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Argaith -> RE: is this guitar a good one ? (Nov. 26 2012 14:04:10)
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Sorry for the long shaggy dog story in advance!
Around 3 years ago, in a music shop in Denmark Street, London I came across a guitar almost identical to this except for the position markers on yours. Although there was no date on the label, the tag on the guitar suggested that it was made in 1958 and they wanted £900 for it (I know, they were having a laugh). The guitar was definitely a classical in my opinion. I played it, not impressed at all but having said that the strings had seen better days and a new set of strings could change the situation!
As I was going to Valencia to week after I asked the man in the shop if I could take a couple of photos to show to Ricardo himself. He agreed and there you go, here are the photos:
I supposed that the guitar was made by Ricardo Sanchis Carpio but when I showed them to him, he said that it was one of his father’s guitars (Ricardo Sanchis Badia). He also mentioned the name on the label and said that the guy who built the guitar was executed during the Spanish Civil Wars. I don’t speak Spanish but his son David was translating the conversation. I asked him about the woods and he took out of his pocket a couple of walnuts and said something which David said that he meant the wood is something similar to walnut! Also when I mentioned that the guitar is a classical guitar, he said that it could be either (or perhaps both as we know that in the olden days there wasn’t much differentiation).
As for this guitar my friend, the position markers suggest that it is a classical guitar and whether it is a good guitar or not; as someone else said there’s only one way to find out!
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