Description

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!
FEATURES:
– 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 25 1/4 – – Nut width 1 7/8 – Body length 18 1/2 – Lower bout 16 – Upper bout 11 1/4
– Geared 14:1 ratio, gold-plated, slotted peghead tuning machines
– Adjustable truss rod
– Trapeze tailpiece
– High-gloss finish with aging toner for vintage look
– Bone nut, zero fret
– Shop-adjusted