Well, 6 years ago I bought a Pakistani lute: a *huge* mistake.
Materials were good, but craftmanship simply horrible.
The design as well had an important number of flaws.
It took some deep repairing by a professional lutemaker, including
replacing the soundboard entirely, to make it a playable instrument.
I ended up spending the price of a student lute made by a reputable
lutemaker.
This guitar "looks" better, especially on the many pictures coming from
the German website, but I agree: as for any musical instrument, I would
go for a test and then eventually buy it.
Of course, if the website sites offers money back, then it could be an
almost hassle-free test.
Luca
Chris Despopoulos on 15/10/10 10.30 wrote:
My instinct would be to play one before buying it, and in fact, play
the very one you intend to buy. These added bits of information you
mention don't add that many bits of information, in my opinion. We
know Taylor "designed" the guitar, we know Taylor is great, and we know
luthiers of the period were great. But we know darned little about
this guitar.
Where was it made? Out of what materials? Don't get me wrong... What
do I expect for $700.00 retail? But I really think touching the
instrument would be very important.
My 0.02 euros' worth of opinion... cud
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From: Franz Mechsner<franz.mechs...@northumbria.ac.uk>
To: RALPH MAIER<rkcma...@shaw.ca>; Luca Manassero<l...@manassero.net>
Cc: vihuela<vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 12:02:08 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Pakistani Baroque Guitar?
Another seller of this, as it seems, with some added bits of
information
[1][1]http://dulcimershofar.com/Baroque-Guitar-Sellas-5-course-Taylor-p
-30
16.html
Franz
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Von: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu im Auftrag von RALPH MAIER
Gesendet: Fr 15/10/2010 01:05
An: Luca Manassero
Cc: [3]vihu...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Betreff: [VIHUELA] Re: Pakistani Baroque Guitar?
Thanks for this. It may be a good opportunity for students to get
into
it. Anyone tried them yet?
Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: Luca Manassero<[4]l...@manassero.net>
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:45 pm
Subject: [VIHUELA] Pakistani Baroque Guitar?
To: [5]vihu...@cs.dartmouth.edu
> Dear List,
>
> a member of the French list
> pointed to this German music shop:
> [2][6]http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_baroque_guitar.htm
>
> The Renaissance lute looks *really* awful, but the baroque
> guitar less
> so: of course will probably sound as a stringed cigar box, but
> who knows?
>
> (click on the guitar picture to get a lot more detailed
pictures)
>
> Luca
>
>
>
> To get on or off this list see list information at
> [3][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>
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References
1.
[8]http://dulcimershofar.com/Baroque-Guitar-Sellas-5-course-Taylor-p-30
16.html
2. [9]http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_baroque_guitar.htm
3. [10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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References
1. http://dulcimershofar.com/Baroque-Guitar-Sellas-5-course-Taylor-p-30
2. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
3. mailto:vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
4. mailto:l...@manassero.net
5. mailto:vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
6. http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_baroque_guitar.htm
7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
8.
http://dulcimershofar.com/Baroque-Guitar-Sellas-5-course-Taylor-p-3016.html
9. http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_baroque_guitar.htm
10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
