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Originally Posted by brucefulton
Well, maybe a Ramirez is only good for 20 years. I have a 1975 Contreras that sounds much better now than it did for the first 10 years. It took quite a while to open up and sounds much more balanced and resonant now than it did back then.
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I have a 1960's Contreras and it does indeed sound good too. I'm not sure I agree with Ramirez or Segovia either. My guess is that they notice a change but then that is not necessary a bad thing either. Why would a violin get better with age but not a guitar? I don't know?