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yes i know. i play veryy scrappyy but i am learning flamenco style alone 6 months now. i am musician and am playing bouzouki and cretan lute. i ll be back with better playing in a few month or years who knows. this guitar in video is a classical guitar high action , heavy and high bridge, overall weight of guitar is 1800gr the sides of the body is double . i think this is typical things for classical guitar. but sound flamenco. why? sorry for my bad english..
There could be a number of reason why this guitar sounds flamenco. The recording for one and also the room you are in. The guitar sounds bright. I have come across many classical guitars that would make nice flamenco negras. It really depends on a few things and by only hearing your guitar on video, I can only make assumptions.
It will be very difficult for you to learn flamenco technique on a high bridge, high action guitar as it will affect your hand position and things like golpe. (which is not just a kind of ornamentation you add in here and there, but is integral to the feel of the hand and rhythm of the music.)
Try to get a low cost proper flamenco guitar like the Yamaha, since the whole feel and setup will be very different to your Classical.
Otherwise at some point when you finally decide to buy a flamenco guitar, you are going to have to "unlearn" a lot of your technique you have spent months on.
It's sometimes possible to file the saddle right down on a Classical and fit a tap plate to protect the top. (I did it once and it wasn't too bad) but it very much depends on the individual guitar.
As Tom says, there are some Classical guitars that sound right for flamenco.
In fact at the Ramirez shop, they said that their Negras were basically Classical guitars "Flamencada". (different bridge, neck, setup etc).
A guitar can help your sound , a :Blanca is a generally a brighter sound than a negra , which is a bit more bassy ....however the biggest difference of all is the player , you must get the flamenco sound from yourself ,,, that is the challenge .. if you are just beginning then to get the basics together it really doesnt matter that much what you play , you will know when its time to move to a new guitar .....
In fact at the Ramirez shop, they said that their Negras were basically Classical guitars "Flamencada". (different bridge, neck, setup etc).
Ramirez negras are actual negras. Their flamenco with rosewood back and sides. If you order a guitar 'flamencada" you will get their 1a Tradicional classical model fitted with their flamenco bridge. Which is what Manolo Sanlucar played.
i clicked on the video and the only thing i can say is that the video in sight and sound came across to me as it would have come across to helen keller.