Need some help with identifying this 100 year old blanca.

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Erixon

Posts: 9
Joined: Nov. 28 2015
From: Malvern, UK

Need some help with identifying this...

Hello folks. I have not been here for at least 10 years and it seems a lot has changed since with the functionality of this forum. I can't seem to be able to upload an image, even under required specifications for size of an image. Always reports some error.

So decided to put the images of the guitar into a presentation google document. Anyone could shed a little light on possible origin, just to narrow down viable options, would be a great help. It hasn't got a label, but sounds very genuine flamenco. Actually, breathtakingly awesome and loud. All I know from the elderly gentleman I bought the guitar from he had it in his possession for around 4O years and a few pro flamenco artists used it in the past before him and one of them had studied with Paco Pena. One of them was a left-handed female player.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i3NoFDoCHPvAzhQD6iKlDBfPqM_7GUSFV7-9Kael448/edit?usp=sharing[code][/code]

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Ricardo

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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC

RE: Need some help with identifying ... (in reply to Erixon)

looks like a low end Valencia make like Tatay etc., from the 1960s or so.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 18 2026 12:16:01

Erixon

Posts: 9
Joined: Nov. 28 2015
From: Malvern, UK

RE: Need some help with identifying ... (in reply to Ricardo)

I don't think it's a low end, it had been for decades used by professional players. The person who sold it to me personally knew the previous owner and bits and pieces of provenance are available. It's a mystery why it doesn't have a label though.. Also, it is somewhat smaller and quite tight at the nut. At the least it's a concert level instrument. Very light. I'll be dealing with somwhat higher action on the 12th fret, which is cca 4.5-5mm which makes it a bit more difficult to play but other than that, it's an instrument that feels like an extension of my body. I would really like more opinions from other members of the forum. Not intending to sell it, but I would love to know what it is.

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