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Kate
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Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: Living in Granada, Andalucía
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 Lucky guitar find in junk shop
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Just wanted to share my wonderful luck, with a big thank you to Pimientito for verifying that I had indeed found a great flamenco guitar for only 68 euros. Harold is mighty pleased with it and it is wonderful to hear him enjoying playing late at night after long days recording other guitarists.
I was in a junk shop killing time when I found it. I recognized the label Raimundo and was amazed at the price so I called Pimientito. later he told me he would have bought it if I hadn't. He very kindly took it away and cleaned it up, put on a new golpeador, remarking that it was s student model and looked like it hardly been played and had probably sat in a cupboard for a few years.
We found our last Spanish guitar in a junk shop as well, in Dumfries, Scotland. It was a battered old thing and Harold called it his beach guitar, one that he could take anywhere and lend anyone. Harold had lent it to Emilio and after a while asked where it was, 'se fue' was the reply, meaning ' it left', like it grew legs and walked out of his studio, clever guitar.
Anyway its wonderful to have a Spanish guitar in the house again, and no you cant borrow it !!!!
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Date Jan. 20 2011 8:38:28
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Ruphus
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to Kate)
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Congratulations! :O)
It must be a true bargain, and I can well comprehend the joy about such finding.
Last year I scored a badly beaten up Miguel Rodriguez blanca on ebay.
Not such a bargain like yours, as buying it and the following restauration amounted to over 1500 €, but still great value for the money, considering what you get these days for such a money.
It now serves for daily practising, while the better specimens are being saved from being exposed to the low humidty here ( around 30% RH), especially now in winter time.
I have other mid-level axes, formerly used instead, but those leave me missing something in the realm of "substance in tone" as I like to call it.
The Rodriguez has that, eventhough not being as responsive like with fine concert level guitars. Aside of that it provides pretty much the typical characteristics that I hear in recordings with concert-level R. guitars. A really nice compromise between a wannabe great and a specimen that won´t make you grow grey hair about fret bars starting to protrude, as currently happening.
According to my research about possible whereabouts, during which some reknown specialists were so kind to help me out, this estudio probably has been built by Vicente Sanchis for Rodriguez. Seeing its typical properties, I dear to assume that it received a fine tuning by Rodriguez after assembly.
Yet, the eventual history being not too relevant for me, who aimed for practical aspects in the first place.
Remarkable however has been the slobbering envy that displayed when I posted in guitar forums, asking for hints on identification.
Seems like the majority won´t really embrace it when a fellow has a lucky strike.
Probably like the grudge when tourists abroad tell each other what they paid for the trip, turning out that one of them paid only half the price.
Anyway, you seem to inoy the great find and I wish you many granting friends who appreciate as if it had been their own adventure.
Best,
Ruphus
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Date Jan. 20 2011 10:32:24
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Ruphus
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to Kate)
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ORIGINAL: Kate
Ruphus we bought our nephew a beautiful 3/4 classical guitar when he was just a kid. Later he told us he thought it was just a toy and used it as a cricket bat !!!!!
Ouch! It hurts to think of it. ( Guitars to me appear a bit like living things.)
Last summer I did a similar thing, with a nice second hand 3/4 Esteve guitar for the doughter of my cousin. ( Because the instrument she had until then was so dull and clumsy, while I think that even beginners should have an instrument that inspires.) In this case the support might have been of sense, for she is still using the guitar. Maybe not too enthusiastically, but taking her lessons and practising a bit. ( Her teacher seems to be a good choice / as her planting shows fine already.)
Actually, she would prefer to sling on a cool looking electrical guitar and be a female Court Cobain, but her dad and me tried to convince her to better start out with classical guitar from which she can switch to any other kind of axe and style later on, if wanted to then.
I believe that the majority starts out with an instrument for image reasons; from there the fact which Pimientito mentions above, that the electrical guitar being the most recognized type. Noone appears as cool like rockers on stage, at best with guitars dangling down between their knees. ( The latter being the most silly practice ever in the music world. How players hinder hemselves with sheer unpractical posture, just for the looks!)
Just saying, while actually loving good old rock like of Lynnyrd Skynnyrd, Led Zep & Co.
Then again, any musical education is great for reintroducing some cultural demand and hopefully overcome the monotonous period of rap and techno that has left an indifferent, witless and insensitive landscape behind it.
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Bird poo is very acidic, and hydroscopic as well, in addition to air in attics which often is being very dry anyway.
I am curious to hear how the Santos Hernandez performed after restauration.
Ruphus
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Date Jan. 21 2011 9:39:22
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Ruphus
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to ToddK)
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Your lurking for poo shall be rewarded.
Funny coincindence; just yesterday I was talking ablut the same topic to a friend. Telling him how I am being insensitive in certain regard.
Being sort of an info addict myself, I lack the sense for fellow mindsets that won´t be attrackted by whereabouts that much and at times just don´t want to know.
While being insensitive to such perspective I actually respect it in regard to peripheral matters, like acidic poo. :D]
Although the latter object, due to my badly phrased post, being not the best example for your actual annoyance.
With bird ordures trait being familiar to about every car owner me in fact mentioned it to make clear why exactly I was curious to know about its effects on tone wood / not really for very information on well-kown ph conditions of dove feces.
In sight of your actual inducement, be assured that yours truely is being everything but wallowing in the deem of "knowing it all". Instead my personal hunt after interrelations and causalities, as fascinating as it mostly be, since childhood is being fired up by sensing my weakness of methexis.
Myself, I never get tired of about any informative detail; and I don´t care much about who, where, when or what style of supply; focussing on contents and tracks delivered as possible guideline.
Types like me basically tend to assume that priority on causalities / coherences to be just as exciting to everyone else.
So take my apologies for being smart-assing to you.
And for your part you could be taking the time to ask yourself why besides of bird poo examination you have been partial with the perception of being paternalized or outperformed or whatever, whereas the details that I supplied or asked obviously remaining useless.
Do you know enough already, or is there lack of self-confidence controlling perception above contents?
There are two opposed ways of premise in life.
Ruphus
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Date Jan. 23 2011 11:54:26
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Ron.M
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From: Scotland
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to Ruphus)
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In sight of your actual inducement, be assured that yours truely is being everything but wallowing in the deem of "knowing it all". Instead my personal hunt after interrelations and causalities, as fascinating as it mostly be, since childhood is being fired up by sensing my weakness of methexis.
Ruphus,
Your English is rather heavy stuff there amigo...
I have to constantly have a dictionary on hand... 
It's very circa 1900's. Where did you learn it, if I am not being rather forward in my behest of your educational credentials good Sir?
May I say, however, that should you find yourself in Birmingham or Liverpool or such English cities, I trust the locals would call for an interpreter.
Only joking, Ruphus....but nobody speaks English like that anymore, mate...
Not even the Prime Minister or even Oxford and Cambridge Dons. (Tios )
(Well...maybe John Major?  )
The main thrust in English these days is straightforward dialogue and communication to all.
(I tried to tell ol' gj this, but he preferred to speak in legal jargon. )
cheers,
Ron
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Date Jan. 23 2011 18:24:26
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Ruphus
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Joined: Nov. 18 2010
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to Kate)
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Sometimes I mess up badly, but I´m sure grammar and syntax to be not the main culprit.
I suppose what irks you is my habit of compressing semantically, more so then anything else.
At least with my experience in English forums so far, it has been that who did not like the contents claimed my language to be incomprehensible, while others replying to them that one only needed to read attentively, with some even appreciating my writing style, sensing sorts of poetic talent.
Things are almost similar with my native language, which is German. Literally or contents interested readers like it for its denseness, whereas a few dislike it for the same reason.
I notice to becoming worse in English over past years. For one, because having no conversation live with native speakers, secondly, because of obviously increasing while currently expanding with another language that is being of a very different layout.
Sometimes, when I re-read my posts and see that things have become too weird, I take them apart, simplify and stretch, but all in all I am not willing to spend more time on readjustment than I do already.
I have been through altogether seven languages, and obviously meanwhile there are steps backwards, due to age.
For who dislikes my contribution, I think he could just skip my posts or engage an ignore function, and leave my readings to those of the members who might be interested enough.
Deniz,
I find it remarkable that you like to jump on the waggon when natives critisize my English language. This now being the second time.
Do you know how long my above post would had rendered if it had been covering same contents with your brick building elementary school English?
Please be so perceptive to spare me an expertise of what you can´t overlook; thank you.
Ruphus
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Date Jan. 24 2011 10:42:06
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