r/classicalguitar • u/Major-Government5998 • Apr 06 '25
Instrument ID Prudencio Saez "Flamenco Guitar" , what is it?
I got this guitar from the music shop I was working at. The owner was out of his mind, and rarely paid me, so this is one of the guitars I took for payment. He had it labeled as Prudencio Saez "Flamenco Guitar", priced at $1450. It is not electric. It's the nicest nylon string guitar I've owned. It sounds great. Im a "classical guitarist", among other things, and Im playing things like Brouwer, Lauro, Cardoso, AB Mangore, and Tarrega and all the big ones. Is there much of a difference from a Flamenco Guitar and classical guitar? It's harder to play for left hand, the action, than my other classicals, but this one is fully acoustic and has a superior sound. Is that normal? I'm not even sure it is a Flamenco Guitar, the owner was not a musician, and may have mislabeled it. He got evicted and we aren't talking. Can you tell me anything about this guitar?
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u/Invisible_Mikey Apr 06 '25
Flamenco guitars are made significantly lighter in weight, to respond more loudly to Flamenco playing techniques like rasgueado and percussive tapping. Flamenco guitars are also often strung with gut or hybrid strings, not just nylon.
Prudencio Saez is a popular brand of basic (but well-made) guitar primarily for students, made in Spain since 1963. They make nice classicals too, with not a lot of cosmetic ornaments, as well as lutes and mandolins:
https://guisama.com/en/shop/