Product Description

Presenting the DG-250 Professional Gypsy Jazz Guitar by Gitane Saga has once again scooped the industry with a twist on a classic Selmer-Maccaferri style guitar design. With its oval soundhole, solid peghead, longer scale length and rosewood back and sides. ..its sure to become a collectors item! Traditional Look Distinctive Design Body Wood Selections A key to the sound of Gypsy Jazz music has a lot to do with the woods used in the construction of each instrument. Gitane follows traditional design cues by using solid Sitka spruce for the top and high quality laminates for the back and sides. This combination provides the percussive snap, and attack that one needs to play this music correctly. The necks are made of the best hardwoods for stability and strength, as well as the tonal characteristics they impart. Gitane Gypsy Jazz Guitars respond like racecars, and will challenge any players technique, no matter the skill level. Fingerboards and Fittings Choice, highly polished ebony is used for the fingerboards of all models in this series. The smooth playability and fast action that this material provides makes it very fast to play, and more durable than other materials. The finest available tuning machines, designed for a slotted peghead and designed in the vintage style, are fitted to each Gitane and provide accurate tuning and stability. The traditional trapeze-style tailpiece allows for quick string changes, and can accommodate ball-end or loop end strings. The traditional moveable ebony bridge design is easy to position for perfect intonation and adjustment. Construction Gitane Gypsy Jazz guitars are styled after the legendary instruments made by Selmer in the early 1930s. Each has design features and is constructed using the same techniques and methods that made the originals so special and collectable to this day. The gently arched top, and perfect body proportions are all part of the sound that cannot be duplicated in any other style of guitar. The Details From the slotted peghead to the sound hole shape and unique cutaway design, Gitane Gypsy Jazz guitars will immediately invoke the sights and sounds of Gypsy Jazz music. Even though these guitars immediately bring to mind the legendary master of the style, Django Reinhardt, the modern-day legends that we work with and whose names adorn our Gitane Signature Series instruments carry the flame faithfully. So get ready to unleash the Gypsy in your Soul by playing Gitane! Attention to Detail Gitane Gypsy Jazz Guitars - Leading the way for Gypsy Jazz aficionados and players the world over! When it comes to playing Gypsy Jazz, having the right instrument is crucial, not only to the sound, but the look, too! Original designs created by Selmer are rare and difficult to find, leaving Gitane to pick up where this legendary producer of this style of guitar left off. This longer-scaled version with the characteristic small oval or, Petite Bouche sound hole made by Selmer after their collaboration with the legendary designer Mario Maccaferri, have now come to symbolize this unique and treasured style of music. To the music aficionado, the masterful interpretations of these iconic guitars created by Gitane have set the new standard for production-made Gypsy Jazz guitars.

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