Posted by merv cotcher on October 26, 2005 at 06:43:27:
In Reply to: Re: J Orozco Guitars posted by Noud Koevoets on October 13, 2005 at 06:03:13:
Hi
I bought a Juan Orothco guitar, model/serial no 10-u-26, from The Spanish Guitar centre in Bristol, England in 1980.
I tried it against a Ramirez. The Ramirez was better but only slightly and over twice the price! I paid just over £400 sterling for it. My musical partner bought one exactly the same.
As far as I know Juan Orothco moved his business to New York and Japan. He made/makes strings as well.
Enjoy it
Merv
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: All the way from the Netherlands this message.
: I was studying classical guitar at the end of the seventies and at that moment Orozco as a brand was introduced at the conservatory.
: Good instruments that rivaled the spanisch guitar
: builders of that time.
: And a lot cheaper (half the price!)
: I know there is a site where you can download all kinds of catalogues (americain site!) and
: though Orozco is not mentioned directly they
: do have a catalogue of these instruments and
: prices of that time. Kohno seemed to have worked for the Takamine factories at that time.
: I had contact with the Masaru Kohno site but they
: claim to have never produced any model for Orozco. Look at Trilogy guitars for the model 8, 10 and 15 from the same time. Very comparable!
: Last year I obtained a model 10 Orozco 1979 and
: that was really great. Though I hace a lot of guitars this one's my baby!
: And that includes my J. Ramirez 1974 clase 1a!
: Have lot's of fun with it and maybe someday we'll
: know more, Best Wishes, Noud