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Do you think the hole in the headstock is there so the guitar can be conveniently hung like a broom from a hook on the wall?
Yes, I thought that. If I recall, I have seen later Hernandez's with two holes in the headstock to thread a string through for this purpose (everything is hung on the wall down here), but I may be sooooo wrong.
Guitar Center uses a leather strap to hang guitars from their headstocks. It works well and there is no need to drill any holes. It's pretty simple, too. As talented as Santos was I find it odd that he couldn't come up with a way around drilling holes in his instruments.
The strap works well for guitars with machines, but it's risky hanging a guitar by its pegs.
I guess the pegs can slip? I wonder what the people at GC would do with a guitar that has pegs. Nylon stringed guitars don't get much care at GC. Out of about 10 nylon stringed guitars hanging from the rafters several had a broken string that no one had repaired. The staff can't even tell you anything about them at the GC near me.
Beverly got that guitar maybe 10 years or so ago. I remember talking to her on the phone and she told me that she just purchased La Bon Bon from Santos Bayon. I called up Richard Brune to tell him and he was dissapointed that he didn't get it. He said he had gotten a fax from Bayon and his machine was on the fritz so he couldn't make out what it said.
Beverly sold it to Virginia Luque who teaches out of her place so the guitar has always been around as it were. Dennis Koster and I went to see it not long after she got it. It's nice, certainly from a historical perspective it's a pretty cool guitar. I remember it being sweet and lyrical but not really a balls to the wall fire breathing monster. I heard Virginia play it in concert a few times and had the same feeling as when I played it or Dennis played it.
Still and all for the guitar afficianado that has already has everything, this would make a really nice additition. When the Met hosted the Spanish Guitar exhibit, this guitar was one of the central pieces and of course it is featured in the book that was published in conjuction with the exhibit.
When the Met hosted the Spanish Guitar exhibit, this guitar was one of the central pieces and of course it is featured in the book that was published in conjuction with the exhibit.
I believe they still sell it at the Met. You could go online and check out their site. You could probably get it on Abe books if you couldn't just get it through Amazon or something like that. Last I heard it was still in print.
I thought that the holes, whether one or two, were for tyeing decorative ribbons.
This is an appealing guitar. Straight forward aesthetics, nice materials. I recall reading one review of a Santos guitar that, while not notably loud, had a very seductive tonal quality.
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