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RE: Francisco Barba's Estudio model (in reply to johnnefastis)
I'm fairly sure this is a Sanchis with a different label. Sanchis seem to make guitars for a few others who then put their own labels in. Not sure what grade this one would be, Sanchis 1f or 2f.
RE: Francisco Barba's Estudio model (in reply to johnnefastis)
Thanks Orsonw
That makes a bit of sense as Sanchis make nice guitars maybe they have more capacity. I couldn't understand why it would be worthwhile for a great luthier to get someone to make a guitar that is maybe not so good. But I can also see that it may be frustrating if people visit your shop and tou have to tell them to wait for years.
Strange that there are not many of them about though.
RE: Francisco Barba's Estudio model (in reply to johnnefastis)
Yep - I bought a negra estudio model last year from their workshop, still have it.
I was after a blanca, and went to a few luthiers in Seville, didn't find one that 'fitted' me, and Barba was my last stop.
His blanca estudios were, to my ears, better than I found elsewhere, but I still wasn't 100% sold.
Then I asked if they had anything else, and he brought out the negra studio model, and I nearly fell of the chair - amazing sound.
They said it was a factory guitar, hand finished . I didn't delve much deeper as to exactly where it was made (as if they would admit it ..), as the most important thing for me was the sound, and how it felt to play.
If it was made in a metal-topped shack by a bunch of robots in the guang dong province in china, then good job, fellas!
I paid 1400 EUR. Better value than any other guitar I tried up to 2400 EUR in Seville.
RE: Francisco Barba's Estudio model (in reply to manicfingers)
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Hi manicfingers, I'm going to Sevilla in January 2013 for a week to buy a Flamenco guitar (blanca ), Have you got any suggestions on luthiers, shops (second hand as well) in Sevilla or Granada? I know J.L.Postigo, A.Bernal have shops in Sevilla. Thank you.
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