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And look at these pegs!
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a_arnold
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RE: And look at these pegs! (in reply to a_arnold)
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JB is right: They are heart-style pegs, but I had them specially carved at flamenco peg size, made of ebony instead of the usual boxwood, and tapered more sharply. I shipped them to Castillo to install while he was building it. Doitsujin: I've lived with pegs for 45 years -- since I started playing as a kid; never knew anything else. I guess that's why they don't look as "naked" to me as they do to you. To me they look graceful and somehow right. Or maybe I'm just a pervert who likes his guitars naked. Plus string changes go a LOT faster. But I'll certainly admit I've had a few flamenco guitars (a banger made by Rafael Morales of the Granada school especially) for which the pegs were troublesome -- mainly because they were put into an unseasoned peghead which then changed dimensionally until the holes were oval; Castillo's pegs, however, are fitted so precisely I find them just as easy to use as machines, and I much prefer to keep the peghead as light as possible, since I rest the lower bout on my right leg and it tends to tip to the left if there's too much weight up there. Those mechanical pegs with the gears inside that you say are the "only chance" have always felt heavy and looked clunky to me. They are thicker and heavier than the real pegs I am used to. But I can certainly understand someone who started out with machines finding pegs to be difficult. Several of my students have bought student model peghead guitars because they liked the look, and then discovered that they weren't as easy to use as I made it look during lessons. Some changed the guitar, some traded in, some were willing or able to adapt. Chacun a son gout, I guess.
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