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Guest -> RE: Another newbie what guitar to get thread (Feb. 28 2005 7:45:08)
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There's no reason for not buying a Alhambra 7fc flamenco if you like it, and theres no reason to buy a more expensive Alhambra flamenco guitar, because they do not get any better. Look out for one with a reasonably action above the soundboard. Sometimes they tend to be a little high.
I've sold some when I worked in a shop. And heres what I think:
Pro: Well build and strong, good resale value. OK volume and more or less flamenco sounding. solid woods. It is a flamenco guitar and not a classical with cypress backs and sides.
contra. A bit expensive for quality, poor quality Cypress, very thick nitro lacquer. Very neutral and clean sounding guitar without personality and therefor difficult to make it sound "dirty" or flamenco
To Henrik. You've complained some times about not sounding 'flamenco' enough. Your guitar is the answer. You can lower the strings etc and make it buzz some more, but it'll never open up like a good flamenco guitar. The construction is simply to conservative with quite thick soundboard and the lacquer is a sound killer. I think you should find another, better guitar, because this one will not let you evolve in playing. It'll not teach you the more suttle playing. Now you have such a high level of playing that you need something better. I would of course be glad to make you a guitar, but I do not write this in order to "catch" a client, but simply because thats what I think.
The thing with guitars and other instruments is that the cheap ones only have one sound. that might be pretty, but you'll be very limited and'll never develop a high level tecnique because the guitar'll never teach you that. You wont be able to hear nuance. The Alhambra is better than that, but still far from being an instrument with a lot of different character. A good flamenco guitar should IMHO have a deep percussive sound when you play soleá or similar things without a capo, and should bark, yell and scream when playing bulerías with capo at the third fret. The Alhambra kind of stays in the middle all the time.
So my final words are that the Alhambra and similar guitars are good enough to learn and reach a good intermediate level, but if you want to go further, and explore the musical world, the expression, the art and so on, you will need something better.
Well, i'm of to work.
Anders
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