Richard Jernigan -> RE: multiple guitars (Jan. 21 2012 7:04:00)
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ORIGINAL: estebanana I would have liked very much to have met Faustino. It would have been interesting to observe your meeting. I subscribe to the Journal of American Lutherie. The spirit of cooperation and helpfulness of the Guild is remarkable. It might have been that when Faustino realized you were the real deal he would have opened up and been friendly. On the other hand, he might have displayed the attitude of secretiveness and suspicion that was all too prevalent at the time. I was acquainted with Jose Ramirez III, Manuel Contreras Sr, Felix Manzanero, and to a lesser extent Paulino Bernabe Sr. The latter three all acknowledged their debt to Ramirez III, and seemed to exist in a spirit of friendly competition. The Condes were not a part of that circle, whether by choice or by exclusion, I never knew. I spent a pleasant couple of hours with Vicente Camacho. He talked of learning from Modesto Borreguero, the third famous disciple of Manuel Ramirez. When I asked about any disciples of his own, he smiled, a little sadly it seemed to me, and said, "Aquí trabajo solo como San Jose." Ramirez never mentioned his former oficiales, his father, his grandfather, his great-uncle Manuel, nor any other luthier that I can think of. He had plenty to say about his own contributions to the art, but I was not a potential competitor, rather a buyer of 20 or so of his instruments, which I sold in the USA to pay for my trips to Spain. RNJ
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