Conde Hermanos…
is an iconic brand when it comes to flamenco guitar. This guitar comes from the workshop at Gravina 7 street in Madrit from the golden era of the greatest masters.
This is used flamenco Conde guitar for sale: has many marks of use, signs of wear and some healed breaks. Now is in perfect working order – is very comfortable and sounds just great. Spec:
- Top: spruce
- Body: cypress
- Scale: 660mm
- Nut: 52mm
- Strings spread at the nut: 43mm
- Strings spread at the bridge: 58mm
Conde Hermanos guitar builders like no others. They have enormous impact on flamenco guitar history like no other luthiers. Three brothers Faustino, Julio and Mariano started as guitar builders at Domingo Esteso – the great master, who was the head of the workshop and trainer in their early years. When Esteso passed away they started to make guitars in their own style. At the beginning they used a name “Sobrinos de Domingo Esteso“, they struggled with their craft as at that time it was not easy to make a living from making flamenco guitars. When the young Paco de Lucia finally became aware of Conde at the end of the 60s beginning of the 70s – he had previously played Ramirez – they had created their own type of guitar, with incredibly strong basses and singing trebles – simply brilliant flamenco guitars. Paco was seen from then on almost exclusively with this brand, which naturally found its imitators due to the popularity of Paco. In the old TV recordings of the 70s there is almost no young guitarist who didn’t play Conde. Faustino Conde, who is considered to be in charge of the construction of the old Condes, has written flamenco history. This legend of the Condes has remained to this day.
