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BarkellWH
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RE: Scale Length and small hands (in reply to Cervantes)
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2005 Gerundino (I think it was finished if not built by Juan Miguel Gonzalez, In his later years, up to 2002 0r 2003 or so, Gerundino built a few guitars that were finished by Juan Miguel Gonzalez. Gerundino passed away in 2006, so the 2005 model may be problematical, or it may have been built earlier and finished by Juan Miguel in 2005. I understand that has occurred as well. Give it a try. A good Gerundino is every bit a match for Ramirez, Arcangel Fernandez, and Conde, and in some cases better. Bill
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Date May 4 2016 19:45:32
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BarkellWH
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RE: Scale Length and small hands (in reply to Cervantes)
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Well, Cervantes, do you think you have enough opinions and recommendations to guide (or confuse!) you now? Please let us know what you ultimately decide on. Good luck, don't overthink it all, and select the guitar that you feel most comfortable playing, both now and in anticipation of the future. Cheers, Bill
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Date May 5 2016 13:09:41
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Cervantes
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RE: Scale Length and small hands (in reply to BarkellWH)
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ORIGINAL: BarkellWH Well, Cervantes, do you think you have enough opinions and recommendations to guide (or confuse!) you now? Please let us know what you ultimately decide on. Good luck, don't overthink it all, and select the guitar that you feel most comfortable playing, both now and in anticipation of the future. Cheers, Bill Bill, This has been a therapy session of sorts for somebody who does not play well enough to justify an expensive guitar but wants one anyway despite his wife not being so keen on the idea. However over past few years I have never been so committed and made so much progress playing guitar and I feel that will continue indefinitely. Expensive is a relative term and I feel $3K is really at the bottom for a flamenco guitar that I am expecting will last me the rest of my life. It has also opened my eyes to all the possibilities of guitars which has caused me to take a pause and not fixate on a particular guitar. I need to spend some time and look at as many guitars as I can to learn what will be the best next step. I think I will know when I find the right one. I have another expensive hobby that this reminds me of which is bicycling. I have owned many high end bicycles in my lifetime and have probably spent more than $20K on bicycle related things. I don't regret it but I probably won't be spending much more money on them as I am satisfied with what I have. Like guitars, bicycles are subjective and what one person may love another may dislike. My teacher has been requiring me to play the same Juan Martin Farruca until I can play it without mistakes and not stopping. I am getting closer and will post some audio (my first) soon. My wife says I have tell my teacher to let me stop playing it and to give me something else. Again thanks to all for helpful advice.
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Date May 5 2016 15:15:51
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rombsix
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From: Beirut, Lebanon
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RE: Scale Length and small hands (in reply to Cervantes)
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Bill, This has been a therapy session of sorts for somebody who does not play well enough to justify an expensive guitar but wants one anyway despite his wife not being so keen on the idea. However over past few years I have never been so committed and made so much progress playing guitar and I feel that will continue indefinitely. Expensive is a relative term and I feel $3K is really at the bottom for a flamenco guitar that I am expecting will last me the rest of my life. It has also opened my eyes to all the possibilities of guitars which has caused me to take a pause and not fixate on a particular guitar. I need to spend some time and look at as many guitars as I can to learn what will be the best next step. I think I will know when I find the right one. I have another expensive hobby that this reminds me of which is bicycling. I have owned many high end bicycles in my lifetime and have probably spent more than $20K on bicycle related things. I don't regret it but I probably won't be spending much more money on them as I am satisfied with what I have. Like guitars, bicycles are subjective and what one person may love another may dislike. My teacher has been requiring me to play the same Juan Martin Farruca until I can play it without mistakes and not stopping. I am getting closer and will post some audio (my first) soon. My wife says I have tell my teacher to let me stop playing it and to give me something else. Again thanks to all for helpful advice. Dude, within reasonable limits, it really is NOT about the guitar, but much more so about the player. If you don't feel like spending big bucks on a guitar is the right time yet, then wait. Like I said, I had a $2,000 nice instrument that was hand-picked by Jorge Berges in Valencia, and I decided to sell it and get a $600 GK Studio Negra by Cordoba, and I couldn't be happier... The latter actually allows me to play very easily and effortlessly, and to me, playability is everything. What use is a guitar that sounds fantastic but eternally slumbers in its case? Vamos!
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