing special really.
He tried mine cheap factory and sounded amazing...much more than the Conde, he was very very surprise , me too.. , he also enjoyed the confort to play
he showed the other Conde that he keeps safe , and it was very different from the other for the gigs, more projection , like the other with steroids
Mine only lost for the "special" Conde for projection and tone projection , the Conde was more solid
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