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RE: whats the benefit of 660mm scale compared to 650mm?
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sartorius
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RE: whats the benefit of 660mm scale... (in reply to constructordeguitarras)
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Hi again, Didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings, but you have to agree on one thing: guitars are indeed weird animals, surprising the best players (Paco himself said once that when you think you have dominated the guitar, then you realize it dominates you) and the best builders in the same way. That's what's wonderful with guitars, you just can't expect what's coming next (building or playing), just like with women As to Romero, I've known him for about ten years now, visited him many times in his shop unexpected, had him change the top of a 1A 1969 classical Ramirez (which sounds better now than back when it was originally played in concerts) and finally got the opportunity to meet him at a time when surprisingly he had three finished guitars tucked away in a special locked sort of cupboard at the back (I'd never seen it before) when usually he always showed the same 'hollow sounding' Blanca that never convinced me (finally he got to sell it and built new fresh instruments). Also, it's not difficult to recognize a commissioned Valencia or locally made cheap guitar builders sell to Japanese tourists and the likes or even a 2A semi-professional made by the builder but with lesser quality materials (and refinishing) that sells for half the price of a professional instrument.
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Date May 16 2017 12:34:31
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Echi
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RE: whats the benefit of 660mm scale... (in reply to constructordeguitarras)
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@John When you play in live situations, noise or venues with poor acoustic are the problem, as you want to be heard and projection can be the issue. I for one, istintively push more on the strings and therefore need a guitar top/strings with more resistance than when I'm at home. Paco said the same regarding his Conde. On stage he needed a stiffer guitar than those he like to play at home. IMHO Conde Felipe V evolved his guitars of the '80 towards a stiffer model exactly for this purpose. @ Sartorius. A high pulsacion doesn't entail a shorter scale, even though I found that often a guitar with 650 mm seems stiffer under the finger than a longer scale one. quote:
By "high standard" do you mean like "build for me a guitar that is like between 648 and 664mm, anywhere in there will be just fine so I can tell my customers its 660 the best sound for flamenco!"....I mean that is a TALL order! Out of the jokes, I can say that I had a Romero, a Manzanero, a Caceres and the building quality was really good, clearly superior to my Sanchis Carpio. Of course, the sound is a different matter.
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Date May 17 2017 7:33:09
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