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Originally Posted by frankmcr
Myself, I figured that Segovia traded in the past season's guitar for a new one just because he had played the heck out of it & wanted a new one, complete with new guitar smell etc. - not that there was anything actually wrong with it.
As for Ramirez, I can think of reasons why somebody who makes his living selling guitars might want to encourage people to keep buying guitars.
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Ramirez and Segovia collaborated starting in the 1960s on designs for the Ramirez guitars that better stood up to the increased string tension over gut, and also provided the tension and projection necessary for larger concert venues. Segovia's Hauser's were mostly strung with gut. So it wouldn't surprise me if Segovia tried guitars more frequently during that period, but I suspect it is because he was working with Ramirez on tweaking the design, not because they were wearing out.