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Ricardo
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 RE: Show us your Flamenco guitars !! (in reply to hopkinWFG)
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Yes it's come up but who cares.
First the Vintage set:
Left: 1968 Hermann Hauser II, Brazillian Back and sides, spruce top, very light laquer on top (lots of wear I used to think it was FP)
648 mm scale, bridge height is like 12 mm!  bona fide classical guitar but I like to play stuff like guajiras de lucia, tremolos, etc.
Very bright harmonics.
Center: 1971 Jeronimo Peña Fernandez. Indian rosewood back and sides, spruce top. FP (refinished and extensive repair work on
top). 660 mm scale and about 9 or 10 mm bridge. More like a classical guitar but relatively light weight and percussive sounding. At
first the Savaraz strings make it sound very classical and bright almost metallic, but La bella 820s let it be more snappy and flamenco
sounding. Very loud and woody tone. Amazing detailing, a real luxury instrument.
Right:1973 Sobrinos de Esteso (Conde Hermanos). Cypress Back and sides, Clear laquer over original honey orange finish (to
preserve it I assume as it had lots of wear). 670 mm scale, 7.5 mm bridge. Quintessential mid range old school blanca. A real
treasure of mine. Not so easy to play due to years of humidity damage, but the sound is so pure and clear.
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Date Sep. 21 2014 20:59:57
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Ricardo
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RE: Show us your Flamenco guitars !! (in reply to hopkinWFG)
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Ok, the modern Conde's:
1997 A26 (felipe V shop), Cypress/Spruce, lacquer (lovely orange  ) 664mm scale, 8.5 mm bridge, fishman pro blend
installed after crack repair on the back years ago. This is my main workhorse guitar, changed the tap plate 2x already. All around
perfect sound for me and great feel. Very similar to the old Sobrinos but a bit easier to play. Always gigging with this guitar and it's
had tons of adventures. Repaired crack on top. If I end up homeless wandering around, it will be with this guitar.
2000 A25, (felipe v), Indian Rosewood/spruce, lacquer, 651mm scale, 7mm bridge...perfect set up and feel. Sound is amazing
balanced etc, with much more clarity than the Jeronimo negra yet has that woody tone in the basses. Probably the best guitar I own
all around...but I prefer the purity of blancas (like the A26 or the 73 Sobrinos). I enjoy doing solo concert with this one ever since I
got the frets repaired. Everybody that plays this guitar loves it the best of all in my collection.
1998 A26...ok technically it's not my guitar anymore. I am holding her for the owner after I recently had it repaired (small crack on
back and new tap plate). I recorded Madera Sonora with this guitar. Same as the 1997 pretty much except more focused sound and
a harder action. The bridge is 7.5...pretty much exact set up and feel as the 73 sobrinos. This was my favorite guitar before I had to
sell it in 2009. It was the guitar in best condition at the time to command the money I needed. Sad, but at least I get play her a bit
every now and then.
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Date Sep. 21 2014 21:20:21
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RE: Show us your Flamenco guitars !! (in reply to hopkinWFG)
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Just the one I'm afraid
But it's the one ....
1986 Conde Hermanos Media Luna Blanca
660mm
2.8mm fret
7.5 mm bridge
Two signatures .. Extra label signed by Felipe and Mariano
Recently upgraded the tuners
Some playing wear but in excellent playing condition
Strung with luthier 20's .. Also likes savarez red card .. Seems I should try labella 820b next ..
I played this guitar 8 years before I purchased it
Wasn't cashed up at the time
So in between I had a Ramirez 1a peg head Blanca then a Manuel Caceres Blanca
In a perfect world without putting my kids through school I would have them all
But.
This guitar has all the qualities I seek
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Date Sep. 21 2014 21:29:47
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Ricardo
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RE: Show us your Flamenco guitars !! (in reply to Ricardo)
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The "Others".
Left:1999 Gipsy Kings Cordoba, yellow cedar back and sides, spruce top. Never measured but it's short scale I think (650 or less).
Skinny neck, uncomfortable to play flamenco on. But this guitar works almost harder than my Conde workhorse. Because I only use
it for Rumba gigs, but that is A LOT of use. I changed the tap plate once but should have done it twice by now (I put one on top of
the old one first). The pick up is prefix pro by fishman, perfect balance (rare with piezos), better than Godin even Sound acoustically
is not bad, very mid rangy blanca sound. Thin body of course means the bass is weak, but actually the guitar is quite balanced.
Center:2005 Hermanos Sanchis Lopez, 1F Arce, Maple back and sides, spruce top. 660 mm scale, 10 mm bridge (too high for my
taste). Very low easy action. Very deep tone but clear and dry trebles. My most abused instrument...top crack, headstock broke off
twice, dings etc...I travel with this guitar. Pretty much only this when if I have to fly. It really delivers in terms of accompaniment,
very flamenco sounding. I got a good deal on this poor guitar, it's one of those rare cheap factory guitars that really competes with
concert level instruments. I always get offers to buy this guitar, but it is my good luck guitar, in the sense it takes the abuse my other
guitars would other wise have to.
Right: 2014 Max Bishop, Lawson cypress back and sides. I recorded some video of the first guitar he built me a while back. This one
is the same design but with a preferred bridge and action set up. Similar tone to the first so I traded for this one. The tone is deeper
than other cypress guitars, but balanced. I love playing this guitar most around the house these days, as the action and feel of the
neck is like butter. Lots of punch for rasgueado and picado too. I took the chance and flew to spain with this guitar, glad I did cuz it
was more fun to play than the Sanchis.
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Date Sep. 21 2014 21:42:14
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