Ricardo -> RE: Terrible polish from Mariano Conde - what to do? (Dec. 8 2014 23:00:45)
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ORIGINAL: Tom Blackshear Ricardo, I have a question for you. Are the Conde brothers making their own guitars? The way I hear it from some people who know the brothers, is that most, if not all, Conde guitars are made by other makers, including some factories, even the Felipe V's are made by other builders..... I heard this from a good source. What's going on? The Condes might have the guitars in their shop but the way I heard it is that they are for sale there but not made there. Are we REALLY going there again?[:D] I asked felipe if he finished his guitars and he said he, his son and daughter also, FP in the shop but for lacquered guitar they send em out. (Like anders did in the Guitarrero movie, he builds the guitar, hands it off to finisher pro, then later sets it up in shop). A friend told me (at the same moment I asked, wispering in my ear as he answered others questions) that Felipe was LYING, that he had no clue how to FP and was seen by a friend of the friend (heresay at this point) to be trying to learn how in the shop of R. Sanchis and sons...but they failed to learn the technique and gave up. The same friend did change his story (from years ago anyway) that Felipe DID infact assemble the A model guitar. Somebody would have to commission and film the process I guess as Escribano did for Anders, otherwise it is all conjecture. Regardless it is clear they did not make ALL the models so they certainly contract to Valencia for a lot of guitars. I can only say that my hands and ears don't accept that Sanchis R. or V. or esteve etc made any of the Condes from Felipe V, A model guitars, which has been the prevailing rumor. I know for fact only that Atocha contracts to R. Sanchis as they were permitted (in one case) to stamp their casa on the soundboard. The prices there were comparable however so it did not seem so surprising as if the same is the case for all the felipe V guitars. Since the brothers split, Mariano seems to be business as usual offering the full line of models, and Felipe is only making two models (at much higher prices than his brother). At this point I would recommend the instrument his son makes which is very high quality and also cheaper.
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