a_arnold -> RE: RAFAEL MORALES (Jan. 18 2007 20:23:24)
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Hi. I bought one from RM himself in 1973 when I was staying in Granada. I bought a Manuel de la Chica Garcia classical at the same time. Turns out both of them died about a year later. The Morales is a very good guitar -- extremely low action, very fast, and quite loud with high tension strings. Cedar top, which I guess was unusual back then. It has an old-fashioned look -- cypress face on the peghead, and a white golpeador. I also own a Chica blanca (1967 -- an earlier trip). The Chica is by far better, and I used the Morales for a "banger" for a long time. I'm probably going to sell it now that I have bought a Salvador Castillo. Morales taught guitar as well as making them. I believe he had a book out with flamenco in tablature and notation.
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