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RE: "Andalusian" Guitars (no trolling)
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Yojimbo
Posts: 176
Joined: Feb. 7 2011
From: Toronto, Canada
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RE: "Andalusian" Guitars (... (in reply to ralexander)
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ORIGINAL: ralexander What's up with your incessant need to defend this company? In case you missed my comment, I'VE heard one in person several times - it was very mediocre. I was trying not to be so brutal in my previous comment, but we can go there. My teacher is a great player so he can get some OK sounds out of it, but he sounded x10 better on my $1000 Sigurdson before I sold it. For what it's worth, he wants another guitar but as a working musician money is tight. He's ordered something through our local music store so he can finance it. The AG marketing is BS and the origins are suspect, which turns off a lot of people (for good reason IMO) - especially when there are so many honest, hardworking solo luthiers trying to make a living. It's great that you've met Ruben and you think he's nice and all that, but he has been polluting the online flamenco community for years and has made a lot of enemies with his ****ty attitude. What we're left with is the comments you'll find here and on several other forums. I suggest you get a bit more experience before coming on here with this attitude. You should also make a point to go play some of these guitars and report back with your experiences. Maybe you'll buy one and that's fine, but other people are perfectly welcome to not even entertain the idea whether based on experience or principle. So now the vitriol is directed at me. Solely because I'm trying to understand the negativity and I question how people who have neither seen nor heard this guitar can be so against it. If you reread my posts, you'll see that I'm neither defending nor criticizing this brand. I don't give a crap about their marketing - why would that bother anyone? Do you get your knickers in a twist because of the way children's toys are marketed in the months leading up to Xmas, or do you lose sleep about how McDonald's commercials are contrived so children nag their parents into going there? How about the crap they serve kids at school - does that bother you too? Cripes - the list is endless. I bet you can barely sleep at night from worrying about it all. I wish I could do a review of this guitar - at least then there'd be something here that has a smidgen of objectivity to it.
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Date Mar. 11 2011 2:01:27
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M.S.A.
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Joined: Mar. 10 2009
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RE: "Andalusian" Guitars (... (in reply to Yojimbo)
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Yojimbo, I think I know what's the problem here. You have most likely never tried any other guitar than AG. Is that correct? I, So far had at least 15 if not more, not sure exactly. And all had entirely different tone, projection capacity, vibration, pulsation and how they reacted when played and played in various ways. Some of them were completely deff, dull and without life. Some other were exceptional. If I was a customer I would certainly want to know more about their origin, who builds them, where, in factory, or on the knee. But I don't understand this hype to be honest, for someone to prefer buying AG over a genuine guitar from honest luthier's hands. Especially if prices of AG are not exactly low. Even the pricing is shrouded with mystery.. If the guy who's gonna take my hard-earned money is not accessible to provide serious information, so it's unavoidable that it will raise these issues and sarkasm. Believe me, there are more options than you might think. Just a parable. Imagine having 2 options on an Island. Eating valrus shiat or sand. I prefer sand over shiat. Some people, however, do prefer shiat. I don't know what's wrong with them. Not knowing chocolate or some other delicate goodies, I would be firmly convinced that sand is the way to go. Until ocean will not bring some sealed-in box full of chocolate. Then I realize I lived in total ignorance about what is really good and tasty. My taste was developed for loving sand as the ultimate food. But after trying chocolate, I would not be pleased to get back to sand... - And this is the same problem with some AG lovers. If I never had anything better than the total junk, I would rate your AG with number 10 probably. I urge you, go out somewhere where you can try some real guitar, or compare in real time with your AG.
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Date Mar. 11 2011 3:27:37
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