Yeah I hear what you're saying. To be honest their strength
(Candelas) is in guitars. I've tried many of their vihuelas and I
have yet to find one that I like. Same goes for their guitarrons. I'm
not saying Candelas is the best in the world b/c they are not. If you
want to talk about the best guitars ever made then lets talk about
Jose Ramirez guitars. But in my opinion I think the best guitars to
use for mariachi is Candelas. But you're right, everybody has there
own opinion and those opinions are based on individual taste.

Roman Coronado

--- In carlosmariachiarmoniaclub@yahoogroups.com, MANNY
<aurelius_maximus74@y...> wrote:
>
> HELLO,
>
> I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR CANDELAS GUITAR. MY MARIACHI
FRIENDS ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS VERY DISPLEASED WITH WHAT HE GOT. HE
PURCHASED A VIHUELA ,AND THIS FRIEND IS REALLY MUSICALLY TRAINED, IT
HAD CRACKED ON HIM. THE CRACK WAS ABOUT 2 !/2 INCHES IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE BACK. TO HIM, AT THAT TIME WAS NO PROBLEM BECAUSE HE
KNEW "CANDELAS" WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. SO HE TOOK IT TO THEM, THEY NO
PROBLEM WE WILL REDO THE WHOLE BACK. SO HE GOT IT, IT LOOKED VERY
GOOD.A MONTH LATER HE NOTICED PEELING WHERE THE CRACK WAS AT. HE GOT
A BIT SUSPICIOUS AND BEGAN TO PEEL IT SOME MORE. WHAT HE BEGAN TO SEE
WAS A BIG SLAB OF WOOD PUTTY OR CLAY. SO THEY BASICALLY COVERED THE
CRACK WITH PUTTY AND PAINTED OVER IT. I WAS PRETTY SAD WHEN I HEARD
IT. I SAID TO MYSELF "NO, NO NOT CANDELAS!" SO MY FRIEND WAS REALLY
UPSET SO HE TOOK IT BACK TO HAVE IT REPAIRED PROPERLY.
>
> CANDELAS IS GOOD BUT IN MY OPINION IT IS GOOD FOR ANYONE TO SHOP
AROUND. FOR EXAMPLE I'M NOT A GUITAR PLAYER I JUST PLAY THE HARP FOR
A CONJUNTO JAROCHO BUT I'M HAVING MY SECOND MARIACHI GUITAR DONE BY
LUTHIER(AND HE'S MEXICAN TO THE BONEBY THE WAY ) "GERMAN VASQUEZ
RUBIO" AND HE IS IN LOS ANGELES ALSO AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT HE
WORKED FOR THE CANDELA'S FAMILY JUST COMING FROM "PARACHO" SO HE GOT
OUT AND STARTED HIS OWN BUISNESS. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF HIM, BUT
THIS GUY IS A BEAST IN MAKING GUITARS OR WHATEVER INSTRUMENT YOU
WANT.HIS GUITARS HAVE BEEN ENTERED IN MANY TOURNAMENTS AND ONE MANY
OF THEM. HIS NAME IS GROWING IN POPULARITY NOT JUST WITHIN THE
MEXICAN COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE "RICHIE RICH CONCERT GUITAR PLAYING
GUEROS" LOOK ALL I'M TELLING YOU IS TO CHECK THIS GUY OUT BUT THEN
AGAIN I EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION. WELL I WILL BE
HAPPY TO KNOW FROM YOU SOON. BYE JOSE
>
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