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Miguel de Maria -> RE: THE ART OF RASGUEADO... NO PAIN NO GAIN? (Feb. 22 2005 23:23:15)
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I should announce that I am the proud owner of a previously loved negra, a Tezanos-Perez. Due mostly to Patrick's generosity, I have come into the possession of this beautiful guitar, thus turning a bad event (the destruction of my Vicente Carillo) into a good event.
I got the guitar on Friday but have not had a great deal of time to play it. The first thing I did was change the strings, as I pretty much have to have hard tensions on in order to play. Now it has D'Addario hards on it, although I have ordered some Savarez Corum/Alliance at Patrick's urging, and some Galli strings because of the great blurb on STrings by Mail.
Patrick has the action set low, which first kind of put me off, but I am starting to really like. It is actually "standard" action for flamenco. I may raise the basses a sliver, but I am liking it.
The highs on this guitar truly sparkle. I suppose that it is pretty easy to get big, boomy basses, but that really pretty highs are a challenge. This challenge is met handsomely by the Tezanos. It is quite balanced, which at first is a bit strange. But you quickly begin to appreciate how nice it is to have neither the bass nor the treble predominate. It is easy to play and rewards a precise touch. It does not seem to be a particularly loud guitar, either, but it is loud enough.
Patrick feels this guitar is quite classical, but I think it definitely sounds like a flamenco guitar. For one thing, it does not have the resonance of a classical guitar, although raising the action could well provide that. On the other hand, it has a much finer sound than my Carillo and I think my classical repertoire will do very nicely indeed on it. I am gearing up to record an album this summer,which will be about 40% classical, 40% rumba/South American, 20% flamenco. I think this guitar will do nicely for the entire range of songs.
The only problem with the guitar is that it is so elegant and in such good condition, that I feel I have to be very careful with it. I actually protected the soundboard when changing the strings for the first time in my life. And I tried to make the strings look nice like Patrick does, using a lighter to make a ball on the end of the string. But I couldn't figure out how to do that... This guitar will probably never leave my house. But it is a pleasure, like eating fine chocolate or savoring a great tinto (Pescera anyone?).
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