Kalo -> RE: Ordered Cordoba 45fp and it was??? (Sep. 6 2012 2:23:54)
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Ok, I´m back with one of favorites, Pulsation. Thats one of the most important things in a guitar that suits you and its the one you cant adjust because its built into the guitar. In popular words I would call it stiffness or softness of a guitar. Its something you feel in you right hand, it has to do with how you produce sound. Its also something you cannot adjust by changing string tension. Yes a little bit, but a stiff guitar feels stiff with low tension strings and a soft guitar feels soft with high tension strings. Pulsation you control mainly by thickness of soundboard and how heavy its braced. These two things interact and also affect the sound of the guitar. If the soundboard is to thick, the guitar might be trebly but also with lack of nuance and dynamics in the basses and midrange. If to thin it becomes bassy and with lack of dynamics in the trebles and high midrange. Guitars with a to strong bracing system tend to have this unpleasant nosy sound. There´s no right pulsation. It depends on the player and some pro´s like stiff guitars and some like soft guitars. From my experience, a typical stiff guitar is a Conde and a typical soft one is a Reyes. So you see, that you can find all kinds of pulsations in all categorys and its a waste of time to discuss which is best etc, because its so personal. Hey Ronny, If this will make you feel any better, I order a custom Student Fransico Navarro Guitar. It supposively had the pattern bracing of a conde, headstock, and that ORANGE color. Long story short, the guitar was stiff feeling and the action on that guitar could not be drop to 3mm at the 12th fret. I ended up returning it back and having to pay for shipping and restocking fee. Which is fair, but, still....It was semi costly! Okay, as a flamenco guitarist, I consider myself beginner almost intermediate. Some think I am past beginner. Point being I've played rock guitar for 8 years and as for Flamenco guitar I've owned a Navarro in the past. IMHO, you shouldn't have to be a top level Flamenco guitarist to know if the guitar plays great! I believe what you are saying and know that this Cordoba didn't feel good in your hands. If I were you, I would return this guitar and save up for a Handmade guitarist. There are so many decent luthier on this site that can make you a GREAT guitar.. Andy Culpepper, John Shelton, Ethan Deutch and Stephen Falk just to name a few... Don't fool around with cheap factory made guitars. The only other option is maybe you should try a Student Navarro Guitar.. In the past when I first started learning, I bought one in 2011 and it played nice... The second one that I currently bought did not!!! Good Luck! Kalo
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