Django's Selmer

pickitjohn · June 2014

HEY @spatzo...
Great post all of them...

Just the kind of response I was HOPING for

Actually I never expected such GREAT DETAIL

Thanks

Pick on

pickitjohn

Teddy Dupont · June 2014

That is one of the stories I had heard (although in much less detail than research maestro Spatzo provided :bow:) and it does make sense as Les Paul did help Naguine financially after Django died. However, I do wonder about these guitars that apparently belonged to Django which Naguine and Babik handed out after his death. The only Selmer we see him playing for certain over the last 4/5 years of his life is the 503 so you can't help but wonder if Django ever really owned the Les Paul one or Naguine just produced it from one of the Selmers that the "cousins" had lying around.

We were originally told all Django possessions were burnt after he died which obviously turned out not to be true and we have a photo of Joseph putting an odd looking one on Django coffin. 8-}

Now what about the one that Delaunay took to America Spatzo? Why has no one claimed ownership of that as far as I know.

Michael Bauer · June 2014

If I remember, the guitar on Django's coffin was an f-hole "Chorus", maker unknown.

Jazzaferri · June 2014

GreAt story. One of the reasons I sooo love this site.

spatzo · June 2014

I agree with Teddy and I personnaly also do think that probably the Selmer was a "cousins'" one but who knows maybe the Master touched it a few seconds and certainly had a look at it so...

Here's another Mawah Museum photo