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Solera Flamenca guitars?
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estebanana
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RE: Solera Flamenca guitars? (in reply to jalalkun)
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regarding the video: don't see anything wrong with that, they're not saying that these are premium handmade guitars but factory guitars on a budget. transparent marketing is the best marketing IMO. It's another slick video with tool candy woodworking shots that are dumb cliche' about 'Old Worldness' which is really not true. And all that is ok, if not a bit overdone. But saying it's an homage to Barbero is a bit much. There's a lot of overdetermined usage of famous names that many makers use and abuse to signify off of. There are too many fake Reyes' and other guitars. When in doubt say you're making a famous masters guitar and heavily signify off of it. Some makers copy because that's how you learn and you say I'm making a such & such model because I want to understand this thing or that thing, but some makers abuse this and base a whole career on using another makers name. It's ok to copy and learn, but after you've made your 50th guitar if you are still identifying your name with someone other than a person you studied with it's bordering in sinverguenza action. I made some Barbero inspired guitars to learn and I got something from it, but I would never presume to be good enough to make an homage to Barbero, and there are less than fingers in your right hand of those who deserve to proclaim it. And, and, if you get Barbero, you know he comes right out of Santos and that the famous drawings of Barbero's work are extremely close to Santos. The well known 1951 drawing is almost like a 1920 Santos I know of. The difference is slightly different plantilla, a bit smaller- 1/4 inch shorter, and slightly shallower. So really what they are doing is making a Santos. The best thing they are doing is not having the guitars made in China. They're Spaniards, and I respect that, but for every factory there are twenty guys in Spain who build well and you'll never hear of them unless you knock boots with them on the street where they have a small shop. Most of the time those guys have the pride to declare this is my guitar, not Reyes' guitar. If you want a Reyes go see them. I'm sick of the NAMM show and the networking and BS, you just make guitars- You're either a maker or your not.
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