Echi -> RE: Conde or Romero pricing (Jun. 2 2018 6:55:19)
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The best Gerundinas are even better than Reyes but he wasn’t a consistent maker at all and nowadays it’s very hard to find good Gerundinas around. We often complain about Conde but other makers, as Gerundino in his last years, used to outsource his guitas as well. Reyes was much more consistent and never outsourced his guitars. What you pay for, you get. I consider a good Conde in the same league though. Believe me or not, I have a (repaired and in a bad shape) ‘74 Jose Lopez Bellido which ilI find in the same league of a Reyes. quote:
Paco was known to record with Devoe, Tomatito with Ramirez (previous post on the subject), Sanlucar with Peña and Vicente with Navarro Paco had 50 years of career: throughout the years many things changed and many guitars passed through his hands. He recorded with Conde as with DeVoe, Carrillo etc. You may find pictures of him with a Montero Aguilera or a Jose’ Fernandez but at the end of the day we all know his guitar was a Faustino Conde. In the same way, Tomatito must be associated with Conde for his work of accompainement and lwith Reyes for the last part of his career. He often declared his favourite guitar is a Gerundino though and in occasions he has been seen playing different guitars (Bellido, Barba ecc) as he is almost a collector. In a general sense, Vicente seems to favour cedar topped guitars for the recordings (De Voe in a couple of albums, more recently Graciliano Perez). He recorded his last album with his signature guitars as Paco and Tomatito did previously. His last album
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