Dell'Arte Guitars, Gypsy Jazz, Django

The timeless appeal of Django Reinhardt's music is as strong today, as when he first burst on the jazz music scene in the 1940's. The renewed interest in 'gypsy jazz' has prompted Dell'Arte Instruments association with luthier John Kinnard, who wanted to build accurate replicas of the famous Maccaferri designed Selmer guitars that Django made famous. The result are the 'Anouman' and 'Dark Eyes' models pictured and detailed below. They are affordable without sacrificing workmanship or quality of materials.

Dark Eyes

After Mario Maccaferri's departure, the Selmer Company changed the soundboard bracing, scale length, and the soundhole design of their original jazz guitar. Django Reinhardt adopted this new model in 1937 and played it until his untimely death in 1953.

John Kinnard of Dell'Arte Guitars in San Diego has successfully reproduced the snappy treble response of these original "New Jazz Model" Selmer guitars, utilizing solid rosewood back & sides, solid spruce tops, mahogany necks with slotted peghead, ebony fingerboard and bridge, and original style pressed metal tailpiece. Fantastic sound projection and exceptional responsiveness define the Dark Eyes model!

Anouman

solid Englemann spruce
solid Indian rosewood back and sides
solid Honduran mahogany neck
solid ebony fretboard
ebonized rosewood bridge
rosewood bindings
gold plated Gotoh tuners
brass Maccaferri type tailpiece w/wood and leather
adjustable truss rod
648mm scale length (25.5")
45mm neck width at nut (1 13/16")
12fret body joint (22 frets in all, including zero fret)

Sweet Chorus

We have just taken delivery of another fine Selmer / Maccaferri style Dell'Arte instrument from the California workshop of John Kinnard. John has been applying his meticulous craftsmanship to these Django gypsy jazz guitars for a number of years now. Dell'Arte has built a reputation for offering reasonably priced replicas of these unique jazz guitars.

The guitar pictured above is the Dell'Arte ' Sweet Chorus ' model which features the ' Grande Bouche ' design with solid Sitka spruce top, solid tropical mahogany back and sides, grained ivoroid body binding, slotted peghead with gold plated Kluson-style tuners, adjustable truss rod, 1 3/4" nut width, matte lacquer finish, ebony 24-fret fingerboard and bridge and 25 1/2" scale length.

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