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Posts: 3487
Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
RE: 1922 Domingo Esteso Blanca (in reply to devilhand)
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ORIGINAL: devilhand Auction? Sounds like a collector's item. I don't understand collectors. It's like living with an extremely hot woman in a brother sister relationship.
I have both a classical and a flamenca that might be seen as collectors' items. They get played regularly.
I bought both second hand. The classical shows considerable playing wear. The flamenca was 18 years old when I had it appraised. Richard Bruné said he went over it with a magnifying glass and could not see any sign it had been handled, much less played.
Brian Cohen told me the flamenca had belonged to a "collector" from the time it was new.
One day in San Antonio Tom Blackshear introduced me to a friend as a "collector" and another adjective or two. I objected that I played all of my guitars. Tom asked me how many guitars I had. When I answered, he said, "You're a collector."
I let it go at that.
Still, I don't have that many guitars, and they don't just sit around in display cases.
Posts: 3487
Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
RE: 1922 Domingo Esteso Blanca (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo There are no photos, but the price is 10x too low 😂
I just glanced at the site, but I think they offered photos and a more detailed description if you asked for them. They mentioned 5 cracks in the soundboard below the bridge.
I've never bought a guitar with a crack in it. I've only ever bought one without playing it--turned out to be great.
Posts: 1770
Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands
RE: 1922 Domingo Esteso Blanca (in reply to devilhand)
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Auction? Sounds like a collector's item. I don't understand collectors. It's like living with an extremely hot woman in a brother sister relationship.
I have an old Gerundino 1967. Play it in winter and take it to lessons too. A scratch more or less makes no different. And it is so old that it stays the same in the dry winter too. So, if you have an “extremely hot woman”, use here, or you are not worth it... nice playing!
Posts: 503
Joined: Jun. 14 2014
From: Encinitas, CA USA
RE: 1922 Domingo Esteso Blanca (in reply to David LaPlante)
Sounds pretty good from what I can tell. The top looks really in bad shape. They need to get Ricardo to play it.
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Ah well, there was a fantastic passion there, in my case anyway. I discovered flamenco very early on. It grips you in a way that you can't get away - Paco Pena
RE: 1922 Domingo Esteso Blanca (in reply to David LaPlante)
I dream of owning a flamenco of this era. Ok, perhaps I dream of haveing the des posable cash to own one.
I like the idea of a living museum where the more historical guitars could be kept safe but still played and studied rather then locked away in a collectors cabinet. Although I know many collectors are what keep,them safe and allow some to play them.
I see the post Covid world changing many if not most of our ideas about what we need verses what we want...
HR
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I prefer my flamenco guitar spicy, doesn't have to be fast, should have some meat on the bones, can be raw or well done, as long as it doesn't sound like it's turning green on an elevator floor.
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