Yeah, I've never been really into guitars, more what you can do with them. I stopped shelling out thousands of dollars for guitars about 10yrs. ago when I had a Gibson 335 custom shop guitar crack on me from taking it in and out of the cold. Now I just have a couple of "workhorse" guitars that get the job done and can be easily replaced if something happens to them.

So lets talk Flamenco, it's not often I get to talk to someone on this forum about Flamenco. So have you learned any of the song forms yet (Solea, Bulerias, Seville, Tangos, Tarantas, Alegria)?

Have you checked out any of the old timers yet, like Carlos Montoya, Sabicas, Nino Ricardo? I think Sabicas may be a little faster and cleaner then Paco de lucia.