Kalo -> RE: Mexican guitars? (Aug. 23 2012 18:54:43)
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Hi Britguy, Here is my Navarro experience! Okay, maybe the two guitars I purcahsed were low end models, student models, but, my first Navarro student model was very nice and played great! I had to sell it and recently purchase another student model, only this time it was a custom one. That custom student model felt way different! Hard to play as the neck felt stiff and the strings tension were very tight which made it very hard to play! When I brought to my lutheir he could not lower the bone any lower because he didn't have any more room in the bridge slot! I truly believe the neck angle was slight off. A friend of mine who goes to Paracho often visited Fransico's shop and purchased a Especial Grand Concert reyes! He brought it back and had to have the neck RE SETTED by a prominent luthier for it play right!!! The good thing about going to Franisco's shop is that he bough the guitar for less than half of what he would of paid through a distributor! I know FN makes great guitars, but, I am incline to say that I don't believe he is as consistent as Castillo! I've heard nothing but GREAT things about Castillio guitars! Recently, I played another guitar also built in Paracho, and the builder was Aurto Huipe. It was a very nice sounding guitar and I believe my friend purchased it two years ago from his shops as well. Kalo
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