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This probably belongs more in the General Section because it will get the attention of guitar players who track this kind of information. It more about players and their gear.
Most of the advanced players here keep track of which guitars different artists are playing on various recordings, both new and historic. For example if I myself wanted to know which guitars Gerardo plays? I’d ask Ricardo, because he’s studied with Nuñez for a hundred and fifty years now.
The advanced players are the ones to go to with gear questions. We luthiers fix or make the gear. Once they take it we usually are too busy to keep track of our own guitars being played let alone know what big artists are using.
It’s a lovely Andres Marvi, a German guitar builder based in a small town close to Granada. The guitar in the video is still the old model (you can say it by the headstock): probably cedar and rosewood. Ricardo said he played that guitar if I’m not wrong.
Chanpanpap, hello. Just hit the main "Foro flamenco" heading at the top left of screen, go to "General" discussions and post questions there, unless you are a builder or have specific question about guitar building. More people will see it. 👍
It’s a lovely Andres Marvi, a German guitar builder based in a small town close to Granada. The guitar in the video is still the old model (you can say it by the headstock): probably cedar and rosewood. Ricardo said he played that guitar if I’m not wrong.
Yes that is right. The same maker he used in the Encuentro video (that one spruce, here is Cedar). To put it back into some relevance here in Luthier stuff, Marvi explained to us back in 2004 how his innovation was to build the neck robustly UNDER the soundboard (neck continues under the ebony and stops at the soundhole mouth), which he believed supported the high treble notes above 12th fret. To me I did not notice a difference, and it certainly made the guitar heavier than average. I believe he stopped doing this innovation with this particular model, and I admit also the sound of this Cedar guitar is much better than the old spruce one, so as a builder he has certainly improved. The guitar is not particularly loud or bright or anything, but Gerardo likes the sound so to each their own. I also remember he had a Reyes that he waited years for and brought both to class in 2004, and it did not sound so hot either. He sold that guitar.
I spent a morning with José Luis Postigo, who can still play in spite of the condition of his hands. He played Reyes all his professional life, but at the end, changed to Marvi and now promotes them in his local. I played several and all were good or very very good.
Easily one of my favourite guitars. A wonderful growl on the basses + very clear trebles, or at least so in the recording. I didn't know it was a Marvi.
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