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BarkellWH
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 RE: Tomatito guitars (in reply to KMMI77)
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First the PDL models now Tomatito,
They don't miss a marketing chance do they. How does this work?
When a batch comes out of the oven, Tomatito comes over with his pen and gets a few bucks?
I cannot speak for the Tomatito model, but in 2007 I had Vicente Carrillo make a flamenca negra PDL model to my specifications, including Madagascar Rosewood back and sides. He sent it to me in perfect condition, with a great sound, and the sound is even better today. Of course, an endorsement by PDL or Tomatito does not make a guitar any better than it would be without the endorsement, but it does not detract from it either. It may add a few dollars to the cost, but Vicente Carrillo makes a very good flamenco guitar indeed, and if it has the signature of Paco de Lucia or Tomatito, so what? One might as well consider luthier strings to "come out of an oven" because Tomatito endorses them, with a photograph on the package as well.
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
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Date Jul. 29 2010 11:24:19
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BarkellWH
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RE: Tomatito guitars (in reply to Doitsujin)
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I once had a Paco guitar. And it was really crap. I will never touch a vicente carillo guitar again.
Tomatito plays Reyes and Conde. Never saw him playing another guitar of his collection. And Paco plays Conde. (Only in very rare cases he was spotted with a different model and immediatly this was used for big comercials.)
Don´t trust the name on the label. I would only if the signature would say (God, cheers).
I agree that one should not trust the name on a label. I can only vouch for the PDL 1a model that Vicente Carrillo made to my specifications. That PDL signed it is irrelevant. It a great guitar with superb playability and a fine sound. By the way, Conde's are not, and for some time haven't been, what they once were. Conde quality varies greatly, all over the map. In my opinion, Conde has gone the way of Ramirez, living on its past reputation.
Cheers,
Bill
_____________________________
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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