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RE: My Faustino Conde story
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: My Faustino Conde story (in reply to RobF)
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It’s just guitar weenie GAS _ _ __ ____ _ ____ ____ _____ ____ ___ __ ___ ____ ____ ___ ____ Dear Ricardo, In response to your inquiry about this RobF’s response to Johnny cakes inquiry, specifically his response “No”, and later “No”, and especially his response “No”, we can safely say that my uncle’s best friend’s cousin’s ex-partner’s mom’s adopted daughter’s former roommate once actually read part of jose Ramirez III’s book “something about guitars or something”, in which he clearly states that he sawed the final ever board of legally bought Brazil rosewood jacaranda palosanto de Rio Rio in 1960, and has clearly made the last ever legally made guitar negra ever, a long time ago (1980 which we have for sale by the way if your Johnnycake friend is interested at good price)...so that means all guitars since then, negras, are made with black market wood or fake brown wood sprayed to look Rioish in China. The process of spraying fake Rio wood is resulting in one baby seal death per guitar side or back, and as you know this affects the seal pelt market as only adult seals’ pelts are useful for smuggling illegal Rio boards big enough for sides and backs. The strain on the market has now reached guitar builders directly and it’s reflected only in the top builders price tag but is gradually tricking down so we predict eventually Cordoba GK studio negras to reach 5K or more. I hope this was helpful, we are still waiting for the local doctors Response to our inquiry about this “weenie gas” problem as well.
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Date Sep. 5 2020 18:45:11
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RobF
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RE: My Faustino Conde story (in reply to Jonnycake)
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Dear Jonnycakes, Thank you for explaining what it is that makes a good expensive guitar but, here at the Foro, we have found it much more effective to further one’s views if the information is presented in the form of a self-addressed letter. The generally accepted format for this missive is to first delineate it from the introductory portion of the post with a separate line of dashes, which serves to alert fellow members that real deal dirt* is about to follow. Letters always formally address the recipient, and no indication is to be given as to whom to attribute the authorship. While this may seem unusual to one unfamiliar with the mores of the Foro, we have found it has afforded limited success in avoiding some of the more intense brouhahas that the Foro has become famed for, the Great Donnybrook of oh Eighteen springs to mind... While examples can easily be found on these pages, we have taken the liberty to provide you with a sample form letter that can be cut and pasted to preface future informative posts (see below): ——————————- (dashes to indicate start of missive)————- Dear Jonny, (Insert real deal dirt here) Sincerely, (Remember, Foro protocol dictates this missive remain unsigned and uncredited, so please Do NOT include the Sincerely, ) *As an aside, we are not sure what to make of the recent post of a long standing member, which does appear to contain Bona fide real deal dirt but inexplicably has omitted the dash delineation. Suffice to say a stern warning has been sent to the rascal, and one hopes this will be sufficient to convince him to adhere to established standards in future posts.
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Date Sep. 11 2020 9:46:14
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RobF
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RE: My Faustino Conde story (in reply to Jonnycake)
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Hi Jonny, if you’re ever in the mood to take a few pictures then I wouldn’t mind seeing your new Conde, but even more, I’d like to see your Diaz. I’ve visited his shop a number of times over the years, and he’s always been a great guy to chat with. I’ve also been in his son Victor’s shop, and his other son Francesco has become quite close to a friend of mine, to the extent that he spent a couple of months visiting him in Georgia in 2018 to help him rearrange his workspace. We had also discussed the possibility of me spending some time in Francesco’s shop in Granada last spring where he was going to show me how he applies their Granada ‘viejo oro’ tinted finish, but COVID came along and put an end to that. So, yeah, it would be great to see some pics of your Diaz guitar, maybe on a new thread? He doesn’t get much exposure on here.
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Date Sep. 12 2020 2:59:37
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