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edguerin -> Guitar story (Feb. 28 2009 9:09:21)
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I'd like to share this story with you guys:
When after about 10 years pause my aficion re-awakened a year or so ago, and I got out my old Manuel Bellido blanca, I found she sounded a bit muffled and "buzzy" on the higher frets.
guitar needs to be played thread
After playing for a couple of months she opened up quite nicely but still buzzed a bit.
I was worried about how the top would develop,
warped top thread
and soon felt that what I really needed to rekindle my excitement for flamenco was a new, pristine, crisp blanca
(I'm told elderly gentlemen are quite prone to this [:D][:D] ).
At the music fare in Frankfurt I tried out one of the most expensive blancas on the market (Conde Hermanos Reedition Vda. y Sobrinos 1953 for >€ 14000.- ; they didn't have the Esteso Reedition for > € 16000.- [:@][&:][:@][&:]), and not really being impressed, I started looking for something I could afford.
On the foro Anders' guitars caught my attention , and after visiting his web-site and ordering the Guitarrero-DVD I was seriously interested.
So when in Spain last September, touring Andalucia with my wife and a befriended couple, I visited him near Huelva.
We quickly were on an equal wavelength. Anders' knowledgeable approach and his easy-going willingness to respond to my wishes made the process of selecting the woods etc. fascinating, and within but a few hours I had ordered my guitar!
When I got back home, I ordered an humidifier and got everything ready for her.
The Bellido really made an effort, just about quit buzzing and developed even more volume.
But I cold hardly wait.
And then one night I dreamed Anders had done something wrong, something had happened ...
The very next day I got his e-mail:
Unfortunately when fine-tuning my guitar, the beautiful old wooden stand, given to him by Manuel Bellido himself, had collapsed.
The neck had suffered a ding. [:(]
Anders was so annoyed, he destroyed the stand, or to quote him: "I burned the Bellido stand in my woodburner and ... it didn´t even give much heat. [;)]
... I now use a standard metal stand."
He offered me his parallel-built guitar with rosewood bindings (rather than ebony) as an alternative.
So which to choose?
After a few sleepless nights, and being a romantic, I opted for the original guitar, built for me.
She has a small scar, but Anders' did such a great job, that I all but forget about it.
Besides that, it gives her all the more character and betells of her history.
PS: I sold the Bellido a week ago ...
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