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I think Segovia never played one of those guitars in concert, or as his main guitar, but i may be wrong.
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I think "buying North American" or "buying British (in my case)" can be an uncomfortable stance for us to take, mainly because we want our products to compete fairly in the overseas marketplace, but we do not want overseas products to compete fairly within our own shores. I remember that we were urged to "buy British" in the 80s, but it seemed an anomalous argument given what we were trying to do with our products internationally.
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Hey Rick
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that "markwayne" has an MIJ or MIK car in his yard! Tom C.
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YA RIGHT. ALL I WANTED TO KNOW IS IF THERE ARE ANY AMERICAN BUILDERS THAT CAN FIT MY PRICE RANGE AND ALL IM GETTING IS SARCASTIC REMARKS BECAUSE I WANT TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY I LIVE IN. IM NOT SAYING EVERYONE SHOULD BY AMERICAN OR EVEN CONCIDERATE IT. I JUST THINK THAT THE WAY THIS COUNTRY IS THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PRODUCTS. I GUESS I SHOULDN'T OF EVEN ASKED THE QUESTION. ITS FUNNY CAUSE AFTER 3 PAGES OF POSTS NOONE HAS REALLY EVEN MADE A SUGGESTION.
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What was your question anyways?
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ARE THERE ANY AMERICAN MADE NYLONS IN THE 1000 TO 1500 RANGE? THE GUILDS ARE NOW MADE IN CHINA, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE TAYLORS;PLUS THEY ALL SEEM TO BE ELECTRIC AND I'M LOOKING FOR STRICKLY ACOUSTIC. I'M LEANING TOWARDS THE KREMONA ROMIDA. SEEMS LIKE A GOOD GUITAR FOR THE MONEY.
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You got answers on page 1. There's really not any american companies making what I would call a great nylon string guitars in that range. You might look for a used lutheir build, or a used taylor (which are completely underwhelming IMHO) I'm pretty sure someone else mentioned the used Guilds as a good value as well. Nylon string guitar isn't that popular in the US in the "big scheme," therefore not many companies are focusing much attention on making anylon string guitar in that price range...you have budget models made in canada by la patrie, and a lot of asian made guitars. Then you get into the American built, small luthier stuff that is considerably more expensive because it's not only difficult and expensive to build a good nylon string, there's also not as much of a market for them as for steel strings. I got smart alecky remarks sent my way when I said I wouldn't necessarily associate "America" with "Quality" when it comes to nylon string guitars. There's some small builders doing amazing stuff, and they probably spend more on wood than the budget you mentioned. The big American companies currently haven't a clue as to what a good classical guitar is, IMHO. There's nothing wrong with that--people have specialties. I also don't expect anything too amazing in the pizza at the end of the local chinese buffet. |
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Kremonas seem to be excellent guitars and a steal for the price, by the way. I used to have an Orpheus Valley Fiesta - solid cedar top/solid rosewood back and sides - and it had a beautiful sound. Killer prices because they're made in Bulgaria and not Spain.
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Augustino LoPrinzi hand-makes a killer, no-frills student model in his Fla. shop.
http://www.augustinoloprinzi.com/models_and_prices.htm
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New, the Cervantes Crossover 1 is made in North America (Paracho, Mexico). And don't discount the Taylor NS guitars just because of some faceless opinions on a guitar forum somewhere. (Most of the guitar players I have met haven't a clue how to draw a good tone from a nylon stringed instrument). Try one. The lower end models, NS32, NS42, are the best value and used they can be found well within your budget. A Taylor NS may not be ready to play Symphony Hall, but my bet is that most of the NS naysayers aren't either! I applaud your conviction. |
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I have been playing classical guitars since I was ten years old. Three or four years ago I had the opportunity to try three made-in-USA classical guitars (each from a different luthier) that were the equal of the best from Spain that I've tried.
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