Richard Jernigan -> RE: Ramirez tablao Guitar (Feb. 27 2019 21:17:14)
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ORIGINAL: Echi Would have we got Santos or Garcia without Manuel Ramirez? Or Bernabe without Josè III? Who knows... During various trips to Madrid, making the rounds of the guitar shops, I probably spent less than an hour with Paulino Bernabe. He said little about his experience with Jose III, nor was self-deprecation a feature of his conversational style. However I did spend a good deal of time with Manuel Contreras Sr.--I liked him a lot. More than once he told me what a strict taskmaster Jose III was, and how he brooked no dispute of his judgment. Once I said something mildly critical of Jose III's published theories of guitar design. Manuel Sr. observed that it was more art than science, then said of himself, Bernabe and Manzanero, "Where would we all have been without him?" RNJ
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