Tom Blackshear -> RE: 2004 Tom Blackshear 'Reyes' (Sep. 3 2012 13:29:08)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo Sound wise Castillo was closer to Reyes than any Reyes copies I have ever played. Except the neck. [:D] now you've done it.. everyone would be wanting to buy castillo now.. push prices up for the common man.. damn you ricardo.. damn you.. There you go... That's why I own 2 Castillos, and undoubtedly will own more over my lifetime hopefully. My experience with the Navarro Reyes wasn't quite as good as I hoped for. Granted, I have only played 1, but it just wasn't my bag. Nothing in the world wrong with it, but it seemed to be on the warmer side, not as percussive as I like, and over all seemed to have a little more of a classical voice and lots of tone color. These are things that don't suit my playing style. These seem to be atributes of lots of Navarros, and as I said, nothing wrong with that. The 2003 plan that Navarro works with is a sweeter style than the 80's style Reyes; more bell like quality, which if tuned right, goes more toward the side of Nino Ricardo's old 55 Conde style. But make no mistake, Navarro's Santos style is quite different, not better, just different. Also, Navarro recently started building the Reyes style with flat tops, which adds more percussive value, but with a sweet edge. This is what I've experienced with his latest build. The Mexico trend was to build with slightly domed tops and it took Navarro over a year to settle into a flat top, which works better for that style; giving better articulation and snap for the picado and rasgueado.
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