PacoPaella -> RE: More Conde Hermanos (Aug. 4 2005 12:10:06)
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dang, Anders said exactly what i wanted to mention. When i picked up my Bellido and met Jose Bellido in his shop, i could see that he is really hard working to the extent that he has to deal with several physical problems by now, due to age and the systematic problems of hand building guitars. From what he told me, especially the french polish application procedure takes forever and he has to do this movement bending over a bit, massively hurting the lower back. He showed me the twelve guitars that he was working for half a year on, and planned to finish in the next six months (4xblanca 4xindian rosewood and 4xRio classical). So yes, a builder as experienced as Bellido does 12 guitars per year, plus some repairs and customization. Now, subtracting the rent of the manufacture, the tools, the material costs, the costs for storing the woods for ten or more years, and considering the excellent quality of his instruments, i dont think that 2000 euros would be an appropriate prize for his efforts. Yes i paid mre and i dont regret anything [:D] On the other hand, i can understand Doitsujin's point. Since i couldnt pick up the guitar directly when i was in Granada, i took a Ferrer Guitar from their shop which is close to bellidos. Met Antonio Duran there, a guy who builds guitars with one arm...remarkable! The guitar was most likely not built by the master luthiers there but rather by some apprentice, but nevertheless its nicely done, the sound is lively and mucho flamenco, an indian rosewood that people in my guitar shop here loved...and it cost 1.000 euro. So, yes you CAN get lucky and find a good instrument. For me, i wouldnt notice any deficiencies with the cheap instrument ever, until i get to play it along with one excellent instrument. And from then on it would rotate in my mind endlessly that the music would sound a lot better with a better instrument. It was really only to silence this voice in my head that i bought a new guitar...
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