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RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
It does look like spruce. If you have doubts, just place a source of light inside the box as Cedar does not let pass the light through it. They are very nicely made traditional guitars.
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RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
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but looks like cedar.
Also keep in mind that spruce can sometimes strongly change color over the years by sun light , playing, etc. to a more honey like color in older guitars , from its original creamy white color. You should examine more the grain lines, silking, etc. and compare those instead of color. Those are more sharper, straight and more contrast with spruce.
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RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to Ricardo)
Just kidding.
In Guitarreros de madrid encyclopedia, he is given credit for following the style of Sevillano Manuel Gutierrez (a friend of Torres, with early surviving instruments from the time of Planeta etc.) He focused on flamenco guitars hence he was popular with the big name guitar players near Sevilla. He did not have a tradition, he worked in his dad's shop with ebony, much like Jeronimo Peña Fernández. He built his first guitar from German pine sap (instead of spruce top).
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RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to Ricardo)
Thanks for your introduction! I know many guitarists in Sevilla playing Barba. Nino de Pura, Juan Campallo, Joselito Acedo and so on. I reckon he is a creative luthier. His creativity in aesthetics impresses me.
RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
Congratulations how do you like it?
I thought it looked more like Spruce because of the figure/fleck produced by the quarter sawing of the wood. I didn’t know about the light shine through test though!
RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
You and the guitar sound very good!
Thanks for the inspiration. I admit I never play Guajira- only if a dancer asks. It's been years, by now I've completely forgotten how.
Did you learn that directly from Juan Campallo? (He sounds great on his Barba blanca, though these days he mainly uses a negra I think by Antonio Marin.)
RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
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Yes esteban
OMG just had a revelation.
Of my now nearly 20 years on the Foro, I've been thinking Stephen's alias is "This banana" the whole time. I just realized it stems from Esteban which is the Spanish version of Stephen.
RE: Cedar or Spruce？How can I iden... (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
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Paula Comitre's Guajira is the next level
She is good. I've seen her live, she transmits. For me some of her contemporary dance influence is a bit studied/affected/basic.
I prefer the wildness of Rocio Molina's Guarija (often guajira is too light for my taste). Her contemporary influence is a more embodied and deeper rooted personal expression.
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