But Are They Worth It? -

[@beatrixguitar]

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[@EastCoastButtSlasher]

Are you married? My goodness you have the personality, looks and talent, thank you for sharing it with the world

[@SiccasGuitars]

It was nice to have you with us! 😊

[@beatrixguitar]

Thank you! ❤️😊

[@richallenOU812]

Absolutely Amazing Beatrix !!!!! Thanks for sharing your moments with Siccas guitars !!

[@lerouzicmatthieu]

It was a really nice video ! I can't wait to see the videos from Siccas :D

[@beatrixguitar]

Thank you Matthieu! It probably will take them a bit longer but I’m also looking forward to it very much! 😊

[@franciscohinojos8952]

What an awesome video I loved it and the guitars looked beautiful the transparent guitar looks crazy and sounded awesome what a wonderful video you made beatrix love it

[@beatrixguitar]

Frank your comments always make me so happy! Glad you enjoyed the video! :)

[@morcovo]

Thank you Beatrix! Such an enjoyable video.

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@erinikeuchi6447]

I am a Hawaiian slack key guitarist for almost 30 years. I must say that you play beautifully. I have never played classical guitar but listening to you makes me want to learn. I love your excitement going into the guitar shop. I am the same way.

[@TheHesseJames]

Kudos to you for having dared to play Spanish Romance which is probably the equivalent to Stairway to Heaven for electric guitar on those exquisite guitars! 😀

[@beatrixguitar]

haha you're right but I honestly believe Romance is one of the most underrated songs in the academic classical guitar community :D

[@alkisaloneftis9764]

Ok, but can you play Smoke on the Water? 😂

[@MumblingX2]

😂😂😂😂​@@alkisaloneftis9764

[@MumblingX2]

​@@alkisaloneftis9764but only with one finger, please!

[@rleanos]

My cat raise his head up from a sound sleep when you played the second guitar. I even noticed how more difference there was from the first guitar. ❤

[@everdying8851]

What a lovely video! It was nice to see, how much fun you had during the whole trip. I had to pause and laugh during the hardest cut. Going from the start of 'Unruhe', where I got instant goosebumps seeing you perform my all-time favorite piece in this holy recording place and then cut to one of the worst beers around and then drink that wheat beer straight out of the bottle, which made me die a little inside. 🤣

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you had fun watching the video! 🥰 We barbarian Hungarians drink beer straight out of the bottle 😅 to be honest, I didn’t finish it, just poured the last 1-2 dl into the sink 🥲

[@oliverf.rupert5408]

Man, Really Digging those guitars. Nice seeing you Beatrix. 👍

[@beatrixguitar]

All of them were so beautiful and cool! Thanks Oliver for watching!

[@xoxb2]

I liked the perspex one the best! Interesting vlog. Will look out for the Siccas videos of your performances.

[@beatrixguitar]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Fortheclassicalguitarist]

Awesome Vlog! Really cool to see the behind the scenes to this awesome place

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you feel that way! Yeah and there are way more cool things to share but for some things you just have to go there 😎😃

[@albertusdrostable]

The plastic guitar from 1958 sounds amazing. I never expected that.

[@oldgoat381]

The back and sides of a guitar have only a minimal effect on tone compared to their effect on volume. Most of the tone of a guitar comes from the top (soundboard) and the hardness of the material the back and sides of the guitar are made from drastically increases the volume. I have a couple of plastic backed instruments (not just guitars either) and they are somewhat brilliant sounding as well as loud. Definitely not for everyone, but a very imposing sound if you need it.

[@MumblingX2]

But you have to clean it inside too 😅😅

[@romydelarosa6813]

Splendid time I had just watching and listening to glimpses of tunes from really great line up of guitars, including the plastic 1958!

[@Gadzinisko]

5:15 1000 Euro discount? It's a steal! You should have gone for it. Looked like a nice and fruitful trip for you, Betti!

[@beatrixguitar]

Hahaha I agree! It was a fun and interesting trip indeed 😁

[@Linhjoe]

Hi Beatrix I really enjoyed this video, thank you very much for sharing. This is my dream and now I was dreaming a little away. I have not been to a guitar shop, but bought my guitars online. It looks so exciting and you are so cheerful and funny. Hugs from Linda

[@beatrixguitar]

Thank you Linda, if you ever have a chance visit a local guitar shop with a good reputation, it’s nice to connect with other guitar nerds 😀 thanks for watching! 😌

[@JamieCruz-g1f]

Awesome. Such a talented lady

[@vgfjr505]

Great video!!! As a scientist I have to say a lot about it. It demonstrates a very important point. The back and side woods don’t really matter!! Yet we have been driving some of these woods to the brink of extinction because of our perceived bias. It was none other than the father of the modern classical and flamenco guitar, Torres, that claimed the back and sides don’t matter. He actually built a paper mache guitar to prove this point. Knowing what I know about structural and vibration engineering, I would definitely say the sides really don’t matter. They should be just stiff enough to maintain the guitar structure. The back technically could have a more important role than the sides, but it’s still a secondary effect compared to the top, which is by far the most important piece. You can use any stiff wood and work it to avoid resonance interference with the top. The neck and bridge is probably the third most important piece in terms of sound, but they rise to possibly secondary status because of their relevancy to ergonomics (i.e., playability) and intonation. As with the back, this is more of proper execution and wood stiffness rather than wood tone quality. Many times Torres didn’t have the woods that he desired but he made the best of what he had by using his good craftsmanship. Some of his most famous guitars used four pieces to form the backs, and the pieces came from different woods and wood planks altogether!! A good craftsman will obtain the best out of the woods on hand, as Torres demonstrated. The point is, don’t be picky with what the back and sides are made from, by their look, or even by the label name; we are getting better quality guitars these days from many local luthiers, and even from high end small manufacturers, because knowledge is finally spreading around, and old myths are dying. Learn what makes a guitar a good one. Find out what intonation, playability, balance, sustain, etc., mean. Tone quality is a matter of preference. Guitars are very personal instruments, so please try as many as you can before forking out major $$$. Beware, buying a guitar you have not heard nor played in person is a gamble. Let’s conserve, and let’s be wise about how we construct instruments, otherwise there won’t be enough woods to build good instruments in the future.

[@chanlac2012]

Thanks!

[@beatrixguitar]

Oh thanks for supporting!

[@aaronhuffman3343]

You're wonderful. You did very good.❤

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you enjoyed the video! 😌

[@PhilosophyofGuitar]

At 3:37 I got excited because these are the first 3 notes of Stairway To Heaven. If you played the whole riff, it would've been a memorable event in history: playing Stairway To Heaven in a guitar store like every teenage boy and his proud middle-aged dad at Guitar Center on Saturday... but you unapologetically playing it anyway just because phok, why not? You get to make that cool when you're the one holding the $40,000 Classical guitar!

[@progers86]

Incredible views at the end of the vlog. 🔥🔥

[@MumblingX2]

I love that "losing pick proof" transparent guitar 😂. You're great, thank you!!

[@jasongultjaeff9397]

Fun and entertaining video I enjoyed watching. I think the 2nd guitar sounded the best, or its the one you seemed to like the most? It sounded great. Outside of that, I love the tourist shots / videos at the end...Germany & Austria look amazing (those castles) and I would love to go there one day. New subscriber and I like your channel a lot. Please keep up the great work!

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your kind comments on my videos! 😁

[@carolaguitarra]

Well done video Beatrix, thank you!

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@vagamorneval8451]

Nice travel, nice video , thanks.

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@giampaolomarcattili2799]

Simpaticissima!!🤩

[@janicegeorge-allen1924]

😊😊😊 Best wishes love the classical guitar 😊

[@beatrixguitar]

Many thanks!!

[@Skinny_Karlos]

Nice guitars, all !! I've got a Raamirez 1971 1A Cedar top, which cost me $7990.00 about a decade ago. It sounds fantastic and although has a longer 6664mm scale length my left hand fingers can cope with the extra effort. It'll be with me 'til I die. You did a good job in front of all those people and cameras - KUDOS to YOU !!

[@P.B.andJam]

Last year I found a 1973 Juan Alvarez Blanco cedar top flamenco, at a pawn shop in Idaho..for $100. "It's a (mass produced) cheap Japanese Alvarez Classical, not worth anything" They didn't even recognize the Brazilian rosewood bridge and fret board. I've been questioning my atheism ever since. I've got to be the only guy in Idaho playing flamenco and it was just a random stop at a random pawn shop, looking for Breaking Bad DvDs, but ended up literally the happiest day of my 50year life

[@Skinny_Karlos]

@@P.B.andJam Half your luck, mate.

[@nerfnerfification]

It can happen - I bought a 1974 Jose Ramirez 1a for about $1500 US recently thanks to no one else wanting to bid on the auction for some weird reason - always wanted one for many years so that at least one item I shall not regret missing out on.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

Good luck and good fortune to you it seems. Happy days.@@nerfnerfification

[@ronimusala]

This was soo cool, I want that transpartent guitar so much lol. Also, I think every blog should include a beer review haha ( not endorsing alcoholism).

[@jensgranderath6891]

she was drinking hefeweizen from the BOTTLE. i don't get how this is even possible

[@StephiSensei26]

Fun lady, fine musician. I hope you took the J. Romanillos. I would have. It probably was either played by or owned by Julian Bream! Egesjegedre!

[@zixednatz]

The plastic back and sides look and sounds amazing!!! I may ask our local luthier here to make me one.

[@altaporro]

Excellent!

[@beatrixguitar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@c4arschfisch51]

What pice is this that you are playing on the Plastik Guitar ? Like it verry much... ❤️

[@leoaurich]

Nice "behind the scenes" of what happens at Sicccas Guitars

[@beatrixguitar]

Thank you! It was hard to film while we were so busy working, but I think the video makes sense and has a good story overall :D

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

Do you mainly play Siccas guitars and what else would you recommend in the $1000-$2000 range?

[@christopheracosta611]

Loved the video! What was the name of the piece you were playing on the plastic guitar?

[@c4arschfisch51]

Sadly i dont know, but i was like to know it too..

[@c4arschfisch51]

The mermaid and the fisher by Maria Linnemann,

[@Doo_Doo_Patrol]

I have a Geog Bolin,1953, named Var, with a little o over the a. I believe rosewood and spruce. I had to replace he unique tuning knobs as they were worn out. It has had a crack sealed on the face where pieces join under the bridge. It sounds great as far as I am concerned. I am not a professional so there is that, but I think I do pretty well for a hobbyist. It was used and did not cost a whole hell of a lot.

[@chupie]

Gosh that would be a dream come true. It looked sooooooo fun. I am never so happy as the rare day I get to spend with another guitar person. Throw all these amazing guitars in and I would be in a coma of happiness.

[@beatrixguitar]

I knoooow I was like a little labrador puppy, running around and laughing constantly, I had the zoomies all day. If you are ever visiting Germany, make sure to squeeze in a day for Siccas, really worth it!

[@chupie]

@@beatrixguitar I definitely would if I ever did.

[@saleseng]

I started with classical guitar back in the mid-1980s but switched to electric I still have my classic and I still know how to play the romance on guitar like you demonstrated in the show room😊

[@beatrixguitar]

That’s great! It’s a very pretty song!

[@aminhyper]

Interesting vlog Thanks❤🤝

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it! I think I'll try to make more in the future, this was a lot of fun :)

[@lucasclp3478]

hey ! really cool video ! amazing place, what is the music played at 10:26 ? 😁

[@flyingmolamola]

I’ve heard before that the back and sides of the guitar really don’t matter. I don’t remember who it was, but one luthier made a cardboard back and side guitar, and apparently it sounded good.What’s important is the soundboard, so I’m thinking the transparent guitar will sound good, as long as it made with good wood.

[@TheHesseJames]

I have a Martin DX1 Dreadnaught which has a Resopal like back and it sounds fantastic!

[@SkaMar]

It was Torres.

[@tmjcbs]

Hey: I have the record shown at 11:42 hanging under the KZbin plaquette; it's Paco Pena's 1981 fine recording 'Flamenco Vivo - Live in Munich' on the Aconcagua label...just thought I'd mention it...

[@beatrixguitar]

I love how people in the comments get mad about that poor Big Mac 😂 Take it easy y’all ❤

[@Doo_Doo_Patrol]

If people want to eat crap food, it is their own business.

[@progers86]

@@beatrixguitar moment of silence for that poor, poor big Mac. 🙏🏾😂

[@MichaelSchmalGuitar]

Beautiful on the "Romance!"

[@iva.guitar]

Loved the Vlog Bea!!😄

[@beatrixguitar]

Thank you Iva, have a lovely weekend! :)

[@iva.guitar]

@@beatrixguitar you too☺️

[@PhilosophyofGuitar]

That plastic guitar had an immense tone! Massive resonance and harmonicity. Your technique is impeccable btw. I'm jelly of your right hand 😅

[@jeffarab4947]

Lovely and awesome place

[@coryr6359]

I have a 1990's jose ramirez R4.. can you give some input on this guitar? i find the action is quite.. pronounced. not sure if this is normal or not lol.. anyways! thanks, love your content

[@fuffy442]

What make guitar do you play? It sounds wonderful.

[@recboilable]

What beautiful playing! What is the name of the piece you were playing?

[@IvaldoGTR]

boa noite , tenho uma pergunta a fazer ; vocês não tem nenhum exemplar de violões Brasileiro? tipo; Sergio abreu, João Batista, Terssarine, Lineu Bravo, Jô nunes ?

[@LadyRainbowUnicorn]

What was the last song you played on that clear guitar?

[@markjordan4647]

What guitar(s) do you use yourself? Are you tempted to change?

[@beatrixguitar]

I play a Gioachino Giussani from 2020 and I wouldn’t part from it. Although I could have brought a few instruments home from Siccas for sure

[@Guitariuga]

What's the name of the piece you've played on a plastic guitar, Beatrix? Thanks in advance!

[@beatrixguitar]

It’s The mermaid and the fisher by Maria Linnemann, you can find it on my channel or on my album

[@BrianSikorski]

"Now the guitar knows its place!" Haha!

[@thadtuiol1717]

Excuse me, could you repeat the name of the luthier of the second guitar you played?

[@granthurlburt4062]

That room has terrific acoustics.

[@okhakumeisei]

Whats the name of the piece you played with the plastic guitar

[@okhakumeisei]

Figured it out, it's called mermaid and the fisherman ;If anyone is interested

[@kma5699]

Isn't the Siccas name the same as your main guitar? Did you find anything there you'd consider purchasing or is yours still the one you'd pick?

[@beatrixguitar]

Nono, my guitar was made by Gioachino Giussanni, an Italian luthier. Your question is very interesting and I was thinking about it a lot since my trip. I've been playing on my guitar for over 3 years now and it has a really well defined sound and feel by now, and I know everything about it, so it's super comfy to me. At Siccas I mostly played brand new guitars, and a fresh guitar never has as much of a well defined sound as one that someone have been using for a while, I hope this makes sense. The new guitars need to be played. So while there were lots of guitars I felt good about and I know there's a huge potential in them in the long run, at the stage where they were it's not really a good trade for my guitar which I already "broke in" or as we say, played in. But of course, as a second guitar I'd bring home most of the guitars I tried hahaha :D The one for example I tried at 7:11 was sooo good, maybe a bit too big for my hand, but still I really enjoyed that one.

[@kma5699]

@@beatrixguitar yeah, I can only imagine the bond you have with your guitar you've had for 3 years. I'm probably the opposite of that as I have a ton of guitars and while I like them all, I don't have a favorite. Since I have several guitars I was kind of suggesting if you were to buy a new one, not trade in your current one now. I haven't been tuning in to your videos for a little while now. I think you were just starting your teaching gig. Please tell me you didn't get laser surgery for your eyes. I miss the old look with your glasses. 🙂

[@beatrixguitar]

@@kma5699 Oh no, I only wear lenses, sometiems it's easier and more comfortable thank glasses. I don't teach at music school anymore, I have a few private students but I became a freelancer a year ago and do my own things now :)

[@MintyRiverboat-px5jd]

Crisp and sturdy

[@deepakvyas1976]

so the clear guitar back and sides. Are you intentionally making it buzz?

[@everdying8851]

A full 10 out of 10 for the entry of Mr. Luchena. Announcing yourself with "singing birds", then pretending to be too modest and shy to be shown in your video and then walk out of the room, as the coolest guy around. And the first words with that rough voice is: "Hang on. I will close or everyone will know... our secrets...". This is how you do it.

[@beatrixguitar]

He was the true main character there. What an energy 😃😂

[@voornaam3191]

Are you both Unfree Masons, or something even worse? What is going on, here? Gee Sus!

[@c4arschfisch51]

Nice to see you there, having fun.. i defenetly want to visit Siccas too. I am on a sound quality- comparison Journey. I Player a Hanika 60 pf lattice. It was my entry in the high quality world of classical guitars. I have a vew good Guitars that make me Happy too, at home. Like an Raimundo black limba. It s only about 800 € .. 1\4 of the Hanika. But it hast defenetly some good qualitys too. Maybe the G String ist a little to much "Plastik" like. But i was looking for a little massive punchy and good singing Sounding guitar for traveling, without to much worry about a damage. But i was looking for another 'Meisterklasseguitar' thats gives me an oposite to the Hanika. Do you try some Hanika guitars too? Greetings

[@sensorgyuri1]

Klassz volt!

[@markcafebrown2883]

Your music is beautiful. Yes your hair looked nice enough for tomorrow

[@CeresKLee]

For moment I thought you gonna play "Stairway to Heaven" with that A minor chord at 3:38. 7:18, a classical guitar with a mute? Can you wah-wah the mute? I see on trumpet and trombones. While that joy on the your face, this is ONE.

[@williwaizenegger3853]

I guess the best thing about the plastic guitar is that it makes it easier to retrieve the pick you dropped in the sound hole.

[@vihuelamig]

Interesting 'transparent guitar', presumably made to display internal construction details. Back in the very early 90's I visited one of the Granada makers on cuesta de Gomerez who also had built a perspex guitar. Apologies but his name escapes me although I have a photo or two of him. He had built it to display the back bars - which ran up and down the length of the back rather than the usual method of running across the back.

[@beatrixguitar]

That’s very interesting!

[@vihuelamig]

@@beatrixguitar Francisco Manuel Diaz. I think it was him who showed me his perspex guitar. I can't be 100% certain because I visited 7 or 8 guitar makers in Granada and it was a long time ago.

[@MarcosDana]

Lovely

[@ayabimou]

Wow I'm very envious lol 😂

[@thefluteprayer]

💚

[@tero9323]

10:40 This guitar sounds so nice. It may be the best, I guess.

[@inglesfluente2693]

10:03 Duo Abreu picture in the back 😭

[@j.j.1064]

Would love to hear you play my Marcelo Barbero (hijo) 1974 I phoned Sicca guitars on Saturday. (They didn't answer the phone) ?

[@beatrixguitar]

Idk their work schedule, but I know they are also visiting guitar festivals a lot, maybe you were unlucky and found a day to call when no one was in :/ Idk

[@ylf0055]

nice!

[@manu6cuerdas1982]

Fernando Mazza is from Argentina =)

[@adamputu5448]

Romance De Amour I Love That

[@beatrixguitar]

It really is a lovely piece! And I think it’s very underrated in the professional guitar community!

[@beatrixguitar]

It really is a lovely piece! And I think it’s very underrated in the professional guitar community!

[@adamputu5448]

@@beatrixguitar That's Right 👍

[@simon-oy6um]

You can make 100 instruments out of the same wood supply and the can all sound different ,how you play them can make a difference 😊

[@Insidia85]

The best part was the spaghetti and sauce gift. As Italian , I wish you enjoy a good "piatto di spaghetti col sugo" after the journey

[@beatrixguitar]

The spaghetti was amazing, maybe the best brand I've ever tried :D

[@charlesallan6978]

Every guitar is WORTH the parts,labour,and material that went into them. Add a y and you get worthy. Value is a different concept altogether and more in keeping with your presentation.

[@spruceguitar]

I wish she had played the Michel Brück at 9:14

[@jgunther3398]

i've been sicca guitars for years

[@bassholic705]

The highlights of this video were, of course, the Big Mac and the duck! The guitars were pretty nice too I guess...

[@beatrixguitar]

Big Mac is life. Imagine when I saw the tiny corner of the logo behind that tree, it was almost unnoticable but I FOUND IT! :D The guitars were very very cool too though hahaha

[@CanadianDivergent]

i almost died when the first two notes she played on the Romanillos were from Stairway to heaven ugh...😂

[@AMADEUS1371]

With a sealing 12 feet high, even a chityt guitar wille sound good...

[@christopherstanford5599]

Plastic back & sides, wow.🤗

[@carlossori2877]

"""it s not the music on radio is t the person with the dial"""" that plastic one i love to try it

[@petercorbett3794]

I’m not an expert on acoustic classical guitar. But I know electric players. You can give the maestros a cheap guitar and cheap amplification and in 10-30 mins they’ve found the ‘sweet spot’ of the kit and they’re making it sound like it’s worth a fortune. They only play the expensive gear because you don’t have to waste so much time working out how to make it work! You could give Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius any git box and any rig and they would make it sing (eventually). I’m sure classical acoustic players are no different.

[@ميدوحمودة-ص8ب]

My eyes never lie, you are so beautiful I want to invite you to Egypt, the most beautiful country in the world❤

[@billyhuynh6554]

i love german guitar made as great since hauser until hanika guitars

[@kukurucho5353]

Tocas casi tan bien como lucía Hermosín. O igual de bien, no sé todavía.

[@RNicolasRuvalcaba]

Playing Romance de Amor on those guitars is like playing Mary had a little lamb on a Stienway piano.

[@IvaldoGTR]

a proposito eu fiz a pergunta ao Siccas Guitars.

[@slowswimmer9169]

This video proves that B&S doesn't matter much

[@gitaarmanad3048]

35.000. Are they worth it? Building a guitar takes between 300 and 350 hours. Best materials like Rio rosewood and good spruce for the top and ebony board, bridge and nut material and a set of top of the line tuning machines. Al materials, say between 1200 - 2000 euros. That leaves us with 33.000 devided by 350 hours makes ruffly 95 Euro's per hour. Taxes, housing and heating the workshop are to be payed off from that amount. In practice it leaves you with 50 per cent of this 95 per hour, is 47,50 per hour. I think it's definitely worth it. Don't you?

[@xycvbn]

English with Persian accent 😊

[@marciodisperatti]

! T H N X !