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Is this 1964 Conde Hnos green label worth restoring?
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RobF
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RE: Is this 1965 Conde Hnos green la... (in reply to silddx)
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It’s probably better to let Echi or someone like that respond with definitive answers but, to me, £600 doesn’t seem like much for a nice old guitar, assuming there’s no issues with the action or neck. The bridge looks a little weird, but the guitar’s got a lovely plantilla. The cracks are probably less of a concern than you’re thinking. It looks like they’ve been that way for a while. I wouldn’t do any more to the back beyond stabilizing with cleats. The side crack follows the liner, so that’s not as easy to address, but it doesn’t look disastrous. The date on the label looks like it was scribbled there after the fact, so take the age with a grain of salt. The biggest concern I’d have is it looks like the top is cracked alongside the fingerboard. If this is due to the neck pulling forward then the action might be high and you’re now getting into real work, as the guitar’s playability might be less than ideal. The cracks themselves can be addressed, however. I’d probably buy it, I have a closet full of project guitars like that one, but I’m a sucker for stuff like this. It’s a pretty guitar.
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Date Jan. 6 2024 2:45:09
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Ricardo
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RE: Is this 1964 Conde Hnos green la... (in reply to silddx)
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Looks legit. Price is fair IMO. Most likely this thing sounds orders of magnitude better than any guitar in its price range today. It is not built on site but from a “factory”, ie, outsourced, as implied by having some apprentice in the same city (more likely they just deal with getting them from Valencia and such). I have seen this green label on another guitar labeled “Atocha” from the same years, and it was freaking amazing sounding. Even had the old strings on which still sounded great. This guitar, if it is made in 1964, probably has strings on it from 1965! Personally I don’t need this guitar but I might buy just for the historic value. Probably could negotiate for it down a 100 pounds or so. PS, the cracks along the fingerboard are quite normal on any guitar that has dried. However, in the blurry photo of the bridge, if it is lifting, that needs to be glued down and clamped by a luthier. You could use that to negotiate the price down, and use the actual Luthier fee, or tell the seller to have it done first.
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