mark indigo -> RE: a real keeper (Jan. 6 2014 20:32:56)
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I've never been able to afford more than one guitar at a time until recently when I have ended up with 5 Have sold one now, and got another for sale. There might be something else lurking in a case that I don't know how to get rid of.... I just can't justify having guitars sat in cases, and I can only play one at a time! I have an old worthless beater (Yamaha classical I bought 2nd hand over 20 years ago) that I couldn't sell if I wanted to, and a cheap travel guitar (bottom of the range Valeriano Bernal - actually amazing guitar for the price). Buying guitars is tricky, especially buying flamenco guitars in the UK, where there is not much to choose from, not much to compare to, very few makers, and very few experienced players for help and guidance. I have a friend a generation older than me who has been playing flamenco since about 1970. He has owned Conde, Reyes, Ramirez, Gerundino, Jose Lopez Bellido, etc. etc. His advice? That he would not buy a new guitar even from a maker with a good reputation, because you never know how it will open up or develop, so buy second hand so [Edit] someone else has already found out for you. That you have to try the guitar therefore goes without saying, try it out, play it, check the neck, frets etc. The other thing he says is to buy something that you can resell if you decide you don't like it so much after a year or so. That means get something with one of those names listed above on the label! Unfortunately that also means that non-Spanish makers are at a disadvantage according to this advice. Which is a shame, because I think it should be about the sound and feel of the instrument, not the name on the label.
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