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Moreno’s Maurice Dupont 1993 Solid Maple Favino Style Oval Hole Guitar with Hardshell Case (Very Rar

Moreno’s Maurice Dupont 1993 Solid Maple Favino Style Oval Hole Guitar with Hardshell Case (Very Rar
This extremely rare Dupont was personally built to Jacques Favino specs for the Gypsy jazz legend Moreno. This guitar was also played by the legendary Tchan Tchou Vidal. Moreno used this guitar to record his Moreno Bolero CD.

In the liner notes for Moreno Bolero, Moreno praises the guitar with the following accolades:


"....there are also encounters which make the difference, like with Maurice Dupont, a stringed-instrument maker in Cognac who deserves to be more widely known. He does beautiful work and, above all, knows how to listen and adapt to the needs of each musician. Thanks to him, I think I finally have the guitar that fits my personality. The relation with the instrument is fundamental. What is most important is to find one's identity, one's own sound, not to lose what you have inside you, all the things that you want to express..."


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Maurice Dupont did his apprenticeship under Jacques Favino, and is therefore the only living luthier, other then JP Favino, who has the skills and knowledge to build a true Jacques Favino style guitar. Maurice even used the original Favino molds to make the body! To my knowledge, this is the only Favino Maurice has ever built under his own name.

The sound is pure old school Jacques Favino. It has the classic "honky" Favino high end, a lack of mids, and a much deeper low end then Selmers.

Here's a sound sample from the Moreno Bolero CD: Moreno Playing La Gitane

In fact, this guitar has the deepest, tightest low end I've ever heard on a Gypsy style guitar. In most cases too much bass response causes Gypsy type guitars to become weak and ill defined. This guitar manages to provide a rich low end without compromising it's cutting lead sound. Incredible! I love playing Django's solo pieces on this guitar....the wide frequency response you get with this guitar is so much more fulfilling than you'd get with most Selmers which sound small and harsh by comparison.

The guitar comes with two bridges. The one Moreno used is quite high but gives the guitar that "old school" Gypsy sound that you hear in the playing of Tchan Tchou or Tchavolo Schmitt. No matter how hard you hit the strings, they will not crap out. They just keep giving more and more tone and volume. It also has a lower bridge which makes the guitar much easier to play. Using this bridge takes a little "honk" out of the high end, giving the guitar a more balanced, modern sound. It is very easy to play with the lower bridge, yet has no fret buzz.

The dimensions are classic Favino: 16 3/4" wide, 4" deep. 675mm scale.

The back, sides, and neck are gorgeous Solid European Maple and the top is Spruce.

This guitar was also owned by the accomplished rhythm player Ted Gottsegen.

The guitar is in excellent condition with no cracks or dings at all. Looks like it has less then 100 hours of playing on it.

For more photos go here: Dupont Moreno

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