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PeterLC -> Hola! Holanda aqui! (Jan. 18 2014 17:08:13)
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Hi folks,
the headline of this posts sums up a large part of my Spanish vocabulary, so don't set your hopes too high. [;)]
I'm a long-time classical guitar player, my current inventory is a 1979 classical Raimundo that still sounds incredible but is showing the years, a beautiful self-built classical from 2001 (made under professional guidance), a more recent Gibson Les Paul for letting off steam occasionally, and I've now finally ventured into buying a real, hard-core flamenco blanca guitar; a Prudencio Saez mod. 22. With specs way out of its budget-league, it actually does sound spectacular for the money. Spent two evenings setting it up to flamenco-playabilty. Basses are LOUD already; trebles are getting there, I can feel the guitar responding better every day.
The first flamenco guitar I ever held in my hands was a 1927 Domingo Esteso blanca, back in approx. 1982, which belonged (and still belongs, I believe) to an old art painter near Amsterdam. I had been playing for just a year then, and I still remember holding -and smelling! cypress doesn't lose its smell- that featherweight of a delicate instrument, and the almost intimidating volume emanating from it by the lightest touch. Two years later, on a holiday in Spain with my parents, I saw a "flamenco-ized" (sounds awful put like this, but it was done very pure and tasteful) of the classic play Medea. This was in an open amfitheater, and I was totally blown away.
Next step will be to take flamenco-specific guitar-lessons, at 3kms from my home so that's convenient. I've ordered the 27-CD box from Paco de Lucia for good measure, [sm=Smiley Guitar.gif] it should be in soon. My current inventory is still limited, about 5 LP's and 3 CD's. So, by starting to play flamenco myself, and also by joining this forum, I'm curious to see whether my flamenco-interest will grow, or wane away soon - I know myself, interests can come and go. Anyway, I'll stop by regularly!
Thanks,
Peter
The Netherlands
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