Ricardo -> RE: Conde Questions (Feb. 7 2009 9:13:48)
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The A26 thing is only used for the guitars from Felipe V. The other guitars that are equivalent in quality or whatever, media luna from gravina or atocha, I guess are just called 1a or concert model,, etc. THey price difference is almost double for the Condes from Felipe V, I assume because they "claim" to be builders, the widows contract out. So you can call it "fraud' or a "scam" yet no one has tried to expose it or shut it down? And pro's use the guitars (myself included) because, frankly, whoever built knows how to make good guitars as sean said. Perhaps simply following the old esteso model, they get it right most of the time, yet their own guitars (whoever they are) are not as good? It is weird, but all I know is my hands don't lie to me, I can feel the comfy guitar vs one lacking...conde's usually good. Sanchis is good too, and many pros have used Sanchis even though some people want to put them down as "low quality".... coming from a family that was into classical guitars, fine ones, I never thought of conde as over priced, relative to the classical guitars. In fact, when I played sanchis (ricardo or Hermanos lopez) I personally felt compared to the other makes in their price range, they are a HUGE undercut of the market....they should charge more for the ones that turn out fantasitic....it is actually not fair to the guys building just a few guitars a year by hand IMO..... About buying used, just try the thing, don't worry about resale now. Everyone is so scared of "lemons". One guys lemon is an other guys gold honestly, I have seen it so many times. Just try the thing, and if you love it, buy it. I recommend used from usa, like Dan Zeff, because isn't euro still strong? Sorry haven't kept up on the exchange... Ricardo
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