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badnorwegian -> Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 16 2014 19:57:13)
After owning this guitar for a couple of years I am very curious about the maker as I have never seen a flamenco guitar with this inlaid head that matches the rosette. My story is simply that I bought it from Goodwill in Orange County CA at their online auction. It was being sold as "old wooden guitar", had a couple of lousy, small, out-of-focus pictures, no case, no description at all. My keen eye identified it as a flamenco guitar and I decided it was probably worth buying. There were a couple of other observant bidders out there, but I owned it for only $91 plus shipping. It came in and is certainly a flamenco guitar, tuning machines were broken and brittle from age, no label inside the guitar, looked like it had been sitting for 30 years or more. I stripped off tuners and remaining strings, removed about 1/32 oz of very old weed from the inside (not kidding, I bought weed from Goodwill), cleaned it up with a little lemon oil and weighed it in at 1170 grams, or 2 pounds 9.3 ounces. I am learning to play on this guitar, I love the enormous sound in my smallish apartment with 9 foot tall ceilings. I have never thought about parting with it, but I am curious about what it is. Can anyone help? Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

Leñador -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco blanca guitar (Jan. 16 2014 20:09:00)
You've got full overlay european style maple cabinets in your apartment? Swanky! Unfortunately I can't help with naming the maker but I love the story, especially that there was weed inside that's hilarious. You should maybe get a golpeador on that bad boy though, I'm seeing a lil golpe damage.........

El Kiko -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco blanca guitar (Jan. 16 2014 20:43:01)
hold on ....Leñador ... you can identify his kitchen cabinet in the back ground but not his guitar .......!!!! how is that ?......are you holding out on fitted kitchen info from us ?? i'm gonna post my kitchen photo as a test Sorry cant help with identification either ...

Leñador -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 16 2014 22:25:51)
quote: hold on ....Leñador ... you can identify his kitchen cabinet in the back ground but not his guitar .......!!!! LOL I can also tell you he's got engineered quartz counters with a 1 1/2" mitred face and flush mount appliances(jenn-air?) with what I believe is carbonized stranded bamboo flooring..... The guitar might be cedar top??? Not sure, it seems weird for spruce but I could easily be wrong....Sorry again for not being too helpful but at least we're bumping your thread to the top each time [:D]

El Kiko -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 16 2014 22:56:47)
engineered quartz counters .... pfff.......pressed chipboard with laminate top ....I say ....thats not a conde kitchen...... still no help with the guitar though ....

Leñador -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 16 2014 23:08:51)
quote: engineered quartz counters .... pfff.......pressed chipboard with laminate top ....I say ....thats not a conde kitchen...... Sorry, I gotta respond. lol Oh contraire, engineered quartz materials EG Caeserstone Silestone etc CAN be even more money then natural materials and are often sought after in modern home construction due to there consistent and uniform colors. [:D] I personally prefer it to natural stone 7 times out of 10, but I'm a modern architecture fan. You're right though, not a conde kitchen, but that's due to the cabinet panels being flat grain maple rather then something vertical/quarter sawn and the base board being acrylic. [:D] None of this helps you with the guitar but at least you know more about your kitchen.

Leñador -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 16 2014 23:26:15)
Here's this! Though I couldn't locate anything on first go around. http://www.drguerin.de/flamenco/heads/ user:Flamenco pass:Flamenco

Sr. Martins -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 16 2014 23:35:13)
The top looks like spruce to me and overall it looks like a nicely done and not too expensive guitar. The rosewood fretboard and the simplistic tie block with wrong spacing between strings is what makes me think it isn't a piece of art. If it plays well enjoy it.

Anders Eliasson -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco blanca guitar (Jan. 17 2014 8:39:59)
quote: You've got full overlay european style maple cabinets in your apartment? Swanky! It looks like Birch to me... And i cant help with the guitar either.

keith -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 13:07:45)
the guitar looks like one of the many japanese made guitars of the 70's and 80's especially with the inlay on the headstock. some nice guitars made back then. i believe it was yamaha that made one with pegs and got paco to play it and be photographed for their catalogue.

jshelton5040 -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 14:13:24)
quote: ORIGINAL: keith the guitar looks like one of the many japanese made guitars of the 70's and 80's especially with the inlay on the headstock. I don't know Keith. I can't recall ever seeing a Japanese guitar with only 18 frets. If I had to guess I'd say it's a home made cedar top although it might be from Mexico. The only thing I notice about the cabinets is the sagging door. It hurts my eyes[:D].

keith -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 14:28:47)
john, maybe i need to go to the drug store and get a new pair of reading glasses but i cannot find a description or photo that says 18 frets.

Leñador -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 15:00:31)
quote: john, maybe i need to go to the drug store and get a new pair of reading glasses but i cannot find a description or photo that says 18 frets. If you assume the body connects at the 12th fret it's got 18 frets... quote: It looks like Birch to me. I think you're right.

Anders Eliasson -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 15:06:54)
quote: The only thing I notice about the cabinets is the sagging door. It hurts my eyes . There´s a chance its IKEA. they are famous for sagging doors. I have a couple of them. [8D] (poor guy, he doesnt get any answers on his questions, but he gets his furniture inspected closely.)

keith -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 15:27:47)
off to walgreens i go.

orsonw -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 15:42:59)
quote: I can't recall ever seeing a Japanese guitar with only 18 frets Here's a late 60s Yamaha with 18 frets. I have seen several 70s Japanese guitars with a central inlay in the headstock. For example. Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

Ricardo -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 15:45:53)
M. Rodriguez, student guitar.

jshelton5040 -> RE: Help me identify this vintage flamenco guitar (Jan. 17 2014 18:25:04)
quote: ORIGINAL: orsonw quote: I can't recall ever seeing a Japanese guitar with only 18 frets Here's a late 60s Yamaha with 18 frets. Will wonders never cease! Looks like I was wrong again, sadly I'm getting use to it.[:D]

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