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tele -> RE: That throaty gnarly VA growl (Apr. 4 2014 16:08:24)
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"throaty" and "gnarly" is a good way to describe good traditional cypress flamenco guitar(palosanto/rosewood has much less of that). It's a sound that reminds me in some way a slightly overdriven electric guitar. I think some guitars definately have more "growl" to them, then we come to the question of manuel reyes guitar, I've tried only one from 76 and it definately was what you would describe "throaty and gnarly" in sound, so I would say that a safe comment from me would be that it's 50% the guitar of vicente(a reyes) and 50% of his technique.Maybe you should listen to songs he plays with other guitars and see the difference in sound? I think he used a palosanto guitar in his latest album.
Find a reyes or any other very traditional flamenco guitar and see if it makes your playing sound more throaty and gnarly, then you would know for sure if it's the guitar or technique. So in my experience the guitar has significant difference, just like when you compare "growl" of a rosewood and cypress guitar, there's a difference in amount of "throaty and gnarly growl" in cypress guitars.
The growl comes especially out when playing so called power chords, (5th interval "chords") just like Ricardo described. It's a good "growl" test, flicking A or E power chord with the index or middle finger powerfully. [8D]
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