avimuno -> RE: Vicente Amigo guitar (Aug. 12 2013 17:53:32)
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After Paco and Tomatitio seems like Vicente does the same deal with V. Carrillo: https://www.facebook.com/VicenteAmigooficial Don´t know any details, but the headstock looks like a Carrillo... Never seen Vicente playing (live) with another guitar like his Reyes. Maybe just a few times to promote... who knows... The guitar Vicente posted on his Facebook page is a Francisco Navarro Reyes copy. Legend has it that it was Manuel Reyes himself who told Vicente that there was a guy in Mexico who could build a guitar that was really close to his own. Incidentally, Vicente bought 2 Grand Concert Reyes copies from Navarro and liked them so much that he decided to develop a line of guitars with his name on the label... very much like what Carillo did with PdL and Tomate. Surprisingly, Navarro won't have his name on the label, which is weird... anyways, Navarro has built 4 prototypes of the model they wish to commercialize, and what you see in the picture is Vicente playing number 4 I believe. The guitar Vicente is seen playing is pretty much Navarro's Reyes copy with a little tweaking from Vicente and a pickup system installed inside, as well as a different headstock. This will not be the guitar that will be commercialized actually. I am not sure how these guitars will be sold yet, but the price will be around USD 3,000 (including a hard case and international shipping) according to one of Navarro's dealers, who's had one of the 4 prototypes in his shop. Incidentally, this guitar will be cheaper than Navarro's Grand Concert Reyes model, which goes for USD 3,800... which means that the "Vicente Amigo" brand of guitars will be a step below what Navarro considers his concert line. It definitely won't have the pickup system, and might not be french polished either. The pickup system used by Vicente is built by Carlos Juan. It has both an internal condenser mic and a piezo system (involves drilling a hole in the guitar! [&:])... as well as a mini preamp which is glued inside the guitar. You can see it on his website. The system he has developed for Vicente is quite originally called the "Vicente" model! [8D] It retails for €900 (including installation) which is not cheap at all, but it's supposed to be really really good. Here's Carlos' website: http://carlosjuan.eu/ From the informations I have gathered Vicente was also very specific about the setup of the prototypes which is why Navarro had to build 4 of them in order to get it right... for example, he likes the string spacing between the 1st and 6th string at the bridge to be at 56mm, and the nut width is at 53mm. Also, from what I understand, most of the tweaking has been about the pulsation of the guitar, so this is where it might defer slightly from the Navarro Grand Concert (or the Reyes copies built by Tom Blackshear - it was Tom who taught Navarro how to fine-tune the top of the Reyes copy)... otherwise it's the exact same guitar! I think that Vicente and Navarro are on their way to be making quite a few Benjamins... why not, if the buyer is getting a good value-for-money guitar which captures that elusive Vicente Amigo Reyes sound! I wouldn't mind trying one myself! [:)]
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