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aarongreen -> RE: Marcelo Barbero Ex Sabicas´ guitar (Oct. 30 2012 18:45:33)
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Thanks for putting this up Bernd. Glad you guys liked the vid. It is a very special guitar and in Dennis' hands it really is quite spectacular. Since doing the video Dennis played the guitar in concert at a festival, which was the first time this guitar had been heard in public in 50 something years. Since he is used to my guitars, with a set up to his taste, this guitar was quite a bit lower than he's comfortable with. It was ok for our videos but not for a public performance. So I raised the action to a more "normal" height for a blanca, which for me is just over 3 at the bass and 2.5 at the trebles. Well this change suited the guitar very well, it's louder and stronger, tonally, than it was before. Wish I thought of doing that before we cut the videos....
In any case it's been a real honor to have this guitar in my life and to learn from. Marcelo Barbero is hands down my favorite builder (other than me as I have said before). A magnificent 1954 blanca just walked in the shop for some work. Just stunning, he was a genius.
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