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crossover nylon string guitars worth recommending
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RE: crossover nylon string guitars w... (in reply to jmg12)
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I like Yamaha nylons, but the NTX' sound like crap for flamenco. They are too heavily built. I just bought my 11th Cordoba (my third GK Pro) and cannot recommend them highly enough for flamenco and other nylon styles. I would definitely recommend looking for the GK Pro used on Ebay or Reverb.com. This latest one I got (a negra) had cracks coming from either side of the output jack, so it was discounted and I won the auction at $570. My other two GK Pros were both blancas. The first one I paid full price for from Sam Ash, and the second one (which I still have) I picked-up in "open box" condition from Musician's Friend for about $1K. My very first Cordoba was a GK Studio that I bought in Las Vegas. I flew home with it and took it to my gig the next day. I started the gig with my $4K Breedlove Masterclass Bossa Nova and picked-up the GK Studio for the second set. Never put the Cordoba back down. The Breedlove got sold the next week and that's when I got my first GK Pro. The Breedlove was a wonderful instrument, but more suited for jazz. I also currently own a Cordoba F10 and C12. The F10 is every bit the flamenco guitar that the GK Pros are. My recommendation regarding getting a Pro over a Studio is because they are built better, and the electronics are FAR superior to the ones in the Studio. The sound is more natural and balanced across the strings. I put a K&K Pure Classic passive pickup in my F10 and that sounds wonderful as well. A big part of getting a great tone plugged-in is using the right amp or DI box. Plugging straight into a PA will be very unlikely to give you a great, natural tone. I use a Fishman Loudbox Mini and SA220, as well as a Roland Cube Street EX system. I also have an LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI that sounds great between my guitars and my full-on Alto PA system. I may eventually upgrade to an AER or Scherlter acoustic amp, because I've heard great things about those. But I'm very happy with my Fishman and Roland amps. I too have small hands and I prefer the Cordoba 50mm nut width. There's plenty of space there to play fingerstyle, but it's not so wide that you're working hard to stretch. I've also owned most of the Spanish-made Espana series, including the FCWE Reissue, 55FCE maple, and 55FCE Ltd Ziricote. All are great sounding instruments, especially considering their ultra-thin bodies. But they have thicker/rounder D-shaped necks on them and I vastly prefer the neck profile of the Chinese-made Luthier series (like the GK Pro and F10). All of my Espanas are gone and all that's left are the Luthiers.
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