Comments for Classical Guitar Review

Comment on The Best Classical Guitar? by cscdscsc

cscdscsc — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:30:18 +0000

fuck you

Comment on The Best Classical Guitar? by Freddy

Freddy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:49 +0000

Oh and just to say it very truthfully: you can get world-class guitars for 8000 US Dollars, and often even lower prices than that.
But for that you have to look at instruments from luthiers who are not all of the following 3 points:
*well-established
*well-known
*very-in-demand

Comment on The Best Classical Guitar? by Freddy

Freddy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:37:06 +0000

That’s a rediculous comment that you make about other instruments…
Because in reality it’s exactly as with guitars. You can get great violins for around 10K.

But if you by a violin from a well-established, well-known and very-in-demand luthier… of course they will have very high prices. Same for from guitarmakers that are well-established, well-known and very-in-demand.

The bottom line: your statement “A crappy fiddle might be 10-20K” is just a plain unfounded, shortsighted, flippant comment.

Comment on The Best Classical Guitar? by Tom

Tom — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:43:39 +0000

For good players… only guitars that are “Made in Germany” have the highest standard of quality in tone, volume and playability that will meet your highest needs, in my opinion.
Luthiers such as Fritz Ober, Christoph Sembdner, Dieter Müller, Hauser, Armin & Mario Gropp, etc.

As was stated previously: Segovia also favoured German guitars and called his German Hauser: “The Guitar of our Epoch”.

Comment on The Best Classical Guitar? by Thu Le

Thu Le — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:04:15 +0000

I know you all talk about very high-end and expensive guitar, but to a newbie like me, some idea about mid-range? I personally prefer Cordoba guitar, with price range from $300-$1000. With $400 i bought a C7 Cordoba and it’s solid cedar top with laminate Indian rosewood back and side. And the sound to me is very good and the guitar is responsive. I came from Viet Nam and I tried some hand-made vietnamese guitar, but i have to say the quality of those guitar are not very consistent . If lucky you can find some for cheap enough price and good enough quality. But after 1-2 year the sound goes bad. That’s my experience

Comment on Studying Classical Guitar at Univeristy in the United States – Is it worth it? by Howard Wallach

Howard Wallach — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:25:10 +0000

It is the desire of colleges, universities and conservatories to make money which causes them to accept great numbers of students they know will never have a career in guitar, or in music in general. A great deal of American “higher education” is a scam intended to keep the teachers and administrators gainfully employed, and they do so to the detriment of many an unaware prospective student of guitar,
or art, or acting, etc…

Comment on The Best Classical Guitar? by John

John — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:06:44 +0000

The angst on the expense of a quality classical guitar has often ammused me. For the record – I would also suggest a good look at the Australian makers – though their more modern, clear voices tend to turn some off. On to the price point – Classical Guitarists are still struggling to compete as classical musicians (ie. bad readers, bad at playing with other people, etc.). I’ll add one other slighted perspective – the cost of our instruments.
Oh sure, if you buy a Ruck, Hauser, or Fleta, etc. – especially if somebody famous touched it – you might break $50K. But you can as a rule – outside of flavors of taste, get a truly world class instrument for around $10K. Compare this with a violiin. A crappy fiddle might be 10-20K and then a modest bow will run another 15K. World respected violins routinely break six figures – really exceptional instruments are hundreds of years old and in the millions. Pianos are also very expensive. So relative other classical instruments of professional grade, guitarist get out cheap.

Comment on Interview with GFA winner Johannes Möller by Will

Will — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:23:51 +0000

Fantastic interview.
Simon… please do an interview with the Beijing Guitar Duo. They are out of this world … on stellar magnitudes.

Comment on The Virtuoso Guitarist – By Matt Palmer by Will

Will — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:21:05 +0000

By the way… Jake was simply addressing his enthusiasm for Matt’s interpretation of the Etude 2.
Why do you get so ruffed up by his simple comment anyway?

Comment on The Virtuoso Guitarist – By Matt Palmer by Will

Will — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:19:04 +0000

I think Jake has a right to voice his opinion.

Who are you to go around saying that the Etudes cannot be improved? I think the last word on the Etudes has not been said. I for one look forward to the fine interpretations from people who can finally handle technique at a sufficiently high level … think Matt Palmer, Beijing Guitar Duo, etc.