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Old jazzbox is a fine lap steel guitar now
Definitely no Selmac mentioned here, but I couldn't resist sharing this afternoon's work with the best guitar forum in the world: For my 70th birthday I got this old Musima Archtop from my wife. As the neck is slightly twisted, I put an adapter over the nut and had a lap steel guitar. Almost. Because of the radiussed… -
Django in June 2023
I am considering going to Django in June 2023 in Northampton for the first time. Of course, I have a few questions. Lots of my favorite players are going to be there this year, Sebastien Giniaux, Romain Vuillemin, Julien Cattiaux, Russell Welch, Fanou Torracinto, Max, Brad, Lisa and everybody else. Best place to fly into?… -
MJS Godefroy Maruejouls For Sale (Ebay Listing)
I'm selling my MJS Godefroy Maruejouls guitar, best guitar I've ever owned so reluctant sale. Solid European spruce top with traditional pliage, solid Spanish cypress back and sides. Five part mahogany and ebony neck, bound rosewood fingerboard. Traditional French polish top, nitro everywhere else. German made Rubner… -
Selmers in Nashville!
As we all know, Selmer guitars aren't just great for Gypsy jazz and can be used in just about anything from classical to blues. I just ran across this photo of the country legend Don Gibson. As his named would suggest, he typically played some really nice Gibson archtops and the occasional D'Angelico. But here he is… -
Django and Glen
A quote from Glen Campbell - “Django Reinhardt. Best guitar player that ever lived. He and Stephane Grappelli gave us some of the best playing I’ve ever heard, and they did that in the ’30s. He was a mad player. It inspired me. It really did make me want to play like that” -
SOLD: AJL XO 2012 Gypsy Jazz Petite Bouche
Ari-Jukka Luomaranta handmade this guitar in Finland in 2012 for a German Gypsy Jazz Guitar shop. I bought it from Fellowship of Acoustics in the Netherlands. The BEST guitar I have ever played!! It Barks! Aged Solid European Spruce Top GORGEOUS Brazilian Rosewood Back and Sides with CITES Documents DR Tuners 3 Bridges… -
My first GJ guitar! Looking for Saga Cigano GJ-10
I have been looking through the forum & have came to the equation a Cigano is the best guitar for me to start with. I really want to buy one a brand new but can't meet the price tag as just brought a new Burns Electric guitar so decided I'd try looking for a used one in good condition. I live in the UK & sourcing GJ… -
Gorgeous Dell Arte D-Hole ($1800)
You can see pictures of this guitar on its ebay post here. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Arte-Hommage-D-Hole-Favino-model-guitar-6-string-/321601543084?pt=Guitar&hash=item4ae0f21bac Ebay listing ending on Friday 12/5/14. Great X-mas gift to yourself or loved one! Guitar purchased new in 2011 for $2,700. Handmade in the USA… -
Favino #553
I'm offering my beautiful 1977 Favino for sale. I bought this over a year ago, thinking it would be my last gypsy guitar, but I had to sell off a number of other guitars to get the money together, and one of them was a Rodrigo Shopis D hole that I came to miss in time. I commissioned a new one from Rodrigo with some new… -
Banjo Guitar (or Django Banjo)
I just got a Gold Tone Banjo Guitar (6 string banjo with the same tuning as a guitar) off eBay. An excellent deal for $329 including Saturday FedEx delivery all the way from Florida to Seattle, and a hard shell case. The instrument is in perfect condition, doesn't smell (I've had this problem with quite a few eBay…
