Just wanted to post an update..............
went to the guitar store and played the guitar (nylon string flaminco, cost $1700) in question again. I found out it was made in a small factory in China(2009) with woods that came from America. This shop is a part of the Kenny Hill USA factory that makes 6.000+ dollar classicals.
The verdict: the guitar outperformed spanish classical guitars up to 2500 dollars. A handmade flaminco costing 5000 sounded a little better but not a huge amount and besides it is 35 years older.
The bottom line...... I was happy to buy it! Yes it would have been nice to buy American, but you can't buy an American Flaminco guitar under 5 or 6000 dollars. IMHO those nylon Taylors do not cut it. I would have then kept the Mark IV Guild.
I also think that that guitar was one of those that just sing right off the assembly line like Hideglue talked about when he was working at Guild.
Some guitars seem to play themselves, others don't. This last quote is another thread............................
went to the guitar store and played the guitar (nylon string flaminco, cost $1700) in question again. I found out it was made in a small factory in China(2009) with woods that came from America. This shop is a part of the Kenny Hill USA factory that makes 6.000+ dollar classicals.
The verdict: the guitar outperformed spanish classical guitars up to 2500 dollars. A handmade flaminco costing 5000 sounded a little better but not a huge amount and besides it is 35 years older.
The bottom line...... I was happy to buy it! Yes it would have been nice to buy American, but you can't buy an American Flaminco guitar under 5 or 6000 dollars. IMHO those nylon Taylors do not cut it. I would have then kept the Mark IV Guild.
I also think that that guitar was one of those that just sing right off the assembly line like Hideglue talked about when he was working at Guild.
Some guitars seem to play themselves, others don't. This last quote is another thread............................