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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 26 2005 17:49:17

gerundino63

Posts: 1743
Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands

RE: Gerundino (in reply to Guest)

Hi Nealf

To my info, Gerundino has stopped building guitars since about 10 years or so.
But remember he had still a lot of guitars when he stopped.

I heared stories of unfinished Gerundino's that where finished by other builders.

They where finished allready, exept the bridge had to be put on, and the laquer had to put on too.

I can give you a tip, On all the gerundino's I have seen, there is a stamp carving, behind the headstock of the guitar.( the place where the headstock meets the fingerboard at the back) I have seen two different stamps, one very old guitar had a "G" stamped there, on the other ( late 70ties) had carverd there "GERUNDINO ALMERIA "

I have played on the newer too, the unfinished ones, and they are too very good. But have no stamp carving.
But for investment, it is better to have one with the stamped carving.

Peter

P.S. My english is so, so, with a stamped carving, I mean a character literaly stamped
in the wood without any inkt.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 26 2005 19:04:22

gerundino63

Posts: 1743
Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands

RE: Gerundino (in reply to gerundino63)

Hi Nealf.

Here you can see the stamp clear.
http://www.trilogyguitars.com/guitars/gerundino_76_FL/images/gerundino_back_300.htm

Peter

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 26 2005 19:14:28

gerundino63

Posts: 1743
Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands

RE: Gerundino (in reply to gerundino63)

Hi Nealf, last time!

Here one newer one, you see no stamp in the back, and the label shows another builder that finished it.

http://www.trilogyguitars.com/guitars/gerundino_gonzalez_05_fl/

Well, I must say for the good record, this kind of guitars are Gerundino guitars, but not finished by him. They sound and play very good.

Hope helped you out a little,

Peter

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 26 2005 19:23:58

flamencoguru

Posts: 271
Joined: Jun. 30 2004
From: West Palm Beach, Florida USA

RE: Gerundino (in reply to Guest)

Hello,

To my knowledge (I actually talk to Juan Miguel Gonzalez about this), Gerundino no longer makes guitars. Like Peter said, from the early 1990's. The man who has been commissioned to make the guitars is Juan Miguel Gonzalez. I own one of his instruments. Put it this way, if Gerundino trusts him to make his instruments than they are definitely good instruments.

My guitar is one of the most flamenco sounding instruments I've ever played. I guess that's why I commissioned him to build me one.

I don't know how many more guitars Juan Miguel is going to build for Gerundino because his own guitar's are really taking off.

I don't think I would buy a newer Gerundino. Not because it's not a great instrument but because I can buy basically the same guitar (Juan Miguel Gonzalez's for about $3000 less.) for less by the luthier that build Gerundino's. Juan Miguel used to build in more of a Gerundino fashion but has found his own way of doing things. He's really having some awesome results with the guitars he has been producing lately.

I have some videos posted where I'm playing my 2004 Juan Miguel Gonzalez. If you want, you can look for them in the Video and Audio Upload section.

www.juanmiguelgonzalez.com

That's my 2 cents.

Un saludo, Errol

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 27 2005 11:06:15

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 27 2005 19:16:09