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legrec -> RE: Chicuelos Guitar (Dec. 22 2006 2:04:18)
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New price for an A26 at Guitar Salon International : 7000$ !!
For sure, you could find cheaper second-hands.
But I feel I must make a comment from my personal experience : I've came accross 3 conde blanca "media luna" in the past years, when I was searching for a guitar. At the begning, in my mind, Condes were the "graal" of guitars. Final results :
- First one : bad (tested for one week, at home)
- Second one : almost crap (The seller, a pro player, managed to get some good sounds out of it, but when he changed to play his German Perez Barranco in front of me, I realized how much the conde was bad...)
- Third one : not-so-bad, but no-so-good either (in a shop)
Compared to my 2 actual guitars : Compared to my Raimundo 145, the ones I've tried were really at the same level, or even lower. Compared to my DeVoe, there is absolutely...no comparison (or perhaps, the fact that the conde where a bit more "vibrating" or "juergas" guitars than my DeVoe (a negra))
There had been lots of debates on several foros about conde's so I will not make a general statement just from my own (bad) experiences, but I will strongly advice everyone searching for a conde to play it first (It's true with all makers, but perhaps even more with "industrial scale" makers).
It is well known that some of these conde are "fantastic". And it is true, without a doubt, hearing some of these (like the one in the vid and many others).
PS : I must add that the "reselling" value seems to be lower and lower for conde (I'm speaking for Europe). This year, I've seen approx. 30 conde for sale just on the few european second-hand guitars websites. I think a lot of people still buy Condes "on label", are deceived by the guitars and put them back for sale. Some of these condes must have had a bunch of owners, passing the "dug" to each others...I think there is a lot of "inertia" when it comes about guitar brands fame.
But people are begining to question why there is such a huge amount of second-hand condes...
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