aarongreen -> RE: Ignacio Rozas (Nov. 21 2012 12:53:36)
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You thought luthiers have an easy life? When I met my teacher at 16 I asked him about making a living as a guitarmaker. He told me to marry well... I sold a 68 Ramirez earlier this year that was stamped IM. It is a very good example of that shop in it's prime. The few Rozas guitars I have seen have all been very nice instruments, big with gorgeous tone. I had a client years ago who had a Rosas classical that he picked out at Beverly Maher's place in NYC. This was early on in my career so I went to his home to study the guitar. As we were talking I asked him what he did for a living and he said he was a writer. He then went on to talk about this book he was working on, something about Geishas in Japan blah blah blah. I was like- Oh thats nice, lets get back to talking about this great guitar. 3 or 4 years later I was in NYC in front of Zabars where the booksellers set up tables and I saw his book, "Memoirs of a Geisha", with the New York Times bestseller accolades emblazoned on the cover. Last I heard he still has his Rozas and although he always could have afforded any number of uber high end guitars, thats the only one he wants or needs.
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