Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound

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flamenco_9

Posts: 214
Joined: Jan. 15 2004

Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound

Lagrima played on 6 guitars

1. Antonio Torres (0:00)
2. Vincente Arias (1:34)
3. Manuel Ramírez (3:06)
4. Domingo Esteso (4:42)
5. Santos Hernández (6:13)
6. Ignacio Fleta (7:46)
vote for your best guitar sound

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2007 12:34:00

Ailsa

Posts: 2277
Joined: Apr. 17 2007
From: South East England

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

Nice idea flamenco_9! Can't listen in the office, but will vote later.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2007 13:15:57

xirdneH_imiJ

Posts: 1956
Joined: Dec. 2 2006
From: Budapest, now in Southampton

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

this is a great example that the hands matter more than the instruments themselves as there's not a lot of difference between these guitars playing this one piece...in fact if one doesn't pay attention, they sound exactly the same...
i'd be much more curious about this flamenco style, where the guitarist is not so gentle but plays powerfully too...it'd show the guitars' strength and deficiencies more clearly...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2007 13:45:28

koella

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Joined: Sep. 10 2005
From: holland

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

I agree Jimi.
But I think that the Arias doesn't sound like the others. It's more raw.He plays with that mellow, piano-like strokes. But he doesn't seem to be able to tame that guitar completely.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2007 14:00:32

flamenco_9

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Joined: Jan. 15 2004

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

the player is one guy.
those guitars supposed to be classical but dont forget it is all spanish so they fit in a way or another for flamenco (not like blancas ofcourse).
you have to have your head all as ears

I think I vote for domingo esteso then fleta then torres.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2007 14:28:22

xirdneH_imiJ

Posts: 1956
Joined: Dec. 2 2006
From: Budapest, now in Southampton

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

i listened it with a flamenco ear...of course there are subtle differences and if you're an experienced classical player/listener then this is definitely interesting...for me however it didn't contain much information and i wouldn't be able to pick unless i heard them in the musical environment i play or long to hear...if i really had to choose it'd be the fleta...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2007 15:02:01

koella

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Joined: Sep. 10 2005
From: holland

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

Maybe it's best when you would them yourself.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2007 15:33:08

TANúñez

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Joined: Jul. 10 2003
From: TEXAS

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

They all tend to sound the same but I like the power of the Fleta.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 8 2007 4:24:57

flamenco_9

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Joined: Jan. 15 2004

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

hey flamencos what is up
no big ears out there

if you focused well on bases you can see some differences!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 8 2007 20:18:11

Doitsujin

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Joined: Apr. 10 2005

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

They all sound like plastic.... I wouldnt buy any of them. Ugly sound IMO.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 8 2007 23:10:06

flamenco_9

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Joined: Jan. 15 2004

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to Doitsujin)

quote:

They all sound like plastic.... I wouldnt buy any of them. Ugly sound IMO.

I am sure most of those guitars can sound flamenco if they played by a flamenco
player!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 11 2007 6:58:40

Ricardo

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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

Manuel Ramirez was best. Fleta was loudest, best for the modern classical player IMO. I almost picked Esteso, but they tuned it sharp, so my opinion was biased because it sounded brighter and more clear. Like when you put a capo on. But second time, it was M. Ramirez for me. Oh, and boy am I sick of that song!

Ricardo

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 11 2007 18:18:07

Hugh

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Joined: Jul. 27 2006

RE: Vote For Your Best Guitar Sound (in reply to flamenco_9)

Well here's another version to get sick of. This guy does some beautiful versions of Beatle songs, worth checking him out. His tone and feel is amazing I think. He hails from Duende's neck of the woods I think........................

Ok, I liked the Ramirez too.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 12 2007 1:27:37