Different Types of Brazilian Rosewood Innovative Flamenco Guitars / The Latest Innovation in Spain

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Channel: Ruben Diaz Flamenco Guitar · 2014 · Education

Watch on YouTube

Female Cherry &Male BR http://www.rdiaz.org/rdvideo1347.html
Opinions vs Facts http://rdiaz.org/rdvideo1312.html

Examples:

Ex.1/ 00:14 solo
Ex.2/ 01:52 Answer for the magazine

*Ex.3/  04:36  Amazon Rosewood
Ex.4/ 03:48  Rio Rosewood
Ex.5/ 07:05 King Wood
Ex.6/ 08:05 Thai Rosewood
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Why Cypress Guitar is an Obsolete Concept Today...? http://youtu.be/bHk8bbbx6dk?t=14s

In my opinion 1) Ebony Fret board, 2) Rosewood Bridge, 3) Cedar Necks, 4) Bone-Saddle, are all unimaginative choices born out of traditional dogmas plus scarcity of ideas which luckily now belong to the past.

Besides that ebony is also under extinction, see here:

Ebony Critically Endangered:
http://www.rdiaz.org/rdmagazine.html#magazinerec1

There are many factors regarding the process of getting the suitable wood to make guitars. As an example I recently came to know that Ebony is near extinction, 
you can read this article from an interesting wood site
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/ebony-dark-outlook-dark-woods/
which although is not specialized in woods for guitars, nonetheless it does have a lot of general information as well as useful scientific information regarding many types of woods.


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Evolution of Flamenco Guitar As an Instrument
http://www.rdiaz.org/rdvideo1333.html

The Old Conception of Guitar Setting
http://www.rdiaz.org/rdvideo1332.html


A Choice Leading to Ideal http://www.rdiaz.org/rdvideo1348.html

"The Real Thing is How You Play... Not Which Guitar You Play" (Nothing further from the truth)  http://youtu.be/Bxrw4QVp378?t=14s



{Instruments Made Out of Garbage http://youtu.be/sJxxdQox7n0?t=5m38s }


"Trying Guitars" and other Obsolete Ideas
http://youtu.be/GOMuzdIV1e8?t=14s

What if I Can't Afford Yet a Good Flamenco Guitar...?
http://youtu.be/0F6BcS-29vo?t=1m23s

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Ebay set * of probably fresh wood 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CURLY-BRAZILIAN-ROSEWOOD-ACOUSTIC-DREADNAUGHT-GUITAR-LUTHIER-SETS-/390695408981

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