1940\'s Busato Grand Modele - (Selmer Gypsy Guitar) - INCREDIBLE
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1940\'s Busato Grand Modele - (Selmer Gypsy Guitar) - INCREDIBLE:
$15500.00
1940\'s Busato Grand ModeleMichael Horowitz put it best when he said: \"A guitar of this stature needs no introduction. Next to Selmers, Busatos are the most sought after guitars by today\'s top players.\"This Busato is incredible in every way. The sound is classic gypsy, very dry and compressed, -- gutsy but not nasal - subtly textured, and bursting with crystalline musicality. The setup is perfect - the playability is better than even a modern guitar. And the visuals aesthetic - absolutely beautiful!
Worth noting: this is a \"Grand Modele.\" Busato\'s workshop build many different instruments, but the 1940\'s Grand Modele\'s are what ever player wants.Provenance:
This example was the long-time instrument of Adrien Moignard - from whom we bought it. Being a Gypsy Jazz great, Adrien\'s had the opportunity to try just about every Busato out there - and this was the one he chose. Dear readers, that is really saying something!Check out the video to hear the sound. Also - search on youtube for Adrien, and there are tons of clips of him playing it live or in intimate gypsy settings.Condition:
The condition of the guitar is great (*for a Busato). The top is entirely crack free, which you almost never see in Busato\'s from the 1940\'s. Adrien bought it directly from a gypsy pastor, and while we don\'t know the full history, we know a couple of improvements were made to get it up to a professional playing spec.
The frets were replaced, french polish was reapplied (common practice in gypsy guitars, where the finish is thin and violin-like), the bridge is a replacement, but intonated perfectly, 4 of 6 BB tuners are original. It\'s also possible the fretboard was replaced at one point, but it\'s difficult to tell.Tailpiece is original Busato. And the interior Cité Griset label is fully intact on the interior heal block.TLDR: this is the guitar.
Description from Djangobooks:So many contemporary Gypsy jazz guitarists play these exquisite guitars:
- Romane (he plays a Busato on most of his recordings over the last 5 years)
Stochelo Rosenberg (performs with his Selmer but is an avid collector and player of Busatos)
- Yayo and Fanto Reinhardt (Romane\'s rhythm section get an amazing dry rhythm sound with their Busatos!)
- Moreno and of course, Django himself! (see Django\'s Busato here: Django\'s Busato).
- Django is rumored to have written the ballad Anoumanon his Busato. So what makes a Busato so great? Generally speaking, it simply out performs other guitars in almost every way. First off, they are positively the loudest guitars ever made! I\'ve compared Busatos to numerous classic Gypsy guitars such as Jacques Favinos and Selmers as well as new guitars by J.P. Favino, Dupont, ALD, and Dell Arte. A good Favino is pretty loud...but the Busato is just a cannon. A vintage Selmer is actually quite timid by comparison. The Busato has three tonal elements which really make it cut in acoustic settings. 1) It is extremely dry. It has little or no natural wetness (reverb.) This makes the guitar much more focused and is therefore much easier to hear in a loud jam setting. 2) The tone is very pure with very simple overtones. The fundamental pitch of single notes are very strong while the overtones are extremely clean and even. Very flute like in character. A Selmer sounds more complex, but is also somewhat \"messier\" sounding which dampens projection. 3) It responds to the slightest touch. Just barely strike the strings and you get a lightening fast bolt of sound. I really like this because you don\'t have to play these guitars hard to be loud. Busatos yield an exceedingly wide frequency response. They have a crisp, bright high end which gives your leads some sparkle and adds ambiance and clarity to rhythm work. There\'s not much mids, except for a slight upper midrange nasalness. But nothing like a Favino in that regard. Like a Favino, there is far more low end than a Selmer, and it\'s an incredibly tight, clear low end. Not mushy or ill defined in anyway. The tight low end of a Busato mixed with it\'s dry character really make it excel for rhythm playing. It\'s just so clear. The high end cracks like a whip and the bass notes are like a kick in the gut. The dimensions of Busatos are fairly close to that of Favinos. Body is 16 1/4\" across the lower bout (Selmer is 15 3/4\", Favino is 16 1/2\".) Busatos are also the curviest Gypsy guitars out there. The bombé (top arch) is the most pronounced I\'ve ever seen on a Selmer type guitar. It\'s like a huge bubble under the bridge. The back is also beautifully arched.
1940\'s Busato Grand Modele - (Selmer Gypsy Guitar) - INCREDIBLE:
$15500.00