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• pickitjohn South Texas Corpus, San Antonio, AustinVirtuoso Patenotte 260

  April 2014 Posts: 936

  I Believe these Music Link Dell Arte's have been discontinued, not to be confused with the original John S. Kinnard Instruments
  
  here's a link on this site of the Music Link Dell Arte Catalog...
  http://www.djangobooks.com/archives/dell_arte_catalog.pdf
  
  @djangoisgod
  did you get a different G J guitar? :hmmm:
  
  pick on
  pickitjohn :peace:

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• markseale ✭

  April 2014 Posts: 13

  Please post pics. What shape is the neck? Is the neck maple or mahogany, the catalog specs mahogany.
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  April 2014 Posts: 6,153

  pickitjohn wrote: »

  I Believe these Music Link Dell Arte's have been discontinued, not to be confused with the original John S. Kinnard Instruments
  

  
  The Music Link Dell Arte's were short lived (built around 2006-2007). They were redesigned by Music Link and are now built in their custom shop and sold under the Paris Swing brand name:
  
  http://www.djangobooks.com/Category/paris-swing
  
  

  
• Al Watsky New JerseyVirtuoso

  May 2014 Posts: 440

  The catalog seems to indicate that the "signature" models are essentially Favino clones. One Jacques and one JP. Then the other models are Sel/Mac.
  That works. :-bd
• Steveareno ✭✭✭

  May 2014 Posts: 349

  I have a Dell Arte (US made) Favino size guitar. I'm a small guy, but I like the tone of the big body. Do the Favino size bodies generally produce more low end and mid range than Selmer size guitars? I think Favino originally wanted to come up with something "different" and they were very popular when introduced. Seems like most modern builders are sticking with the Selmer size. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
  Swang on,
• Al Watsky New JerseyVirtuoso

  May 2014 Posts: 440

  Favino's tend to have more lows and low mids and a smoother top.
  The Selmer thing is bright but balanced and in the right hands cutting.
  Both are great.
  Its nice to have both sounds.
  The Selmer is a bit more comfy if your not a large person.
  More classical guitar size.
  A nice compromise is the Favino Macias size which is between both.