ngiorgio -> RE: Ordering a Francisco Navarro Guitar - is this a good deal? (Jul. 15 2010 4:42:05)
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Interesting thread. I suppose that much like the luthiers from Spain, there is a lot of misconceptions when it comes to who makes what and distributors and actual costs etc. on guitars coming from Mexico. I have had some experience with this as a high end guitar dealer, years ago, in NYC. Even with the so called "Distributors" in the US, you could still buy direct from most of the makers in Spain. Re-sell them at whatever price you were comfortable with. Was and still is a lot of "smoke and mirrors" when it comes to Spanish makers. As for Francisco Navarro, his Estudio model is currently being offered at G.S.I. http://www.guitarsalon.com/product.php?productid=3492 In the past couple of years, there have been a few people selling FN guitars on Ebay. I purchased two from one of those sellers back in 2008. He gave me two really good deals at the time as well as a lot of info on FN. whether or not the info was accurate is another thing entirely. Both guitars came with warrantees but any warrantee claims were to be made through Ron Hudson. This guy was getting the guitars from Ron. I was told that FN had a rather high production rate. Ten to twelve per month as I remember. Was also told that FN worked with his son and brother and maybe another helper. As I have mentioned previously here, I acquired a Grand Concert and a Concert blanca. The prices were under $1200. for the GC and under $1000. on the Concert. Another Concert flamenca sold new, from the same seller, on Ebay after I purchased mine for $850. As has been mentioned in this thread, an Estudio can be had currently for $650. Occasionally, RH will list a FN on Ebay. The last one I remember a few months back was a "Reyes" model and it went around $1500. or so. If you do your homework and search them out there can be some excellent buys out there on FN flamencos, both new and used. I sold a couple of my cejillas to a guy who bought a FN concert Flamenca, Spruce/Cypress, for $600. used. He sent me photos of it and it was mint. As far as I can tell there is consistency in the work coming from the FN shop. Like any other maker, there will be some better than others, but I don't think there will be any bad ones with the FN label. For those interested in purchasing an instruments by FN, do your homework and find the model that suits you. There are always going to be some good deals out there. You just have to seek them out.
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