BarkellWH -> RE: luthiers in Spain worth recommending (Aug. 13 2015 23:44:22)
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I would like to ask you for recommending good luthiers who build their flamenco guitars in Spain. I watch flamenco youtube clips a lot recently and observed that spanish people play really good quality instruments which means that they probably buy them in Spain. If you recommend luthier, please if it is possible tell also town where he lives and where his instruments can be bought. Rafapak, With all due respect, I think you are a bit confused about what makes a good guitar, how much it costs, and how it sounds. In another thread you posted videos of two guitars and asked their monetary value as gauged by their sound. Now you say that Spanish people play "really good quality instruments which means that they probably buy them in Spain." As I wrote in your previous thread, "It's impossible to gauge the price range from the sound alone. What is the make? The luthier? The model? The label was too small for me to read when it was flashed at the beginning. I have three flamencos, including one relatively inexpensive Manuel Adalid viviana blanca for which I paid $2,500. Yet, the Manuel Adalid sounds as good as, or better than, some guitars I have played that were in the range of $5,000 or more. I think it is a mistake to judge a guitar's monetary value by sound alone because you can easily be deceived." Likewise, just because a Spaniard plays a guitar does not mean it is made in Spain, although it probably is because it would be cheaper for him to buy it there. And if it is made in Spain, it does not mean it is a first-rate instrument. There are plenty of factory-built guitars (and some made by luthiers as well) made in Spain that are just mediocre. I sense that you are operating under certain misperceptions and are trying to purchase a guitar based on those misperceptions rather than reality. My humble advice would be to back off for awhile, regroup, and read some past threads on the virtues and drawbacks of various makes and models of guitars. Read the threads carefully and then make a considered decision based on the information contained therein and your own level of ability and the playability of guitars you try out. Bill
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