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Billyboy
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Joined: Aug. 18 2003
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RE: Chasing ghosts (in reply to Jon Boyes)
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Was Stephen Hill selling a second hand 2f for £595, if he was it says a bundle for he's pricing ideas for his own guitars. I play a Ricardo Sanchis 2AF, that Riqueni Buleria I posted was played on the Sanchis, although the recording sound quality is not a good advert for the guitars, for the money they are unbeatable, in fact better than some famous name makers at £1000 plus, beautiful finished with a lovely orange colour, very bright, good action, It lacks any depth of tone or bark, that you would get from a true hand built guitar, but it is instantly lovable within a few moments of picking it up. Dave
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Date Mar. 15 2004 10:58:24
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RE: Chasing ghosts (in reply to Jon Boyes)
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The world of prices is a difficult one to understand, and guitarprices are the same. In an expensive handbuild guitar, you pay for the name, which should mean, a kind of security. Tonal characteristics, quality of work, resalevalue etc. And of course snob value (I´ve got this, this and that famous guitar....) If a guitar is worth a certain price is difficult to say, but if you want to have a ´normal´standard of living, and make high end handbuild guitars, the prices in the north of europe has to be the way it is. If not, you´ll be starving.
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Date Apr. 19 2004 7:35:54
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francis
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RE: Chasing ghosts (in reply to Jon Boyes)
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Hello, First, ive learnt a lot just reading this site already, so thnak you. Im trying to find a flamenco guitar in england too. I have had a teacher for just over 2 months now, im playing on a classical, which i bought just before meeting my teacher! because i thought it was useless tryng to find a teacher in suffolk. Can anyone give me another source of guidence on purchasing a flamenco for myself a very keen young poor student, (practicing around 3 hours a day) desperate to become good! Ive been offered by a freiend of my fathers a guitar which he wants 2000 S/H for, im not sure of the make yet, also would you recomend a student (who is perhaps not worthy of it yet!) to buy such an expencive guitar or more around 800-1000? factory makes like Sanchis, Amilio Berguet, Cashimira Contrereas .... Can someone provide any insight into the 'value' of these or other mid priced instruments and perhaps some comparisons. Or maybe someone has a secondhand instrument for sale? Tho there dont seem to be to many around. Sorry for the rambling (its a bit like try to find a guitar in england!) Thanks, francis.
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Date Apr. 19 2004 14:07:04
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Jon Boyes
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RE: Chasing ghosts (in reply to Jim Opfer)
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ORIGINAL: Jim Opfer There's got to be a 'but' comming so here goes. The fact is, I haven't sat there and listened to Todd play and it does cross my mind that a lot of what I hear could be enhanced, dubbed, re-recorded or even speed up, effectiveley 'manufactured' through some recording studio gizmo. I remember someone else once commenting here that they suspected Todd might record one note at a time, then edit it all together LOL! Such ideas are quite ridiculous, I find it very frustrating that people people think its possible for musicians - guitarists especially - to 'manufacture' their work to this extent. It shows a competed lack of appreciation of how difficult the recording process is anyway, let alone what is possible to improve and enhance a performance. Of course Todd edits its recordings, of course he rec-records sections he isn't happy with, of course he polishes his recordings with a variety of mixing and production tools such as EQ, compression, etc. Guess what - everyone else does to!! But if the skill isn't there in the beginning, the best mixing and production skils in the world wil not help you, any engineer will tell you that. Of course, the proof is in the pudding anyhow, and Todd has recorded several videos of himself that should satisfy the sceptics. Mind you, I'm sure someone will say that those have been edited together from Tomatito videos or something. Jon
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Date Apr. 22 2004 8:31:31
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