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Finally Taking The Plunge
I have long enjoyed listening to Django and those influenced by him. But I have never gotten around to buying a Sel-Mac style guitar. I have a number of guitars that get me into the neighborhood, if not on the same street, including a Martin 000C12-16E nylon string that has the requisite long scale at 26.44”. I’m also lucky enough to have a few vintage Gibson archtops (nothing top of the line, two L-50s, an L Jr., and an L-75).
But I finally decided to take the plunge. This morning, I ordered myself a Christmas present from Michael in the way of a new Cigano GJ-10.
I’m looking forward to this. I freely admit that my playing is a stylistic mashup, and that I will never get Jazz Manouche down perfectly. But it is definitely a big influence on my playing. Having direct access to THAT sound will definitely help me get better at it.
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That Martin 000C12-16E nylon string is a really great guitar for playing nylon-string gypsy jazz. That extra-long scale is really unique among nylon-string guitars (except for maybe a few flamenco guitars).
Definitely! I have a couple of roughly equivalent Harmony guitars as well. Being altogether fascinated by unorthodox sounds, I currently have them strung with ball end nylon strings:
The one with the white pick-guard is probably my favorite of the three. The string attack between a classical and Selmer style is much closer than a dreadnought and a Selmer. I didn't know Martin makes a long scale nylon string, pretty cool. Then it'll be easy to switch over to the Cigano.
I can attest to the fact that that Martin guitar has the "bounce" feel of gypsy jazz guitars.