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New - Francisco Navarro Special Grand Concert - "Reyes"
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Tom Blackshear
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 RE: New - Francisco Navarro Special ... (in reply to Ramon Amira)
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ORIGINAL: Prominent Critic
This is Francisco Navarro’s top model, a copy of a Manuel Reyes blanca. He has duplicated every detail, even the identical headstock. From the plan by Tom Blackshear.
NEW
Cypress
Spruce
Ebony
French Polish
655/52
Machine tuners
$2800 – including a hard shell case, two sets of La Bella 2001 Flamenco strings, no tax, and free shipping.
Ramon
I really don't know the new cost but some very good news came to me today from a long time player friend of mine who lives in Houston Texas... Elario Lozano.
He just told me that Francisco Navarro, the builder in Mexico, sold two of his guitars to Vicente Amigo during Vicente's recent concert tour there; a negra and a Blanca flamenco guitar.
Elario said, Vicente told Francisco that his Blanca guitar was every bit as good as his 1988 Reyes, which has been his concert guitar of choice for many years.
In fact, Vicente left his 1988 Reyes for Francisco to restore, since much of the finish was in bad shape. ....It sounds as if Vicente may have found a luthier who is very simpatico with his style of playing.
Vicente told Francisco that he would do a correct video of the guitar when he got back to Spain, and send it to him.
He also asked Francisco where he learned to build that model, and Francisco said, "I have a friend in San Antonio who showed me how to build it."
This lifted my spirit quite high, especially since I'm just getting over a bad case of the Flu. This was the best medicine of all.
I might also add that once this news gets out on video, Francisco will have more work than is the case right now, but not impossible at the moment.
Any interested party can contact Ron Hudson, the distributor, at Memorial Music in Houston Texas at...713-461-1060....
I think Ron's Belgium distributor-connection is La Sonanta guitars
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Date Nov. 24 2012 1:52:55
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Tom Blackshear
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RE: New - Francisco Navarro Special ... (in reply to hamia)
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My 2013 Reyes blanca is heavy, unresponsive and low-volume compared to my Green blanca, Canin negra,
I'm so sorry to hear this, perhaps you can return it for another one, if the guitar is in primo condition. He has a wait list for other clients, with which he could possibly refurbish, re-tune, and send it out for their needs. He has a reputation to keep.
Also, the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and no builder enjoys a perfect solution to his art, even though we try very hard. I'm sure that Mr. Green and Mr. Canin would say the same.
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