Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde Flamenco Guitar – A Legendary Flamenca Blanca from the Golden Era

Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde Flamenco Guitar - Authentic Madrid flamenco sound with history and character

The Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar is an expressive original from the famous Madrid Conde dynasty and bears the unmistakable tonal signature of Faustino Conde. To this day, instruments from his workshop are synonymous with the explosive, direct and uncompromising flamenco tone that has shaped the style of entire generations. For players and collectors, this Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar offers a rare opportunity to experience the genuine Conde sound from a particularly esteemed era.

Faustino Conde, who emerged from the school of Domingo Esteso together with his brothers Julio and Mariano, is considered by connoisseurs to have the finest feel for sound, response and balance. The guitars of the 1980s in particular mark a mature phase in his work: traditionally built, uncompromisingly designed for flamenco and at the same time astonishingly controlled and musically versatile. The Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar exemplifies precisely these qualities.

In terms of sound, this Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar clearly presents itself as a classic flamenca blanca. The sound is fast, direct and highly percussive. The basses are dry, punchy and precise, the mids are woody and present, while the trebles shine with that typical Conde brilliance that effortlessly carries rasgueados, picado and alzapúa to the front. At the same time, the instrument has enough warmth and dynamics to create lyrical passages with expression and depth.

The Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar was made from traditional tonewoods of Spanish flamenco guitar making. The top is made from selected spruce, the back and sides from fine cypress. The Spanish cedar neck sits comfortably in the hand, while the ebony fingerboard ensures stability and a precise response. With a scale length of 650 mm and a nut width of 52 mm, the guitar offers an authentic, professional playing feel. The string action is set at a flamenco-style low setting and enables extremely fast, effortless playing across the entire fingerboard.

This Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar has been played intensively and shows honest signs of use, as you would expect from a seriously used flamenco instrument. It is important to mention that this Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar no longer has the original varnish. It has been repainted with shellac. For this reason, the instrument is being offered at a particularly attractive price - an excellent opportunity for players who are looking for a genuine Faustino Conde sound and place less value on complete originality.

The original wooden pegs work well. On request, however, we can replace them with high-quality fine tuning pegs from Wittner to provide additional comfort and tuning stability.

The Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar is supplied with a newer guitar case.

A Faustino Conde guitar from the 1980s is much more than just an instrument. The Hermanos Conde 1988 Faustino Conde flamenco guitar is a piece of living flamenco history - raw, direct, full of character and rarely found today in this authenticity.

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