Members UnderTheGroove Posted September 9, 2005 Members Share Posted September 9, 2005 I am an experienced electric and acoustic guitar player, but have no experience with nylon string guitars. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solitaire Posted September 9, 2005 Members Share Posted September 9, 2005 Have i got it right in assuming the Negra is a RW bodied Flamenco guit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members min7b5 Posted September 9, 2005 Members Share Posted September 9, 2005 Ok, this might stretch you budget a tad, but I can not say enough about http://www.berkeleymusic.com/ I own one of the higher end models, and I've played a few of the others, they are just a TON of nylon for the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UnderTheGroove Posted September 9, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 9, 2005 solitare: Yes, I believe they have rosewood back and sides. It's supposed to be in between a flamenco and classical. min7b5: Thanks for the heads up. I will check those out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solitaire Posted September 9, 2005 Members Share Posted September 9, 2005 Manuel Rodriguez maybe? Prudencio Saez Raimundo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dmitry Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Give a try to Alhambra guitars! They provide a very good quality/value for the price!Esteve & Camps guitars are fine too (not expensive).Flamenca Negra: Spruce top / Rosewood back & sides - the most versitile "spanish" guitar, good choice!Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freddynl Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Personnely I can recommand a Manuel Rodriguez model FF Note; There 's a huge difference between a classical guitar and a flamengo guitar. The classical built guitars don't have the bite you need for flamengo. (sorry for the word "bite", but I don't know the proper english/american word.) I own both since 20+ years. Alhambra 5-P (payed approx euro 250,-- new in the eightees) Manuel Rodriguez FF (payed approx euro 500,-- new in the eightees) Both models are still in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flametal Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 I heard great things about Raimundo negros but I never played one. I have a Raimundo blanco and it is amazing. It also only cost 360 at sam ash because they have no idea what a truley good flamenco is. In fact the guitar should be more like 900. I actually noticed it after some guy called it the worst classical ever. This story should tell you that even a negro will not be able to nail a classical sound. It will always have that flamenco bite that will take away from the usal four finger arpegiations that highlight classical playing. If you want to be able to play both I actually recoment a standad classical with a spruce top(or other bright wood). I find I can get the flamenco sound out of a classical just by using the right technic but I cannot get the classical sound out of a flamenco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freddynl Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by Flametal ). I find I can get the flamenco sound out of a classical just by using the right technic but I cannot get the classical sound out of a flamenco. I don't know about the Raimundo, but The Rodriguez FF has an excellent classical sound as well, which is why I recommanded the Rodriguez.Ofcourse there's also a matter of taste and you should try before buy! but to get an idea what you get;If you compare recordings from f.i. Narciso Yepez/Julian Bream with Andres Segovia, you will notice that Segovia has a much "lighter"sound , this is what you get from a Rodriguez FF.The deeper classical sound from f.i. Bream or Yepes, you won't get!I didn't cheque on the prices yet, I wonder how much the Rodriguez is going for these days.FredOk, just found out that the FF models are over 1500 us $ these days, so sorry for mentioning, its'way beyond what you were asking for.,.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UnderTheGroove Posted December 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2006 Originally posted by freddynl I don't know about the Raimundo, but The Rodriguez FF has an excellent classical sound as well, which is why I recommanded the Rodriguez. Ofcourse there's also a matter of taste and you should try before buy! but to get an idea what you get; If you compare recordings from f.i. Narciso Yepez/Julian Bream with Andres Segovia, you will notice that Segovia has a much "lighter"sound , this is what you get from a Rodriguez FF. The deeper classical sound from f.i. Bream or Yepes, you won't get! I didn't cheque on the prices yet, I wonder how much the Rodriguez is going for these days. Fred Ok, just found out that the FF models are over 1500 us $ these days, so sorry for mentioning, its'way beyond what you were asking for.,.. Thanks for the suggestion. I just played the FF at Guitar Center last night. I liked it the best of the guitars I tried in my price range. They were asking $900. I may have to get this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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