Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar

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badnorwegian

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Help me identify this vintage flamen...

After owning this guitar for a couple of years I am very curious about the maker as I have never seen a flamenco guitar with this inlaid head that matches the rosette. My story is simply that I bought it from Goodwill in Orange County CA at their online auction. It was being sold as "old wooden guitar", had a couple of lousy, small, out-of-focus pictures, no case, no description at all. My keen eye identified it as a flamenco guitar and I decided it was probably worth buying. There were a couple of other observant bidders out there, but I owned it for only $91 plus shipping. It came in and is certainly a flamenco guitar, tuning machines were broken and brittle from age, no label inside the guitar, looked like it had been sitting for 30 years or more. I stripped off tuners and remaining strings, removed about 1/32 oz of very old weed from the inside (not kidding, I bought weed from Goodwill), cleaned it up with a little lemon oil and weighed it in at 1170 grams, or 2 pounds 9.3 ounces.
I am learning to play on this guitar, I love the enormous sound in my smallish apartment with 9 foot tall ceilings. I have never thought about parting with it, but I am curious about what it is. Can anyone help?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 19:57:13

Leñador

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to badnorwegian)

You've got full overlay european style maple cabinets in your apartment? Swanky!

Unfortunately I can't help with naming the maker but I love the story, especially that there was weed inside that's hilarious. You should maybe get a golpeador on that bad boy though, I'm seeing a lil golpe damage.........

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 20:09:00

El Kiko

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to Leñador)

hold on ....Leñador ... you can identify his kitchen cabinet in the back ground but not his guitar .......!!!!

how is that ?......are you holding out on fitted kitchen info from us ?? i'm gonna post my kitchen photo as a test

Sorry cant help with identification either ...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 20:43:01

Leñador

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to badnorwegian)

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hold on ....Leñador ... you can identify his kitchen cabinet in the back ground but not his guitar .......!!!!

LOL I can also tell you he's got engineered quartz counters with a 1 1/2" mitred face and flush mount appliances(jenn-air?) with what I believe is carbonized stranded bamboo flooring.....

The guitar might be cedar top??? Not sure, it seems weird for spruce but I could easily be wrong....Sorry again for not being too helpful but at least we're bumping your thread to the top each time

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 22:25:51

El Kiko

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to Leñador)

engineered quartz counters .... pfff.......pressed chipboard with laminate top ....I say ....thats not a conde kitchen......

still no help with the guitar though ....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 22:56:47

Leñador

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to badnorwegian)

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engineered quartz counters .... pfff.......pressed chipboard with laminate top ....I say ....thats not a conde kitchen......

Sorry, I gotta respond. lol

Oh contraire, engineered quartz materials EG Caeserstone Silestone etc CAN be even more money then natural materials and are often sought after in modern home construction due to there consistent and uniform colors.

I personally prefer it to natural stone 7 times out of 10, but I'm a modern architecture fan.

You're right though, not a conde kitchen, but that's due to the cabinet panels being flat grain maple rather then something vertical/quarter sawn and the base board being acrylic.

None of this helps you with the guitar but at least you know more about your kitchen.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 23:08:51

Leñador

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to badnorwegian)

Here's this! Though I couldn't locate anything on first go around.

http://www.drguerin.de/flamenco/heads/

user:Flamenco
pass:Flamenco

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 23:26:15

Sr. Martins

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to badnorwegian)

The top looks like spruce to me and overall it looks like a nicely done and not too expensive guitar.

The rosewood fretboard and the simplistic tie block with wrong spacing between strings is what makes me think it isn't a piece of art.

If it plays well enjoy it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 16 2014 23:35:13

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to Leñador)

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You've got full overlay european style maple cabinets in your apartment? Swanky!

It looks like Birch to me... And i cant help with the guitar either.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2014 8:39:59

keith

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to badnorwegian)

the guitar looks like one of the many japanese made guitars of the 70's and 80's especially with the inlay on the headstock. some nice guitars made back then. i believe it was yamaha that made one with pegs and got paco to play it and be photographed for their catalogue.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2014 13:07:45

jshelton5040

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to keith)

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ORIGINAL: keith

the guitar looks like one of the many japanese made guitars of the 70's and 80's especially with the inlay on the headstock.

I don't know Keith. I can't recall ever seeing a Japanese guitar with only 18 frets. If I had to guess I'd say it's a home made cedar top although it might be from Mexico.

The only thing I notice about the cabinets is the sagging door. It hurts my eyes

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2014 14:13:24

keith

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to jshelton5040)

john, maybe i need to go to the drug store and get a new pair of reading glasses but i cannot find a description or photo that says 18 frets.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2014 14:28:47

Leñador

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to badnorwegian)

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john, maybe i need to go to the drug store and get a new pair of reading glasses but i cannot find a description or photo that says 18 frets.

If you assume the body connects at the 12th fret it's got 18 frets...

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It looks like Birch to me.

I think you're right.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2014 15:00:31

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Help me identify this vintage fl... (in reply to jshelton5040)

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The only thing I notice about the cabinets is the sagging door. It hurts my eyes .

There´s a chance its IKEA. they are famous for sagging doors. I have a couple of them.

(poor guy, he doesnt get any answers on his questions, but he gets his furniture inspected closely.)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2014 15:06:54