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I imagine that every aficionado has more than one guitar: I have 3: one blanca, one acoustic and one hybrid electric that looks as if it might have come from the taller del maestro Escribano.
I also have 3: one Martin folk, one Valeriano Bernal, and one Hermanos Borja ("El Viejin" series). I'm pretty sure Pimientito put up pictures of the Borja somewhere on here.
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Bernal student - a very nice flamenco guitar. I sold my Anders blanca Les Paul Gold Top tribute with Oil City P90s, but in pieces right now Gibson 335 tribute with Dirty Fingers and P90 pickups Fender Stratocaster with Bare Knuckle and Oil City pickups DC Junior copy with Gibson P90 pickup from Morante Epiphone Les Paul Melody Maker - as standard Westone Thunder II bass - as standard, from my band playing days Cobalt blue handmade electric with gold leaf pickups, in progress Another electric in the design stage
Bernal student - a very nice flamenco guitar. I sold my Anders blanca Les Paul Gold Top tribute with Oil City P90s, but in pieces right now Gibson 335 tribute with Dirty Fingers pickup Fender Stratocaster with Bare Knuckle and Oil City pickups DC Junior copy with Gibson P90 pickup from Morante Epiphone Les Paul SL Melody Maker copy - as standard Westone Thunder II bass - as standard, from my band playing days
Oops... You just seem to have a disproportionately large number of non-flamenco guitars. I sure would expect the balance to be the other way around. Anyway only meant it as a joke. I am sorry if it sounded offensive to you, sure didnt mean it.
The beginning of the label says Hermanos Conde..Lower down it says Felipe V...so yes you are correct...its a semi lunar head stock Brazillian rosewood.
The 1974 Blanca with pegs I tend to play the most because the sound is characteristic of the times back then when I grew up playing flamenco. More recent guitars have better volume overall and great responsiveness but the sound tends to be more neutral if there is such a thing. Character is a very personal thing but when you play certain guitars you hear certain times and places,,,very esoteric I lnow lol
Living here in Sydney Australia I havent insured the guitars....the premiums are way too expensive...and the guitars are too difficult to put an acceptable value on.
Oops... You just seem to have a disproportionately large number of non-flamenco guitars. I sure would expect the balance to be the other way around. Anyway only meant it as a joke. I am sorry if it sounded offensive to you, sure didnt mean it.
I have a lot of electrics because I enjoy modding and improving them. Now, I am beginning to make my own. One flamenco is enough for me nowadays.
Living here in Sydney Australia I havent insured the guitars....the premiums are way too expensive...and the guitars are too difficult to put an acceptable value on.
My collection is way less expensive, but I finally found a way to insure them - it is part of house insurance, where the guitars are itemized - and they calculate additional premium based on the valuations you attach to the guitars. Its in the US though. Anyway it was not automatic with all companies, as some require a real appraisal instead.
Glenn Canin-blanca, cedar and cypress Glenn Canin-blanca, spruce, double top, cypress, "pegheds" Glenn Canin-blanca, spruce and "Golden Gate" cypress Glenn Canin-negra, cedar and B. Rosewood Glenn Canin-negra, spruce, double top and B. Rosewood, "pegheds". (Same maker, set up about the same, remarkably different and wonderful sounds)
Pedro Maldonado, blanca Yamaha blanca, 171 M. Thames-blanca, "pegheds" Martin D-28 B. Rosewood
Glenn Canin-blanca, cedar and cypress Glenn Canin-blanca, spruce, double top, cypress, "pegheds" Glenn Canin-blanca, spruce and "Golden Gate" cypress Glenn Canin-negra, cedar and B. Rosewood Glenn Canin-negra, spruce, double top and B. Rosewood, "pegheds".
Wow.. Probably the biggest collection of Glenn's I see owned by a single person. I have a spruce double top peg-head also, but recently found to rarely playing it in favor of my other guitars. My Glenn produces very clean and powerful tone, but to my liking it lacks personality somehow.
Glenn Canin-blanca, cedar and cypress Glenn Canin-blanca, spruce, double top, cypress, "pegheds" Glenn Canin-blanca, spruce and "Golden Gate" cypress Glenn Canin-negra, cedar and B. Rosewood Glenn Canin-negra, spruce, double top and B. Rosewood, "pegheds".
Wow.. Probably the biggest collection of Glenn's I see owned by a single person. I have a spruce double top peg-head also, but recently found to rarely playing it in favor of my other guitars. My Glenn produces very clean and powerful tone, but to my liking it lacks personality somehow.
Last I visited Pedro cortes in New Jersey, he had several of them. He and Jason McGuire were big advocates, due to heavy golpes they found the double top reinforcement was essential.
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I know Pedro very well - I used to study with him about 10 years back. At the time he got his first guitar as a gift from Jason. Glenn did some restoration work on it and that way Pedro got it - Jason totally destroyed the top. In fact Jason is in that sense legendary as everyone knows he can do it. Wondering what he used for the nail strengthener :))
Anyway, Pedro talked all his students into getting at least one guitar from Glenn. There was a line just from us in NY area, I had to wait for quite a while. And in fact the guitar that was shipped to me was built for somebody else, and it was a blanca while I originally requested a negra. Anyway I think it was for the better as the guitar I got is a total cannon. It blew away with its power every other guitar I saw since. But at a price of a lack of character (or at least that is what I think after seeing Condes and the likes)
BTW wondering if Jason was ever forgiven for whatever the heck his misdeeds were and offered to re-join the foro?
BTW wondering if Jason was ever forgiven for whatever the heck his misdeeds were and offered to re-join the foro?
He was Fred Sanford for several years and disappeared at the same time he quit Facebook. Me I can’t understand/get into this fascination with Instagram. But I see he remains quite visible there.
Thanks for the pointer, I used to be subscribed to Jason's teaching site around 2008, before even I met Pedro. I follow Jason on youtube, I didnt know he is active on insta. Will add him there. He is one a heck of a talented guy. I remember even Paco praised him and visited him in Oakland.
BTW thats an awesome and I would imagine a rather rare pic. I would love to see you guys doing a concert again sometime. BTW Alegrias has just opened for shows in NYC. Pedro is back there after a few years of "seclusion".
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