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Old 08-16-2019, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by camhead View Post
It was the "Paracho Elite" Tres that you can find on Amazon. A lot of complaints seemed to come down to its lack of a truss rod: neck bending over time, string action gradually getting higher. I wanted to get it, since it's made in Mexico as opposed to Asia, and Paracho is a historic hub of Mexican luthiery, but based on the reviews it just didn't seem like a good buy.

There are some relatively simple tutorials on youtube about switching out nuts and saddles to convert a 3/4 size guitar to a Tres.
On amazon it's 3 1/2 stars out of five, $229 including shipping.

Just buy that & upgrade after a year if you decide to stick with it.
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