RE: Advice on buying my first Flamenco guitar

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mark indigo

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to Schieper)

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and I think this is something you should take up to improve in 2021, is the VAT. Call the guys in London and tell them you no longer want that subscription... ;-)

don't mention the brexit....

(or as some of us prefer to call it "Brexshit")

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mark indigo

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to Ricardo)

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trash talking conde has been popular since 2003 or so

yes there is certainly that, but for me it's important to try separate the facts from the trash talking and the idolatry. I may have sold the A26, but I kept the A25R

. For me that particular A26 ended up feeling like a dud, but hopefully it is just right for the someone else who bought it. The A25 is not perfect for me either, but it is a beautiful instrument and a beast of a guitar

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 15 2020 9:19:47

Piwin

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to estebanana)

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much ado about a VAT tax joke that was a throw away line

Sorry I'm just bored.

I've got nothing to say about Conde vs. Burguet. I know which one I would choose, but it's just personal preference and there's no reason to believe Pardo would share my preferences. Just go with your gut man. And if you don't like the guitar you bought, put a deer sticker on it and resell it for 20% more than the original price.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 15 2020 9:46:34

estebanana

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to Piwin)

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And if you don't like the guitar you bought, put a deer sticker on it and resell it for 20% more than the original price.

Always with the sticker jokes....

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estebanana

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to mark indigo)

Incidentally the medicine for ridding oneself of crotch crabs is called A200, is there a ...never mind. And don’t ask me how I know these things.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 15 2020 12:57:28

Ricardo

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to Guest)

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I don’t really see any Conde bashing in this thread. You must see what you want to see.

Sayeth one of the bashers.... and on it goes. Fun! Dingaling dong, same old conde song!

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JasonM

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to Ricardo)

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Dingaling dong, same old conde song!

Anders is that you?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 16 2020 14:52:37

mrstwinkle

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to mark indigo)

The Conde will hold value better if you change your mind. They're overpriced upfront but not necessarily bad guitars - I have a cheap Ricardo Sanchis Carpio blanca because it sounds like a Conde... Veblen goods.

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estebanana

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to estebanana)

El Conde de Los Caracas shoots palomas with his cacas

El Conde de Barajas makes paja in his casas

El Conde Elvis will gyrate her pelvis

El Conde de Badajoz up your nose with a horsehair hose

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 17 2020 6:02:23

mark indigo

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RE: Advice on buying my first Flamen... (in reply to mrstwinkle)

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The Conde will hold value better if you change your mind.

If my mind was that powerful I would buy cheap guitars sell them on for vast profits

sorry, don't really know what you mean.... I bought both second hand, I'm not really interested in the status of the label, it's to do with how I get on with playing the guitar. The one I sold just didn't suit me, although I have played others of the same model that I thought were really good. Maybe if I took those home and played them for 6 months or a year I would come to the same conclusion, I don't know. The negra I have kept I am still undecided on. I think it is a "better" guitar than the blanca I sold. It is a very powerful guitar (the other one lacked something in this department) but I don't feel it's so easy for me to play. It's very personal and subjective, and I guess also individual guitars from the same make and model will develop and age differently.

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