Ruphus -> RE: New vs Old (Jan. 14 2011 10:40:10)
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Opinons Pretty much all experts I have communicated with showed to be annoyed of guitar forums, saying that there was too much cluelessness. Being far away from expertise myself, a couple of the thoughtless principles have become obvious even to me, which being that ( especially among American fellows ) there exist some incoherent cliches bound to either fame or sales numbers. Accordingly, sales numbers were to indicate quality, and great players automatically were to be just as proficient in neighbouring realms, hence highly skilled on guitar evaluation and teaching in the same time. From there for instance irrational phenomenons like whatever guitar brand used in a performance by a V.I.P, will jump up in price immediatedly ( with only rare exceptions, like with Lester DeVoe who kept his prices almost idle despite customers like Sabicas or deLucia / yet raised sales price a bit just of late ). The most prominent example of mythological prestige being the Ramirez reputation after Segovia. ( Something I deared to oppose in classical guitar forums after having experienced how this manufacturer overdoes milking his image, by selling prime models for price of a car regardless, even if them showing to be of mediocre quality. - With me thus been under heavy fire in the first years, but much lesser so meanwhile.) As everyone notes, the internet can be perpetuum mobile for myths, but it can much more than that be quite informing. I at least am very thankful for its merrits, comparing conditions prior to this wonderful means of communication, when one - apart of his slowly progressing own experience - used to be dependend on specialized magazines ( and their more or less obviously skewed info / sales pitch ) or to sales personal in stores. Having started out with the latter source in regard of recording gear ( initially buying overpriced, crappy devices ) and later on receiving so much of useful hints and guidelines from international engineers and educated amateurs, I am endlessly thankful for the internet ressource. Similar with what luthiers and fellow guitar players let me learn about the guitar world ( ways of builds, history, woods characteristics etc.) As long as one takes opinions within forums as informative guidelines that shall be followed by personal searching and empirics, the forums and their accumulation of user experience can be a tremendously useful support, not remotely as available back in times before this great medium. - In sight of Condes ( Felipe ), I remember two experts telling me how these had come down in quality, but seeing the response in this thread it makes you hoping to the contrary. ( The only one I had in hands myself, was a Media Luna model in the mid nineties, which was really nice. - Only not aquired as the shop was unwilling to reduce the price despite a hefty dang in the top. At that time 7 grands in DM were inquired, while nowadays apparently a similar amount in Euros being requested.) Ruphus
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