Did you buy a guitar in January, 2023?

[telemnemonics]

Vintage monkeys are crazy expensive.
I found a guy out in San Francisco,www.paniquejazz.com
He is a good jazz guitarist and does the vintage monkey on a stick and some other cool devices for old school DeArmond cool.

Monkey on a stick:
$65
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Vol/ 1/4" jack and vol/tone/1/4" jack
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I will be using the single vol/jack with a DeArmond Rhythm Chief p/u in this configuration: View attachment 1080752
using stick mounted to neck.

Using these mounting brackets that fit between bridge and tailpiece.
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And here is a single jack that attaches with velcro for the quick change if you prefer.
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Nothing is more than $65. Good stuff for a guitar player like me.

Cool and amazingly affordable!
How does the pickup sound?
And is that manouche a Saga/ Cigano/ Gitane?
I have one I got used that seems to have been built from a Saga kit, unless it is older and got refinished.
Really a fine acoustic with great correct manouche tone and plays well too. Funny flattish back neck shape and of course the longer scale. Mine needs new strings which I will need to order, none at the local GC.
That F hole archtop looks nice too, what is it?

I really dont play Jazz guitar but am steeped in that backround including Gypsy Jazz plus Tony Gatlif films with real musicians featured. That gets me fired up and I can ape the style for a bit, then I turn back to a mere mortal...

 

[robt57]

I don't generally play when she's within hearing distance.

Yeah, DB or a tandem bike can't dilute even the most loving gals affection for us.

 

[ce24]

Yes my Silver SKY SE.

 

[OmegaWoods]

Bought a PRS Acoustic. Price was too good not to take a flier on it.

 

[Tricone]

Cool and amazingly affordable!
How does the pickup sound?
And is that manouche a Saga/ Cigano/ Gitane?
I have one I got used that seems to have been built from a Saga kit, unless it is older and got refinished.
Really a fine acoustic with great correct manouche tone and plays well too. Funny flattish back neck shape and of course the longer scale. Mine needs new strings which I will need to order, none at the local GC.
That F hole archtop looks nice too, what is it?

I really dont play Jazz guitar but am steeped in that backround including Gypsy Jazz plus Tony Gatlif films with real musicians featured. That gets me fired up and I can ape the style for a bit, then I turn back to a mere mortal...

The DeArmond RC p/u sounds great. The manouche and archtop pictured belong to the guitarist/builder of the most and vol/Jack's.
I am putting them on my 1959 R.Hoyer pictured in my avatar. Which, btw,, is a great gypsy jazz instrument. I love digging into the Hungarian and Oriental scales on my tricone also. Fun all evening.
Man, I love gypsy jazz. The Rosenbergs (Stochelo is the man), the Ferre' brothers(Boulou Ferre' is my favorite gypsy jazz artist).
Here is a clip of Boulou playing a guitar built by luthier Christelle Caillot. She is a great luthier and fun to have a conversation with. Makes a great manouche.


Boulou and his brother playing a Angus Young inspired custom manouche.


And an impromptu inspired performance featuring Boulou Ferre' and Stochelo Rosenberg.


And if you are a fan of the late, great blues guitarist Charlie Baty(of Little Charlie and the Nightcats blues band.) He was a gypsy jazz fan also. Quite good at playing it also.

 

[Tricone]

Cool and amazingly affordable!
How does the pickup sound?
And is that manouche a Saga/ Cigano/ Gitane?
I have one I got used that seems to have been built from a Saga kit, unless it is older and got refinished.
Really a fine acoustic with great correct manouche tone and plays well too. Funny flattish back neck shape and of course the longer scale. Mine needs new strings which I will need to order, none at the local GC.
That F hole archtop looks nice too, what is it?

I really dont play Jazz guitar but am steeped in that backround including Gypsy Jazz plus Tony Gatlif films with real musicians featured. That gets me fired up and I can ape the style for a bit, then I turn back to a mere mortal...

Also, check this out. This is my favorite rendition of Ellington's "Caravan." The Rosenberg family are talented indeed.

 

[ChicknPickn]

 

[Double Stop]

Beautiful. Does "Relic-Ready" mean you are free to put normal wear and tear on it and play it like a guitar was meant to be played?

Haha, yes the "Relic-Ready" moniker that Wildwood called these is pretty funny. Essentially stating the obvious for any new guitar that accumulates the general wear and tear through playing .

 

[BuckNekkid]

SCORE!!! What a great deal.

I'm thinking of giving one away.

Don't feel bad - I have the same problem with just about as many guitars but in a room HALF the size of this one!!

You can't see the floor-to-ceiling guitar cases in the (closed) closet.

Not yet.

Oops! Missed my chance!



Appears to me the problem is... there is a bed impeding guitar space.

I need some place to sleep when I have houseguests. Otherwise...

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That Brian May "Big Red" looks delicious! I nearly bought one in, what else, red! How does it sound?

 

[danielreid27]

 

[drmordo]

You can't see the floor-to-ceiling guitar cases in the (closed) closet.

I need some place to sleep when I have houseguests. Otherwise...

That Brian May "Big Red" looks delicious! I nearly bought one in, what else, red! How does it sound?

This is actually my second one, and I've had the first for over a decade, so I am very familiar with them.

They are truly unique and awesome. They look vaguely like a Strat, but they are a different beast altogether.

The PUs are different from a standard single coil design, so they have a grittiness that is absent in a Fender single coil and they are darker. When pickups are combined, since the guitar is wired in series, you get a Fender-ish quack tone, but one that is very thick and somewhere between the quack positions on a Strat and a humbucker. Since they are dark sounding PUs, and like Brian May, I prefer to use them with a treble booster which really makes them sing.

The phase switches do open up some pretty wild sounds, but they kill a lot of the guitar's output, so again a booster/overdrive/higher gain amp/compressor is a good idea.

The neck is thick but not too thick, the scale is short, the guitars are light, the higher fret access is amazing, and the controls are in the perfect place.

They are guitars designed from scratch by a top tier player (and his dad), and that is what they feel and sound like.

In all seriousness, the only reason my original Red Special has not been my primary guitar is my love of the Tele middle position. If the Red Special could nail that Tele middle position (it can get pretty dang close...), I would play it even more.

The one potential downside is I firmly believe these guitars are designed around using 9s. My new one came with 10s, and it felt completely different. The 7.25" fretboard radius means the action is kind of high, and I find myself fighting the strings with 10s. 9s feel perfect to me.

 

[radtz]

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I bought one of these and a blue Jim Dandy. I am really impressed with the Gretsch straight out of the box. I just tuned it. And, its blue!

 

[Guran]

I haven't bought a guitar in 3½ years. I'm not really shopping for one either.

 

[Flyboy]

Almost. 1st February I bought this. Rare, non-export MIJ Strat in Translucent Salmon Pink.

 

[chezdeluxe]

^^^^^^
That looks sensational