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RE: Ramirez blancas from 1950 (in reply to Ricardo)
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Look at this sloppy work of Faustino (or was it a conversion by someone?)
Hard to say, picture’s not big enough.
The only sure thing about it is, it is a little sloppy, this is true, but not horribly so. It actually doesn’t look that bad to me. My Contreras kicks its butt in the looks department and El Burdo’s pre-correction conversion reigns supreme.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a conversion, but who knows? It looks like a fake, lol. Is it? Something tells me this might be a loaded question.
P.S. the butterfly buttons on the tuners look Japanese, but the tuners look like the same cheapo Fusteros that are on my Conde, except mine has normal buttons. Also, kind of joking about the fake thing. The head has the same “feel” as the head on mine, except the string slot ramps on mine are better executed.
Mine. Not much difference there, to my eyes. But, in no way do I claim any expertise on Condes. Sorry for the lighting, too, it’s raining out and I almost destroyed my living room trying to find a spot to lean the thing. Is this where everyone jumps in and tells me mine’s a fake?
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RE: Ramirez blancas from 1950 (in reply to El Burdo)
Ooops. Sorry about that, I didn’t realize the first conversion was your handiwork. I would have been a lot more tactful. All’s well that ends well, though, and as you said, it’s all about the learning and constant improvement.
Estabananana has done some head cloaking jobs to great effect. Pretty near invisible work when he’s done.
RE: Ramirez blancas from 1950 (in reply to Ricardo)
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Look at this sloppy work of Faustino (or was it a conversion by someone?)
Back to your guitar. That it has the same tuners as mine makes me think it probably left the shop that way, so not a conversion. The difference in slot dimensions between the two is likely just due to the two guitars being from different eras, with mine being later (if yours was made in the 60’s, as Echi indicates). Makers or shops aren’t locked in to any one method, after all, and do change how they do things.
Or perhaps their process was to prepare the heads to a fixed angle and leave the decision to slot or peg for later. Or maybe they slotted peg head guitars after the fact, based on demand, so shop executed, pre-sale conversions. Doing either could lead to the slots being cut by a different person than the one who carved the head and explain differences in slotting styles. But, this is just speculation on my part. If anyone knows the answer, it would be interesting to hear.
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