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Put more bluntly, fat singing trebles with nylon strings cost serious money. Handmade, whatever, the only classical guitars I've ever heard with really good trebles were upwards of a couple thousand bucks, new. Obviously somewhat more affordable used.
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Those ovations are beautiful. I have always liked that style rosette. The all Koa Cordoba has a similiar rosette.
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Its been my experience that one's right hand technique with a classical guitar has a far greater impact on the tone of the trebles than the quality/price range of the guitar thats being played. A person with a well trained right hand technique can make the trebles on a >$500 guitar sing, while someone with undeveloped RH technique can make the trebles on a <$5000 sound like crap
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I have one for sale in your budget...
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=188515 Kindly, Danny |
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His right hand technique is indeed a big factor but for tone in that top octave there was (to me) an instantly noticeable quality that the very-expensive guitars had which the lower priced ones lacked. There was one guitar in the $1,500-ish range that I really liked and it sounded awesome but didn't quite have those big, round, sustaining trebles. My guitar teacher is actually a classical-guitar guy by training and still gives a few classical recitals on occasion. Exemplary right-hand technique but his fairly nice Yairi just doesn't quite get the sound I'm talking about. Nor does my M. Sakurai. Close but no cigar. One day I'll find an under-$2,000 guitar that sings like an expensive one in that upper register but so far, no go. Doesn't matter anyway, my nails are always in poor shape and my technique stinks so it wouldn't sound all that great in my hands anyway.
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Try Takamine
EP-50, Beautiful guitar.
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Check out Micheal Collins in Argyle, NY. Specializes in nylon and small-bodied steel.
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220v, I know that you've put your purchase on hold since your last message. If you're back in the market, there's a Kenny Hill Miguel Rodriguez on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=130475025510 This guitar is one of the "dreadnaughts" of the classical guitar world; larger soundboard, deeper body, bigger sound yet lots of clarity. Pepe Romero plays an original Miguel Rodriguez. Kenny Hill makes one of the best copies. As of 5:00pm in CA, it's selling at only 48% of its street price. You can read a bit more about it on Delcamp.us here: http://www.delcamp.us/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=55886 I have no connection with the seller but I am biased towards Kenny Hill's guitars (I own one of his student models and have played many of his other high-end guitars). I'd buy this one if I didn't have to raid our daughter's college funds to do it. |
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overtones all over the instrument. once i played a wonderful Romanillos. my classical are ok, but for the same price my steel strings it is superior! Eblen |
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Sounds like the OP made the right decision in the end - better to take some time and really decide what you want before being stuck with a guitar you're not quite sure about. Plus, when you have an R. Taylor, you probably don't NEED a new guitar right away!
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You're right. I'm enjoying my R Taylor too much
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