Gypsy Guitars

[Robert****]

These are interesting. I don't know much about them though. What is different about these? I love that Django Reinhardt sound. Did he use nylon strings?

Saga seems to be a popular choice.
http://www.sagamusic.com/catalog/pro...D=2&BrandID=13

But there must be many other brands too.
Let's talk about it! :

[markb]

Steel strings. The Selmers had a wooden resonator inside the body. Some of the modern knockoffs don't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selmer-Maccaferri_guitar

[Blaze]

Some Swedish can play Manouche style ..

Can you ?

[Robert****]

Hmm, I always thought those Gypsy players used nylon strings. It sounds like it to me. Must be because of the design it sounds like that then.

No, I can barely play guitar to start with - much less Gypsy style! :

[Blaze]

I found some Lessons that we could play some Manouche one day ..

Lesson 1. here -- and so on ...

[Jimi75]

Hello Robert, not too long ago I started checking Gypsy Jazz lessons on the tube. I began working on Minor Swing, but I got lost somewhere on the way...

Those Gypsy Jazz players like for example Joscho Stephan are great players. This style of playing is so melody oriented, sometimes it reminds me of melodies one whistles...

Check out this guitar, it has recently been checked and received high appreciation. The price is very fair I think.

http://www.thomann.de/de/cigano_gj10.htm

[tot_Ou_tard]

From

http://www.lutherie.net/bckgrnd.html

"These guitars are traditionally played with Argentine strings, a rather light, special composition string - silver-plated copper over a steel core - made in France. They are also often played with rather high action, for clearer notes and better vibrato. American silk-and-steel and bronze strings emphatically do not work, regular steel strings are merely acceptable. There is, however, one American stringmaker offering a superior string for these guitars, called Manouche-Tone Strings."

Steel strings. The Selmers had a wooden resonator inside the body. Some of the modern knockoffs don't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selmer-Maccaferri_guitar

Yeah I was surprised when I discovered that these guitars had a type of resonator in them.

http://www.lutherie.net/resonate.html

Here they say that the resonators where often removed, probably due to a production error which caused them to come loose & buzz.

http://www.lutherie.net/bckgrnd.html