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RE: Conde style guitar
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Ricardo
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From: Washington DC
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RE: Conde style guitar (in reply to TANúñez)
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Hi. How is the guitar doing? About that brace pattern, my student had a book with different vintage guitars with brace patterns shown. I noticed the parallel braces used by Ramirez III, but only 5, on a flamenco guitar from 1962. The 7 strut version more like this one, with the two outside struts fanned not parallel, was on a 1975 Gerundino negra of all makes! It looked almost exactly the same, except for the two bars that go all the way up and surround the soundhole. But the book did not have Conde Hermanos, the specific design. He did have a couple Estesos and one Vda y Sobrinos, which IS Conde of course, but more designed like the Esteso in terms of looks and bracing. And it was old, like 1942. Most of the other guitars in the book used the standard style fan bracing. Only the Ramirez and Gerundino used the parallel struts.
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Date Apr. 24 2007 6:29:53
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TANúñez
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From: TEXAS
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RE: Conde style guitar (in reply to hhmusic)
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hi tom, for what it's worth, i've owned/seen condes that used spruce and (probably spanish) cedar for the long braces that border the soundhole. i would think either would be suitable, since i imagine lightness and strength along the grain are the key properties for those, and both woods have it. (of course, you could try some douglas fir!) by the way, do you still own that '05 conde that this guitar is based on? Hi hhmusic, Your probably right. I sold the 05 to a good friend on the condition that I could see it anytime I wanted to, day or night at any hour, for studying purposes. This guitar will be in my hands a lot as I continue to get a good idea of this construction method. You know those guitars we have owned at one time and sold only to regret that sale later? well, this was one of those guitars. Here's a pic of the original.
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Date May 10 2007 14:21:44
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