Lima daMata Flamenca -> Making a flamenco guitar in brazil - help! (Apr. 18 2008 23:07:25)
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Hello, as I wrote before on another topic, here.. where I live Flamenco is very unpopular, I live in brazil, study this and listen to this looks very exotic for people here, where bossa nova and country songs get the most from the people. Anyway, I found a very good luthier in my city (a miracle), he also does guitars for people abroad, I called him and told that I would be happy if he could do a guitar, a flamenco guitar, he just makes classical and popular intrumentos, but he said yes, so we started talking about Cypress and thickness of the woods, and also the fingerboard, told him I don't like cutway, so I asked about doing a guitar in which the connection of the body and the neck starts at the 14th fret... he told it wouldn't be nice, and offered this idea: The guitar of the photo is very ugly for me, but anyway... the fingerboard is more important, do you think that a high scale like that could kill the "muy flamenco tone"? Another doubt, he asked me if i would choose Cypress or Maple, basically i like maple because is beautiful, but i'm worried.. because searching on the internet i've just found these models: http://www.arashguitars.com/ricardo_1fa.html http://www.arashguitars.com/ricardo_arce.html *note that on the picture he says: "maple with special processing"[8|] Does the maple can sound flamenco like a good cypress ? What about the volume and bass frequency? I would like something with great volume, but it does not need to kill my ears, also a clear bass, although I know cypress is not a wood for strong bass, i just want something with clear and open sound. I like Paco's timbre in Cositas Buenas video-clip, and others blancas I've seen which I can't give you a reference now. Does anyone could give the thickness of the woods for this 'dream guitar'? If possible, please, give all the tipical specifications of a flamenco guitar, later i'll try to search more in the fórum, but please... I would be happy if you could tell me your own experience. The other specification is the peghead, but this one i'll search in the forum again, because i've been reading about before, i love that visual, but it always seems to me.. to be untuning the guitar, as I wrote.. we never use that in brazil, and I think in argentina (the flamenco there is popular) they don't usually use it also. That's all for now, thanks for your attetion, and hope your comments and helps, hugs,
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