1966 DI GIORGIO AUTOR 3 SERIE ARTISTICA

THIS IS THE SAME MODEL OF GUITAR GIVEN TO BADEN POWELL BY REINALDO DI GIORGIO TO PLAY IN 1959. MAESTRO BADEN PLAYED FOR 15 YEARS, AND GIFTED THAT TO DIETER HOPF.
Angelo Del Vecchio(Est.1900), Tranquillo Giannini(Est. 1902), and Romeo Di Giorgio(Est. 1908) were all Italian immigrants to Brazil where they established their factories more than a century ago. Their business stand strong still today.

Romeo Di Giorgio was an Italian immigrant to Brazil where in 1908, he opened his guitar shop. During that time he built guitars to Augustin Barrios Mangore(Paraguayan great composer and player) and a young Heitor Villa-Lobos(although, Villa-Lobos's companionship was a French made guitar which resides at the Villa-Lobos museum in Rio de Janeiro today).
Later in the late 50's and during the 60's, under the command of Reinaldo Di Giorgio, the company equipped the bossa nova movement with the best guitars at that time. Baden Powell played a 1959 Di Giorgio Autor 3 for 15 years. Joao Gilberto and Tom Jobim also played the Autor 3. Later, Joao Gilberto made famous the model Tarrrega by playing a 1970 one(contrary of what you read in the net, there's no 1965 Tarrega !). The Brazilian music greats other than Powell, Jobim, and Gilberto who played a Di Giorgio Guitar could fill a full page: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Nara Leao, Geraldo Vandre, and many others.
Although this was a factory made guitar, it was made by only 1 luthier.
All Conditions, please see pictures.

Solid Spruce top - Clean and great condition one crack did not go through. Action at 4/3mm, factory specs.

Some pic marks Back/Sides Solid Jacaranda "Brazilian Rosewood"- Dalbergia Nigra -Back and Sides have side braces and finished inside with nitrocellulose which protect from humidity. Some cracks were fixed in the body, please see picture. you can barely see any repairs. Class A luthier repairs.

Back of headstock carved " Di Giorgio".

Signed label inside Reinaldo Di Giorgio

Scale: 640mm

Nut: 52mm. Gives great string separation with a  smaller scale. Bridge has been re glued not uncommon on a guitar of this age.

Both nut and new saddle: Bone Tuners: High quality 18K Gold filing and white pearloid buttons brand: Horvath, original.

Hardcase included(not pictured)

The guitar itself
This is a top notch bossa nova guitar very hard to find. It has a very thin finish.
High projection sound for jazz and bossa nova. 

FREE FREIGHT IN THE U.S. -EUROPE $ 200, ASIA $ 200, AUSTRALIA $ 500, SOUTH AMERICA $ 350 CANADA $ 150. 

SERIOUS OFFERS ARE WELCOME FROM MOST COUNTRIES
I WILL ONLY OFFER LOCAL TRIAL AND VIEWING IF YOU ARE A HIGH LEVEL PLAYER, AND YOU PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, NO EXCEPTIONS!