Morante -> RE: Top Class guitars (Mar. 1 2021 2:31:20)
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When I founded the Peña Flamena de Irlanda del Norte with my friend John Flanigan, I had no decent guitar to play. Gracias a Rafael Romero, I bought a Conde barata de Porzuela (I had no money). The guitarra was OK for a while, when it started to come apart. I saved up some money and decided to make a tour of Andalucía, starting in Almería and ending in Cádiz and visiting all the good guitarrreros between. I started in Almería, pensando de visitar Jaen, Granada, Córdada, Sevilla. But with Gerundino I had a fine evening, drinking mal vino and talking about flamenco and al pesar de decir que solo vende guitarras a profesionales, he ended up selling me a guitar. This guitar I played for a while in the Peña de Irlanda. When I decided to live in Cádiz, I was surprised to find that it was one of the best guitarras in town. Now that my gran amigo cantaor se ha muerto and I have had to operar a finger, I have stopped playing. I lend my guitar to a few tocaores who love it. A guitar buena has a vida suya. But to tocar a un cantaor en un bar, no hace falta una guitarra buena. In a bar de la Viña, I acompañé a Rancapino por malagueñas y por seguriya with a guitar de playa. So if you are not a professional, you do not need a great guitar. And if you are a professial you need at least two: a Conde and and whatever you like [;)]
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