Re: classical guitar

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:44:34 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic
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shaun bell wrote:
> I have been playing acoustics for about 15 years now and i thought it
> was about time i bought a classical guitar. However, i don't know much
> about classical makes and such. Any suggestions? I was looking to
> spend about £1000,00 english pounds, not bloody euros, ( oh a bit of
> politics).
If you want a really good classical guitar for £1000, buy Czech - go
there if necessary. You get the equivalent of a £2,500 classical guitar
for £1,000 and they know how to make them. Or look for a good used
example of someone like Colin Morison (Dundee luthier, excellent
instruments, classical specialist).
Do not buy a Spanish-made instrument from a retail shop, you are just
paying twice the price (and don't take a trip to Spain unless someone
tells you exactly who to see; 90 per cent of attractive looking
classical guitars sold in Spanish music shops are nothing like as good
to play as they look superficially).
Or find a specialist classical dealer, I don't know of one in my own
area - not that I would call a specialist anyway.
David