Contreras to belief

[Mac Daddy 355]

I pulled this old thing out of my closet the other day
What do you think ? ... Show what you got !
Its a 1972 Manuel.G. Contreras signed by him ~ check out the Brazilian RW ~ German spruce top
Classic guitars are so very cool ,if you have any Classic's ~~~~ post them !

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/C6.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/C3.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/C1copy.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/C2.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/C4.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/C7.jpg

[zombywoof]

Amazing what ya can find lurking in a closet. Not femailiar with that make but it sure is beautiful.

[RMC519]

There a bunch of info on those on the interntet. Is it a C1? I found a later model in my dad's closet and it was valued at 2200.-m

[Mac Daddy 355]

There a bunch of info on those on the interntet. Is it a C1? I found a later model in my dad's closet and it was valued at 2200.-m

Thanks
Signed Models go for a bit more
Cheers

[riffmeister]

very nice!!

are you going to sell it?

[Mac Daddy 355]

very nice!!

are you going to sell it?
You know the old saying " out of site out of mind " well when I store it away I start thinking of selling it , but as soon as I take it out & play it , I fall in love with it all over again , I've owned it for over 18 years , I guess it has a home

[Mac Daddy 355]

Bump

[riffmeister]

1958 German spruce and Brazilian rosewood Manuel Velazquez

condition is like from a time machine!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/velazquez%20guitars/58V2D200small.jpg

[jackaroo]

Sick!

X2 on yours Riff!

[riffmeister]

'56, '66, '78 Velazquez guitars

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/velazquez%20guitars/3guits.jpg

[go7]

:AOK Oh Ya.... how sweet it is....:dude

[Mac Daddy 355]

Riff
Great stuff , I've played many M Velazquez and they all were great
which one do you like the most (the 56 is talking to me)

[riffmeister]

I've played many M Velazquez and they all were great, which one do you like the most (the 56 is talking to me)

They each have their own personality. The 66 is the warmest/sweetest, the 78 is the brightest/punchiest. the '80 pictured below on the left is the warmest/loudest.....the volume of that one is really quite amazing!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/velazquez%20guitars/8056V.jpg

[Mac Daddy 355]

Riff
What else you got ?

[riffmeister]

Riff
What else you got ?

Beautiful new Aaron Green, European spruce top, Madgascar rosewood back/sides.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/06%20Aaron%20Green/06Greenfullfront.jpg




And one more 40+ year-old....... :jo

pics at a later date....... :)

[Mac Daddy 355]

Right on .. how does it compare to the M.V's

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/KK1_1.jpg

[riffmeister]

Very favorably. But it's no match for King Kong.

:D

[Mac Daddy 355]

yeah banana's are cheaper than strings

[riffmeister]

1964 Masaru Kono in spruce/Indian. A couple of years later he changed the English spelling to "Kohno".

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/Kohno/Kono3b.jpg

[sinner]

Bringing back this this "Show your Classical" thread because I just got something (IMO) quite wonderful, made by the master himself:

Here's my new 1966 Kohno:

http://images.lilypix.com/albums/userpics/10028/normal_Kohnoonside.jpg

http://images.lilypix.com/albums/userpics/10028/normal_Kohnoback.jpg

http://images.lilypix.com/albums/userpics/10028/kohno5.jpg

Those are the dealer's pics above, just got it home today and will take more pictures later. Came with the original hardshell case too.

I'm really in love with this little beauty--so nice to hold and play, and the TONE! It's true what I've heard about the very "personal relationship" between a Classical guitar and its player, how its an extension of your hand (when it's the right instrument), so much more than an electric guitar can be, with just you and the guitar and the sound.


Here' some cool info about this guitar:

1966 Masaru Kohno No.4 Classical Guitar in excellent condition. Back and sides are very nice quality solid straight grained East Indian Rosewood. Spruce top appears to be European though it might be the Japanese variety which Kohno also used at this time. Top is very well quartered with grain lines varying from 36-12 lines per inch showing lots of medullary rays.

Spanish Cedar neck with ebony fret board. Comfortable 650mm scale length with a player friendly 50mm nut width. East Indian rosewood bridge and head plate. East Indian Rosewood bindings with nice double side purflings.

This guitar is an early Kohno built very much in the Spanish style with head stock modeled after the Fleta design. Fleta himself was a judge in the 1966 Paris competition which Kohno won and remarked that Kohno's guitars reminded him of his own. This guitar has five simple fan struts and a very nice rosette in black, white, red and green in a traditional pattern reminiscent of Hernandez and Barbero. Tuners are the original units with 39mm spacing and are in excellent condition. Guitar is in perfect playing order and has an excellent neck with action 3mm on the treble side and 4mm on the bass. This guitar has excellent sound with lovely bright trebles, good volume and a rich warm bass. Original hardshell case. A terrific 40 year old Classical Guitar!

[Mac Daddy 355]

Rocco
Very cool , play it in good health
Cheers

[james russell]

You guys are killin' me with your Kohnos. I had a late 60's Brazilian/Cedar Kohno that I had to sell to pay rent twenty years ago. I still miss that guitar. One of the best sounding and playing classics I've ever had.

I don't have photos yet, but I have a Brazilian/Euro Spruce Marcelino Lopez built in Madrid in 1959. Marcelino Lopez Nieto is one of only five living Spanish builders included on Summerfields list of the finest guitar makers since 1800. He's a monster builder that just didn't get the big fame of some of the other Spanish builders.

The guitar was given to me by an elderly lady from Argentina who heard me playing at a wedding. She told me she was too old to play anymore and wanted the guitar to be played and appreciated. She bought the guitar new in Madrid in '59. I'll see if I can muster up some photos.

James

[riffmeister]

hey mudslide, I had that VERY SAME guitar on approval for a few days!! :eek: I decided to return it. Then it sold to a friend on the AG Classical Corner forum. I saw it was up for sale again recently, looks like you got it.......CONGRATS!

Here are two Kohno's, the one on the left I had in on approval, a neato 69. I also decided to return that one. The one on the right, a 64, is a real keeper.....what a great sounding guitar!!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/Kohno/6469Kohnosmall.jpg



And here is my newest baby, a GORGEOUS spruce/Brazilian '76 Velazquez.......I love it!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/velazquez%20guitars/s76V.jpg

[sinner]

Hey, Mac--nice to hear from you--and Thanks for the kind words!



You guys are killin' me with your Kohnos. I had a late 60's Brazilian/Cedar Kohno that I had to sell to pay rent twenty years ago. I still miss that guitar. One of the best sounding and playing classics I've ever had.

I don't have photos yet, but I have a Brazilian/Euro Spruce Marcelino Lopez built in Madrid in 1959. Marcelino Lopez Nieto is one of only five living Spanish builders included on Summerfields list of the finest guitar makers since 1800. He's a monster builder that just didn't get the big fame of some of the other Spanish builders.

The guitar was given to me by an elderly lady from Argentina who heard me playing at a wedding. She told me she was too old to play anymore and wanted the guitar to be played and appreciated. She bought the guitar new in Madrid in '59. I'll see if I can muster up some photos.

James

That's an amazing story! Get some pics up if you can, James--sounds like a terrific guitar with a good soul.

Riffmeister: wow, small world (perhaps the Classical world is smaller than the electric?). The '66 Kohno is really sweet, I wish it didn't have the center seam repair, but appears to be a pro job and solid, but the price is very good and I really love the tone--it just seems to come from deep inside and spread out everywhere! (BTW why didn't you bond with it?)

[riffmeister]

Riffmeister: wow, small world (perhaps the Classical world is smaller than the electric?). The '66 Kohno is really sweet, I wish it didn't have the center seam repair, but appears to be a pro job and solid, but the price is very good and I really love the tone--it just seems to come from deep inside and spread out everywhere! (BTW why didn't you bond with it?)

I thought it was a nice warm and rich sounding guitar, perhaps could have had a slightly better treble response. But the narrow-ish neck (for a classical guitar) is why I returned it. I guess I must have fat, imprecise LH fingers! :p The center seam repair was done beautifully, and the condition of the rest of the guitar was superb. I hope you get many years of pleasure from it. There really is something cool about owning an older instrument.......

[Mac Daddy 355]

This was a nice one I once owned
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/ClassicB.jpg

[reentune]

I had no idea there were so many classical guitarists here.

Wouldn't some of you like to swap out one of those old "grand-dad guitars" (:)) for a nice Heatley or Melancon? 'Cause I have a lot of both.

I'm really trying to trade off some sweet electrics to get a few top-notch instruments that require no current, ya dig?

[riffmeister]

This was a nice one I once owned
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/bduds/ClassicB.jpg

Interesting rosette, I've never seen one like that on a Bernabe! And what is the top wood? Has the color of cedar, but a very wide grain that I've never seen with cedar.

I had a 96 spruce/Braz Bernabe for about a year. Very nice instrument. At the same time, I had a 96 spruce/Braz Tezanos Perez, another Madrid instrument.

[Mac Daddy 355]

Paul tried something different
the top is half wide grain & the other half is tighter grain
wide for bass , tight for treble
red cedar

[riffmeister]

Interesting idea. Kind of like this Tacchi which sports stiffer spruce in the middle and softer cedar on the edges.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o209/riffmeister_photos/tacchi-front-05.jpg

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