Friday, December 10, 2004

Gitane D-500

Gitane D-500

Fans of Gypsy-Jazz guitar as well as guitar afficionados of every stripe will applaud Saga's re-introduction of the classic Selmer-Maccaferri style jazz guitar...the NEW Gitane D-500! All measurements and characteristic features of this guitar were faithfully recreated to make this the highest quality and affordable guitar of this kind on the market today!

Solid spruce top
Rosewood back and sides
Horizontal cutaway
Multiple ebony/maple purfling on all edges
Characteristic large “D” soundhole
Moustache bridge with movable center
Thin, comfortable, bound mahogany neck
Dovetail neck/body joint
Slotted headstock with rosewood overlay
Extended 24-fret ebony fingerboard
Mother-of-pearl dot markers
Body size- 12-fret neck joint - Scale length 251.4” - Nut width 17.8” - Body length 181.2” - Lower bout 16” - Upper bout 111.4” - 14:1 ratio geared nickel-plated tuning machines
Adjustable truss rod
Trapeze tailpiece
Lustrous dark stain matte finish
Bone nut, zero fret
Shop-adjusted

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