Ricardo -> RE: Building two classicals on a deadline- will I make it? (Dec. 13 2022 15:44:37)
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Ricardo, you need to spent more time in Granada. I read an article about one of the best French polishers in Granada and when he was asked if he worked with Orange and dark red finishes he said absolutely not. “In Granada we don’t do that because it gives an uneven finish and is a sure sign the finish is thick and sprayed. Our aesthetic in Granada is better.” I have been to Granada several times…a nice tourist trap. About finish…never will forget my first gypsy wedding gig in DC. I was clueless, they wanted myself and the flamingo dancers. So I brought my shiny orange brand new conde I had acquire from Postigo in Sevilla, 1999. The gypsy guy that hired me did not have the wood floor tablao I asked for, so they laid down a round table with the metal legs that fold, right on the ground. After the first set, I left my guitar on the chair and went to the bathroom. I was shocked at all the little kids in there, smoking and drinking alcohol, dressed up like mafia bosses. When I returned, I found my conde faced down on the floor, with crown royal whisky poured all over the back, kids running all around the place like they owned it. In that moment, I understood why all the flamenco gitanos lately were also using these impenetrable poly urethane orange finishes … to protect their guitars from the kids during the bodas!!!!
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