So, after yesterday's trip and talk with the #luthier, currently sitting in my living room:
A fusion of an Irish #bouzouki with a Selmer-Maccaferri design D-hole (grande bouche) gypsy jazz #guitar. The #instrument varies in that it has a solid white cedar top, extra cutaway (making it a two-pointer), and a scale length of 674mm (26.54 inches). Well, and the Irish bouzouki setup with unison courses (in GDAD tuning). For the rest it's pretty much like the original 1930s design; down to ladder bracing and degree of curve in the front and back. And yes, the original laminated back and sides thing that created that distinctive gypsy jazz guitar sound; made famous by Django Reinhardt and his contemporaries.
The instrument is very resonant and dynamic, so the sound sample is me improvising something to showcase that. It was recorded in Logic with a Blue Snowball (cardioid condenser mic) and no editing whatsoever. 1/2
PS. photo coming eventually.
A fusion of an Irish #bouzouki with a Selmer-Maccaferri design D-hole (grande bouche) gypsy jazz #guitar. The #instrument varies in that it has a solid white cedar top, extra cutaway (making it a two-pointer), and a scale length of 674mm (26.54 inches). Well, and the Irish bouzouki setup with unison courses (in GDAD tuning). For the rest it's pretty much like the original 1930s design; down to ladder bracing and degree of curve in the front and back. And yes, the original laminated back and sides thing that created that distinctive gypsy jazz guitar sound; made famous by Django Reinhardt and his contemporaries.
The instrument is very resonant and dynamic, so the sound sample is me improvising something to showcase that. It was recorded in Logic with a Blue Snowball (cardioid condenser mic) and no editing whatsoever. 1/2
PS. photo coming eventually.
Onj 🎶
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