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Did Gerundino really make his guitars from Mid 90's up until his passing?
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gerundino63
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Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands
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RE: Did Gerundino really make his gu... (in reply to CA_Sevilla01)
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I remember a story from Eric Vaarzon Morel, a flamenco guitarist from Holland. He told me he visited Gerundino in 2000, he had still some guitars to sell. Also, it is known, that Juan Miguel Gonzales helped Gerundino finishing a few guitars, Gonzalez “atmitted” it in an interview “flamencoguru” alias Errol Putigna made. So, most likely, Gerundino had some unfinished guitars after 1997, and had them finished by others. Put a label in, signed and stamped it. At least, you know more or less what you buy or not. If you want a Gerundino not for resale, go for an old one. It is a totally different guitar than the newer Gerundino’s. The old ones are extremely dry and pecussive, the newer ones are bigger and heavier, so long sustain less percussive.
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Richard Jernigan
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From: Austin, Texas USA
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RE: Did Gerundino really make his gu... (in reply to Echi)
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...and guitars change over their lifetimes. I have mentioned before a '73 Conde spruce blanca which was bought new by a friend. His daughter was at university in Madrid. She recruited a well known classical pro, whose name I forget, to go with her and pick out a guitar for her father. When it arrived in Austin, it was dead as a doornail. It had all the tone and volume of a solid piece of yellow pine timber. I felt sorry for my friend, but said nothing. To my surprise, after two or three years the Conde was one of the few guitars, perhaps the only one, that I preferred to my '67 Ramirez blanca at the time. I tried to buy it more than once, without any hint of success. I have no idea why the guitar was so bad for the first few years, nor why it was so good later in its life. RNJ
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