Richard Jernigan -> RE: Myth's and Science (Jul. 21 2010 17:38:55)
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In the early 1970s a good friend had a Madrid professional guitarist go by the Conde shop at Gravina 7 and pick out a media luna spruce/cypress blanca for him. I recognized the name of the professional at the time, but I don't remember it now. I do remember he was a classical guitarist. When the guitar arrived in Austin, Texas it had all the sonority of a yellow pine 2 by 4. It was as dead as any guitar I ever played. A real clunker. My friend had paid good money for it. I felt sorry for him, but never said a word. Two or three years later the guitar had completely changed. It was open, brilliant, had percussive rasgueos, had powerful bronze-voiced basses...in short it was one of the few guitars that I liked better than the blanca I had at the time! I also preferred it to another friend's Manuel Reyes, Sr. (In retrospect, I think the action was set so low on the Reyes that the buzz was too much for my taste.) My friend with the Conde started concentrating on classical. I tried to buy the Conde from him more than once. He never even replied when I brought up the subject. RNJ
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