yamaha cg151s
whats the best acoustic steel string guitar for a 14 year old from $600-$1200 ?
i want a really nice guitar a steel string but i don’t know what to get at the moment i have a yamaha CG151S nylon string guitar ?
Everyone obviously has their own opinions, I am fond of Taylor’s myself, at least in that price range. If it were my money I’d get a 214CE-G.
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Manuel Contreras vintage Flamenco Guitar $5,000.00 |
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1969 MANUEL CONTRERAS 1A FLAMENCO GUITAR – All Original, Mint Condition $4,999.00 |
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1972 Contreras Flamenco 1A guitar hand made in Spain $3,999.00 |
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Hippner Hauser classical guitar, acoustic flamenco Hermann torres contreras $1,800.00 |
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Classical Contreras Style Guitar Templates $111.00 |
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Contreras 1A Classical Guitar Plans full scale $14.95 |
Stars Of Flamenco Guitar Music
Obviously, these new guitar innovators, are motivated by and build on, the legacies of those who have gone before. The most important and persuasive in current times was Ramon Montoya. Although he is best remembered as the Uncle of the trail-blazing Flamenco guitar player Carlos Montoya, it was, in fact, Ramon who did the “trail blazing” and Carlos who followed. crucial one.
Expanding Flamenco guitar music from it’s purely accompanying role, to a foreground one. Carlos then proceeded to make popular Flamenco music by virtually continued world touring in the 20′s through the 50′s. Incorporating also Jazz, Folk, Blues and Classical styles into his classic Flamenco.
The “Flamenco torch” was then passed to the remarkable Paco de Lucia. Who, like Ramon and Carlos Montoya, first began his professional voyage accompanying Flamenco dancers and singers. Subsequently, Paco crafted, and continues a career as a Flamenco innovator. Both alone and with his group. And, like Carlos, Paco’s musical voyages resonate with his engagement in a wide variety of musical trends.
Galvanized by, and building on the legacy of the Montoyas’ and Paco, today’s Spanish guitar heroes are blazing new musical frontiers, yet again with their compositions.The technically stunning, but always soulful Lawson Rollins. Native toNorth Carolina, now residing in San Francisco. The Chilean born Oscar Lopez, now hanging his hat in Canada. Thrilling audiences with his rhythm and musical mastery. For some reason, perhaps just coincidence, Canada would seem to be a magnet for the new crop of Flamenco Heroes. Because in addition to Oscar Lopez, it is in Toronto that the Trinidadian native flamenco maestro Miguel de la Bastide is headquartered. Yet another “Canadian Connection” is Guitarist Jesse Cook. Born in Paris to Canadian parents, presently , like his other Canadian “musical brothers” based in Canada, Jesse spent his formative years in the Camargue district of France. Where he was galvanized by the indigenous gypsy music. Specifically that of guitarist Manitas de Plata, (his next door neighbour) and Nicholas Reyes principal singer of the Gypsy Kings.
Of all the modern Spanish guitar heroes, most probably the one who most perfectly combines parts of all the forms of the other guitarists mentioned, is Santiago Cortez. One is instantly struck by both the quality and the diversity of his compositions. He is a purist. In the sense that each idiom, each influence, is respected and honored in the unique style of the composition. His flawless technique and serious gift for melody, constantly letting it lead the listener’s ear, promises a completely unique musical experience every time. While Santiago’s New flamenco guitar music is readily available and familiar, it is never derivative. His amalgam of musical references and influences is flawless and unconscious. The indisputable evidence of a specialist at the top of his game.
Contreras 1979, JS Bach, Allemande, Lute Suite no1, BWV996
