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Ricardo
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RE: Not to spoil the other thread (in reply to Ruphus)
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1. The poster is not crystal clear...nail shape can only truly be seen in 3D at different angles....however, I see more nail material (white part separated from skin) on the pinky side of the index, the thumb side of the Ring finger, and the middle finger seems pretty even. THis is INFACT what I suggest. THere are more clear photos on the inside of his album cover CD booklet "Camino del Alma". Again, photos are only showing two dimensions really. 2. The poster of Diego is also not clear. Which guitar do you mean...HIS guitar he actually plays (Conde A26 standard)? Of the BACKGROUND painted guitar? (Probably not a real guitar but an artists rendering). As for the eyeball rosette, never seen such a thing, but the outer edging is based on an old rosette design I have seen on old Sobrinos de Esteso guitars. (Wave line with dots under the crests). About "bling", sure gitanos love that but when it comes to guitars, they used to be luxury items. Torres made guitars that functioned for professionals that were quite simple, not ornate, and this caught on aesthetically as "beautiful" in it's own right. In the end it's about sound and feel. I admit I like the guitar of Jeronimo Peña Fernandez first for it's "bling" style...but it also happens to sound great as an instrument. Perhaps not the ideal sound (compared to a "plain" looking Conde, Reyes, Barbero, etc) Check videos of Manolo Franco using this guitar. The nice "bling" for flamenco guitars is the trad cejilla IMO. Ricardo
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Date Jan. 6 2016 11:14:11
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El Rey De los Bagres
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RE: Not to spoil the other thread (in reply to Ricardo)
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About "bling", sure gitanos love that but when it comes to guitars, they used to be luxury items. Torres made guitars that functioned for professionals that were quite simple, not ornate, and this caught on aesthetically as "beautiful" in it's own right. In the end it's about sound and feel. I admit I like the guitar of Jeronimo Peña Fernandez first for it's "bling" style...but it also happens to sound great as an instrument. Perhaps not the ideal sound (compared to a "plain" looking Conde, Reyes, Barbero, etc) Check videos of Manolo Franco using this guitar. The nice "bling" for flamenco guitars is the trad cejilla IMO. For me there are many things on a guitar that from a strictly visual perspective can "make it bling" the quality of the woods used, the french polish, the head-stock design, rosette, proportions etc...I don like flamboyant looking guitars but like you stated luthiere built flamencas tend not to be overly ornamented.
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Date Jan. 6 2016 14:55:54
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Ricardo
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RE: Not to spoil the other thread (in reply to Ruphus)
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The guitar on the Morao poster is the same in fore- and background. You can see the rosette in the foreground too. Not really, look at the tie block. He could be posing with anything, The Conde is what he normally uses. quote:
Provided I understood your suggestion right, to not angle the wrist sideways to accomodate for thumb-side planting, but instead leave wrist & hand at poise / planting with pink-side of finger tips ... A longer white section on the pink side should then only lead to getting stuck. Respectively, for supporting pink-sided ramp the nails outer side towards pinky should be shorter. Innit? The wrist must bend sideways so the finger attack straight on. for flamenco. For classical I have seen tons of variation, including straight wrist. In any case, if you hold hand flat and bend your fingers as if to play, you might notice the ring and index curl inward toward the palm (imagine open hand spread fingers, then make a fist). Playing guitar is, as Scott tenant says in pumping nylon "making little fists with your hands". So, by the logic of that angle, then you will note the catch would be on pinky side of ring, and thumb side of index, if you were to have claw nails. So the "angle" if that's how we will describe it, needs to be a "ramp", then it is those two edges need to be shaved. Hope that makes sense.
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