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These are advertised as a collaboration between Tomatito and two great luthiers, Juan Miguel Gonzalez and Vicente Carrillo. All three of them sign the souvenir labels, but the two guitarreros live quite far away from each other so how does that work? Is it Gonzalez's design, made in Carrillo's factory? Or did they design them together (in a bar, following Tomatito's "hey guys, you know what kind of guitar I like...") and then get them hand-made in a factory conveniently located somewhere in between e.g. Muro de Alcoy, or what?
I'm just curious as to how this kind of collaboration works.
Tomatito personally inspecting every single guitar? Yea right. And that "lamitaded imitation cypress" is a jargled way of saying what could laminated sycamore, or some other similar-looking species.
It's always the same with these guys. They want us to buy their guitars, but they still use their Condes, Reyes, etc...
I don't fault them for making a living, but I'm highly sceptical about these things. As much as I admire Tomatito and PdL, I wouldn't buy one of "their" guitars.
on the other hand these luthiers Juan Miguel Gonzalez and Vicente Carrillo don't they make quality guitars?
if they do make quality guitars, then it's safe to presume this line of tomatito guitars are pretty good as well? not the lowest laminated versions of course.. maybe the equivalent of their 2A and above?
It's always the same with these guys. They want us to buy their guitars, but they still use their Condes, Reyes, etc...
Well, Tomatito plays a Gonzales blanca, so it isnt completely far out.
lamitaded imitation cypress, sounds really cheesy, Do they also use "ebonized fingerboards"? All models are finished with polyurethane which IMHO is the worst, thickest, most plastic like finish on the market
In total, one more example of Spanish business policy that i find very difficult to accept. Why dont thery just build some good guitars and sell them without all this hype and thats it. But maybe Carillo needs to change name, since PdL doesnt sell so well anymore?
Before Tomatito, there was the Paco de Lucia model. Vicente Carrillo worked with Paco's brother Ramon de Algeciras on that one. I had a PDL 1a model negra made to my specifications and it is great. Spruce soundboard with Madagascar Rosewood sides and back. It sounds great and the setup is superb. Based on my experience, I would highly recommend Vicente Carrillo's guitars, at least the higher end models.
Based on my experience, I would highly recommend Vicente Carrillo's guitars, at least the higher end models.
As many people already know... I made also my experiences with vicente Carillo guitars. The Paco guitar I owned was indian palisander also best model. (Just not the fancy jacaranda wood...)
Well,.. these guitars are good quality. But they dont fit on every player.
I would only recommend them to players with heavy hands who play with much power or most of the time with mic.
What you should also know about the anatomy of these guitars is, that they have a very bold neck and the strings are much closer together than i.e. the standard as conde and co. and they are very heavy. As Marvi guitars.
As Im watching Wetten Dass..at the moment... I would directly buy without testing a guitar, played and signed by Michelle Hunziker..
Good choice, I'm sure it will have a well-rounded tone...
A really enterprising Spanish maker would get his guitars signed by Penelope Cruz; in fact I'm surprised the Spanish government hasn't already started such a project to increase exports.
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And that "lamitaded imitation cypress" is a jargled way of saying what could laminated sycamore, or some other similar-looking species. 
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