PinoyGibson Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Does any of my Gibson friends here play classical guitar too? been trying to work on this piece for awhile it needs further polishing but I figured you folks will like it so here it goes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv6aD1Hm4nk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Nice! Don't play classical, but have a luthier friend and a brother in law that do. I'm in awe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinoyGibson Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Nice! Don't play classical, but have a luthier friend and a brother in law that do. I'm in awe! Thanks Oldcowboy! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Woohoo! Great one Rondo my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinoyGibson Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Woohoo! Great one Rondo my friend! Hey Drathbun nice to see you hear man! I enjoyed our "Time in a bottle" jam at your store last Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Relic Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Hi I don't play strict classical pieces , but I own a NTX 1200 Yamaha with nylon strings and I love the feel and the the sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I have a mid-line Alvarez classical. Although I don't play classical music per say, I use it very often for Latin Jazz (Jobim and such). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I do a bit. I have a Manuel Rodriquez A-Cut I know a handful of pieces and always looking for another one. I've been working on an arrangement of Cavatina for my Nieces wedding, she wants to use that for her processional. I've got it worked out time wise where it should work nicely. I need to record ti, but I've been procrastinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 There is a forum member called Matt Sear who is just a whizz on a classical. Except he's not been active for a long time on the board unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogeye Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I have a Brazilian Ramirez and play classical a lot. Christopher Parkening had a summer home in Bozeman and held his masters program here for many years. I was lucky enough to see many excellent concerts By Parkening and his students as well as audit many of his classes. I liked your submission and hope you post more. It's not widely known but Gibson/Montana was a Ramirez distributor for many years in the early 1990's. Parkening is a endorsee for Ramirez but was never affiliated with the Gibson program. He was and endorsee of the other American distributor -Sherry Brenner. Muriel Anderson was a student of Parkening's and came to his program for many years. She was just a kid in those days and was very flattered when someone recognized her. Those were exciting days for Bozeman and the guitar community. She could be found at Music Villa jamming with anyone that was brave enough to sit with her. Gibson toyed with the idea of making high end classical guitars and the Custom Shop in Bozeman made several Brazilian Rosewood Ramirez clones. They were excellent guitars. Kevin Kopp was in charge of the program and he did an amazing job. I always wanted one of them but Gibson wouldn't sell them. They just sort of disappeared over the years. At least two G.M's took some as well as the Marketing Director. Didn't mean to hijack the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I have a nice Spanish-made Pavan, by Tom Prisloe. Cedar top, rosewood b&s, ebony board, etc. I bought it strictly for Brazilian music, which I ironically never play these days. It's a beautiful guitar, and is wasted on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinoyGibson Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 I have a Brazilian Ramirez and play classical a lot. Christopher Parkening had a summer home in Bozeman and held his masters program here for many years. I was lucky enough to see many excellent concerts By Parkening and his students as well as audit many of his classes. I liked your submission and hope you post more. It's not widely known but Gibson/Montana was a Ramirez distributor for many years in the early 1990's. Parkening is a endorsee for Ramirez but was never affiliated with the Gibson program. He was and endorsee of the other American distributor -Sherry Brenner. Muriel Anderson was a student of Parkening's and came to his program for many years. She was just a kid in those days and was very flattered when someone recognized her. Those were exciting days for Bozeman and the guitar community. She could be found at Music Villa jamming with anyone that was brave enough to sit with her. Gibson toyed with the idea of making high end classical guitars and the Custom Shop in Bozeman made several Brazilian Rosewood Ramirez clones. They were excellent guitars. Kevin Kopp was in charge of the program and he did an amazing job. I always wanted one of them but Gibson wouldn't sell them. They just sort of disappeared over the years. At least two G.M's took some as well as the Marketing Director. Didn't mean to hijack the thread. I would've loved to see and hear a Gibson made classical guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcntryblues Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Yes, Pinoy, I seem to mostly be playing classical guitar these days on my (dirt cheap) Yamaha C-40. I also often play classical pieces on my L-00. (The L-00 is just a great guitar for any fingerstyle genre, really.) I began a few years ago teaching myself to read music while working through the Ontario Royal Conservatory of Music grade level books. I am currently on the grade 3 book. I have begun saving (savings are meagre at this point!) for a true Spanish guitar - an Alhambra 5P that I will purchase at The Twelfth Fret in Toronto (what a great guitar shop, btw) - hopefully in a year or so I'll have the savings together! The Conservatory books are great because they contain a nice variety of renaissance, baroque, romantic, and contemporary/modern pieces. I find the contemporary/modern ones are the most fun to learn and play because they are so different from anything I had ever done on a guitar before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyGhost Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I wouldn't have the audacity of saying I "play" classical music but I do work through a number of pieces (Mozart, Sor, etc, and contemporary works) from various published works including student books for examination purposes. A lot of fun in many ways particularly as it encouraged me to commence to learn theory along with sight reading. I have a three nylon stringed guitars, all Cedar tops, including an Alhambra 7C which I find a delight and, boy, does it ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinoyGibson Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 I wouldn't have the audacity of saying I "play" classical music but I do work through a number of pieces (Mozart, Sor, etc, and contemporary works) from various published works including student books for examination purposes. A lot of fun in many ways particularly as it encouraged me to commence to learn theory along with sight reading. I have a three nylon stringed guitars, all Cedar tops, including an Alhambra 7C which I find a delight and, boy, does it ring. Awesome! I have a Cordoba C9 with a solid european spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides. I am eyeing an Almansa 459 in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinoyGibson Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Yes, Pinoy, I seem to mostly be playing classical guitar these days on my (dirt cheap) Yamaha C-40. I also often play classical pieces on my L-00. (The L-00 is just a great guitar for any fingerstyle genre, really.) I began a few years ago teaching myself to read music while working through the Ontario Royal Conservatory of Music grade level books. I am currently on the grade 3 book. I have begun saving (savings are meagre at this point!) for a true Spanish guitar - an Alhambra 5P that I will purchase at The Twelfth Fret in Toronto (what a great guitar shop, btw) - hopefully in a year or so I'll have the savings together! The Conservatory books are great because they contain a nice variety of renaissance, baroque, romantic, and contemporary/modern pieces. I find the contemporary/modern ones are the most fun to learn and play because they are so different from anything I had ever done on a guitar before. That's great man! I learned to read music on the guitar by using Christopher Parkening's method books. Those Alhambra guitars are pretty nice and I heard they sound great too! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Sounds really good...Keep it up. I am envious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinoyGibson Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Sounds really good...Keep it up. I am envious. Thank you! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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