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Post by davewhite on Apr 15, 2016 9:38:51 GMT
I paid a visit to jonnymosco this week and he kindly put "El Xiprer" through its paces and we compared it to "El Diamante Negro". To paraphrase the Carling seagull advert - it's very good but not quite flamenco. A little too full and resonant in the trebles so I'm going to put the crappy black nylon La Bella treble strings back on  Here's Jonny letting rip on "El Xiprer": "El Xiprer Jonny M"I also got the chance to play his lovely new Sobell - very tasty  |
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Post by Martin on Apr 15, 2016 9:46:20 GMT
Sounds amazeballs, Dave That Jonny fella sure can play a bit too  |
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 15, 2016 10:35:34 GMT
Sounds good to me!
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Post by colins on Apr 15, 2016 10:58:02 GMT
I'd be proud to have built that Dave.  Colin |
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Post by jonnymosco on Apr 15, 2016 20:20:10 GMT
I really enjoyed playing El Xiprer - it has all the exciting fret noise of a flamenco and made my flamencoey efforts sing. In comparison with my flamenco (which Dave helped build) which has little sustain and a percussive tone, it had a fullness to the tone and sustain, not necessarily a bad thing, just different to mine. The strings will make a difference and I'm looking forward to playing it again.
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Post by francis on Apr 26, 2016 18:07:09 GMT
Wow - nowt wrong with that - bravo!
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Post by davewhite on Mar 16, 2017 15:55:52 GMT
James Daubney ( jwdaubney) dropped round at the weekend and put "El Xiprer" through its paces. He kindly let me do a recording: James playing "El Xiprer""El Xiprer" is currently spending some quality time with James  |
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 16, 2017 16:34:13 GMT
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Post by R the F on Mar 16, 2017 18:35:24 GMT
Well that's at least three people: the two guitarists and Dave dancing - no wonder he didn't do a video!
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Post by davewhite on Mar 16, 2017 18:41:48 GMT
Well that's at least three people: the two guitarists and Dave dancing - no wonder he didn't do a video! Well . . . the mp3 was taken from the video (shot using a Zoom Q2 HD) so I have the proof that it was one guitarist and Dave frantically resisting the temptation to dance and hold the camera still  |
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Post by missclarktree on Mar 21, 2017 15:24:24 GMT
Great stuff! And I recognised the choons too, for a change! 
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Post by leshy on May 14, 2017 8:02:21 GMT
This is just superb.
Awesomeness...
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Here's Jonny letting rip on "El Xiprer":
Jo whoever he is.
