hhmusic -> RE: advice regarding work on older barba (May 4 2007 11:34:31)
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i would worry about the lacquer finish, though. when the top has been refinished on a flamenco - especially finished in a hasty manner (and lacquer is much easier and cheaper to apply than french polish shellac) - it can often mean that the face was badly worn, and that it has been sanded to remove nail wear (thereby thinning the top more than intended when it was built) then cheaply lacquered over. i have owned 2 or 3 flamencos that, sometime in their past, had been repaired or reworked and lacquered on top or back, and will never buy one again. in my experience, it has always been a bad sign. clearly if the guitar was french polished, the right way to repair it was with french polish. either the repair luthier did not have the skills (which could indicate the repair was incompetent), or a previous owner did not want to spend the money to have it done right (which often suggests they bought a beat up flamenco cheaply and had it refinished cheaply to try to flip at a profit). of course, this guitar may be an exception. but, in my experience, a guitar that's been lacquered over, especially the top, usually indicates problems. on top of that, it seriously diminishes resale value, and practically guarantees that no dealer would buy or consign it from you, if you wanted to do that in the future. good luck!
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