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Bottom line is I'm not well off enough to take expensive belongings and allow them to get beat up (thus losing tons of value) I've learned to take great care of everything I own regardless of the use. That's just me. Again, the point I was making was that it's more than "some scratches" to me.
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Never said there was an Antonio Loriente - word on the streets is the Loriente's are built by the Alhambra shops top builders, I believe. For a long time it wasn't known where they came from.
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http://www.guitarsalon.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11344 And yes I saw that guitar, I think it is ridiculous to do that to a good classical guitar. It you are going to bang on a soft cedar top, for the love of it, at least put a golpeador on it. That looks more like playing, or rather strumming hard with a pick (which is ridiculous to do on a 3000 classical guitar), than rasgueados or strumming with your hand. If it is just rasqueados or strumming by hand, it is very sloppy and careless. But, hey, I ain't gonna tell nobody what to do with their own property. I still think it is ridiculous though, . EDIT: Ya, it looked like a great deal, and then I saw that picture, and instantly was just like "Awww man...." lol
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Yes - designed by a consortium of luthiers, bit I'm pretty sure just recently it's come out that they are coming out of the Alhambra shop. Could be wrong....
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Man, ahlambra makes some nice guitars! Supposedly they make the higher end ramirez student (e line) of guitars, and if true like you say, the loriente line, not to mention their own guitars, which I have read nothing but great things about. I guess I don't have a problem with that, . Can I ask you where you got that bit of info from?
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The Alhambra Luthier guitars are very nice.
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I use a plectrum on my Breedlove Masterclass Bossa Nova nylon string in my solo acoustic flamenco-jazz gig. Granted, I'm not so ham-handed that you see pick scratches on it. But it suits my purposes at this time to use a pick instead of my fingernails. Years ago, I majored in classical guitar performance in a program run by Chris Parkening and used to play traditional classical repetoire at recitals, churches and weddings (and dabbled in traditional flamenco as well). At any rate... one man's "ridiculous" is another's bread and butter.
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Thank you VERY much!!! You've made my day.
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True, . Maybe instead of saying playing with a pick, I should of said assaulting with a pick, lol. I see this happening alot with brand new cedar classical guitars in guitar center alot of the time lately. I asked the seller what exactly all the scratches and dents came from, if he played with a pick, flamenco technique, taps, rasqueados, etc, just out of curiosity.
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Gotchya. And I do agree with that. Basically, you're saying that some dood going all Pete Townsend with a fine nylon string classical is silly.
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The seller replied to my question today. I knew it was a pick, . Here is a partial quote from the sellers reply:
"One of my budies was jamming out on it with a pick, it scratches really easily I don't know if it's from the finish they put on it or what. But it looks likes someone pushed there nail into it at some point that is the worst scratch on it."
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The top has "some scratches"...
WOW!!! When I saw the photo, I groaned out loud!
The person that made those "marks" should be IN JAIL!!! That's how it starts...one or two tiny scratches, but it escalates! While those gouges don't affect the sound, that guitar is psychologically damaged!!! What did that guitar ever do to deserve that kind of treatment? I use a pick, and I have NEVER, EVER needed to attack with the force necessary to create that kind of damage. A few weeks ago, I was watching the Zack Brown Band on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, and noticed he also was playing a classical guitar. I've ranted about this before, but someone has to speak up, if we want things to ever change. Anyway, back to my story. What really amazed me about Zack's performance is that his bridge was covered with "Duck" tape...RED!!! It seemed to be there because of bridge lift. I also noticed that he was using ball-end strings (probably steel), and the front of his guitar was so covered with deep gouges, where there would normally be a pick guard, it was just bare wood!!! Needless to say, his attack was ferocious!!! I thought to myself, he should paint a sign on his forehead saying "I'm a big MORON!!!" He doesn't seem to know that when others see how he performs, they will think it's ok to destroy their guitar that way. Steel strings on a classical bridge is NOT ACCEPTABLE, and neither are DEEP GOUGES in the top. Is the guy trying to outdo Willie Nelson for ugliest guitar in the world? I have several classical guitars, and have NEVER needed a pick for projection. If you want more projection, INSTALL A PICKUP and plug the thing into an amp!!! REPORT ABUSE!!! Ok, I feel much better now. Glen
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