All very well to suggest a 'try before you buy' policy, but in the gypsy guitar world, this is not always viable. I personally had to trawl the internet and...
Pearl Django has a brand new web site, created by Susan Pascal. Susan has designed and constructed a number of musician and jazz related sites. She is also...
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Jan 1, 2005 4:40 pm
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Ahh... The all-important girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/partner question. One must carefully consider this, as it can have far-reaching and often...
I'm not sure if I can get my S.O. to like this guitar: any suggestions??? http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/page4.html Norman CT/USA PS: Happy New Year...
Nice work. The new site is much superior to the one it replaced, more informative - and I like how those early PD photos sort of tell the history of the band....
And speaking of PD, I just caught the end of NPR's All Things Considered, in which they featured a generous amount of PD's Beyond the Sea (from Swing 48, I...
the movie was shot in montreal which was around the same time as the jazz fest, and leo is a huge fan of django, so he went to see the bireli and angelo...
If you can make any of these , you are in for a treat . Andres is a swedish youth who can play GJG with them all and has a groege Benson side as well. Happy...
Does anyone have a Powertab of Donna Lee? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good. ...
In a message dated 1/2/05 11:43:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Hey Dennis, send me that bro'! I'll send you Fapy's Besame Mucho, [it's in standard...
Loved the music in the 'Aviator'. I'm just wondering if there is anyone else in this group who is a both a pilot and a gypsy jazz player, besides me? The...
Bob
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Jan 2, 2005 4:57 pm
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Greetings, Thought I would post on my Dell'Arte Anouman maple S/B. I bought this guitar from Alain Cola after playing it in San Diego. (It took me a year to ...
... Andreas ... Don't need to find out. I have (I know Dennis posted and I haven't read it yet so this is fun) the first Collins 14 fret D Hole, a wonderful...
Dan's collins is an absolute gem, if michael collins keeps it up, he's definitely gonna be one of the top luthiers for these guitars, especially in north...
Happy New Year Gypsy jazzers! It's a new year and there's a lot that's new at DjangoBooks.com: Video Section: I've put up fifteen videos clips. These include...
If you replace the top of one of these guitars, have you not essentially replaced the guitar? Glad it sounds good, did the guitar/job cost you much? Breandán....
A while back we had a topic where everyone could put down his or her memories of the time they started out in Gypsy Jazz or anything related. Just nice stories...
Yesterday afternoon I played Bireli Lagrene & Friends Live Jazz A Vienne...for the first time...it'd been gathering dust since before the damned holidays. ...
I'd like to say something regarding the sound and quality of Dell'Arte in light of Stu's comments. The GJ guitar market may be growing, but it's still a niche...
... we ... Alain ... to ... like ... Sorry--but that's an absurd comment- I've played both Jacques(Robin Nolans -ex Stochelo's on the Django legacy etc) and...
Angelo Debarre uses Sagas when traveling because they are bull-goose rugged, his famous quotation in the French guitar mag makes that clear. Mine sounds...
Salut, tout le monde (Hi all the world?) Hope i said that right and French speakers feel free to correct me! The Dell Arte's i have played to date have all...
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Jan 3, 2005 3:58 pm
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In a message dated 1/3/05 10:08:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... MIKE, I wanted to chime in sooner, but I was doing a road gig for New Year's. As far as Stu's...
Hello.....The music they played while the guys were in the Spruce Goose was Rhythm Futur, not Mystery Pacific. Best for the new year everyone form Michael...
Just pulled the trigger on a Gitane DG250M. While I'm not a gypsy style player at all, I've been fascinated by the tonal response I'm getting from a couple of...