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01-28-2024, 04:05 PM
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NGD - 1968 Ramirez Estudio
A year or so back, I had my luthier repair the classical 1972 Takamine that my sister played maybe twice at school music....it had sat in its original box with the bridge hanging off for 30 years at least!
It came back fantastic! And I have been playing it a bit for fingerpicking Latin faves etc from some books I have....   So, a quick scan of the pawn shop listings a few weeks ago and lookout! There is a 1968 Ramirez Estudio! I could have driven there but I know the parking is awful from previous experiences, so I hit the buy online button and sat wringing my hands for a week while the courier mucked around! But eventually it turned up and it is very nice, not perfect or it would not have been in a pawn shop! But my luthier will get it soon and I will see what he can do to it. Meanwhile...I love it....very much!....  So now I have two 50 plus year old classical guitars! Lots of tone!   BluesKing777. Last edited by BluesKing777; 01-28-2024 at 05:24 PM. 
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01-29-2024, 12:24 PM
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Congrats! Let us know how it shapes up.
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01-30-2024, 01:07 AM
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Thanks TB!
I am surprised that a 56 year old guitar’s strings were going sharp after tuning.....a very gentle pass with my nail file on the nut slots and some lead pencil seems to have solved that! Sticking in the nut slot! Surely it has not been like that for all these years and I hope the previous owner didn’t sell it because he was sick of tuning it. Fixed. I might try the Martin ball end strings in the next few days - I think they are a whisker thinner. The setup is high as you go towards the 12th fret, but fine in the first 5 or 6 frets.....fixing that is a bit ordinary on an old classical - shave the bridge and the gulp...fretboard. Doubt I will bother!  Guitar sounds sensational! BluesKing777.
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01-30-2024, 07:21 PM
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Thanks!
The 1972 Takamine is a pretty nice guitar too, don't know a lot about them but they were made for school music programs. Sounds better after surviving 52 years in a cupboard....I intend to play it next, after some more lead pencil application to nut! Of course, it does not have the tone of the Ramirez, but still nice and very playable guitar.....Vintage Takamine! BluesKing777. Last edited by BluesKing777; 01-30-2024 at 09:56 PM.
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