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That's what I was thinking when I said as long as it holds water. No doubt that's the same guitar as mentioned in the article. No doubt regarding the background story and how Simon came to its possession. The big question is did Django play it himself. But that's only for the sake of resale value. As is, the guitar has a wonderful story to tell and an amazing provenance.
If Django's wife had it, hard to believe Django wouldn't have picked it up!
Well, it's very possible she got it after he died. Maybe someone owed a debt to Naguine.
Perhaps, but the guitar was made in 1942, and Django didn't die until 1953. So, more than likely, he played it, liked it, and brought it home to his sons. That's just me speculating however.
Thanks for the correction Daniel. I just posted the info our mutual friend sent me. As soon as he did, I bought a copy of the magazine off of Ebay. I thought the info he sent me was from this magazine; so I appreciate the correction.
Django brought the guitar home to his sons in 1942? Really? Ok but remember Babik is born Jun 8, 1944 and for years needed a baby bottle more than an enormous guitar. He began playing when he was 8 years old in 1952...
Naguine gave a lot of "Authentic Django's Selmers" to a lot of musicians that were Django's fans (Les Paul, Fred Sharp, etc.).
Selmer guitars in the '60 had no value at all and were easy to find in the fleas markets around Paris.
This reminded me of the short video about Lousson that was posted here a while ago (quote from the clip: "That's why so many doctors own Selmers!"): Lousson Reinhardt, a documentary by L.M. Oliver
To be fair he only said the guitar was made in 1942, he never said he brought the guitar to his sons in 1942.
Yes Buco of course! It has often been told that Django often played the whole Selmer production to select the best Selmers produced and that he took the best of them without paying. There's of course no proof for that. I guess Django however knew perfectly what a Selmer could give and I believe that he was able to individuate immediately the degree of maturity a Selmer guitar had. This one is too green, this one will never blow, this one will blossom soon, this one is ready, this one only needs to be played, and so on... Probably he surely selected now and then some guitars that could be a "B plan" to his own old guitar. But in fact he only played his beloved Selmer on and on even in zero fret conditions (Ref "Liza"). In the last years we only see him once truly smiling while playing at the Boeuf sur le Toit in 1947 a brand new Selmer with a shiny golden logo.