Rare 1976 Di Giorgio TARREGA- Black Label Bossa Nova - Hard Case

1976 DI GIORGIO TARREGA SERIE Black Label RARE- THE ULTIMATE BOSSA NOVA GUITAR

 THIS IS THE SAME MODEL OF GUITAR GIVEN TO JOAO GILBERTO who also played an Autor 3 from time to time.

Angelo Del Vecchio(Est.1902, closed 2022), Tranquillo Giannini(Est. 1900), and Romeo Di Giorgio(Est. 1908) were all Italian immigrants to Brazil where they established their factories more than a century ago. Their businesses 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.

Joao Gilberto unseparable bossa nova guitar, his 1960's Di Giorgio Tarrega. Joao Gilberto and Tom Jobim also played the Autor 3. Baden Powell played a 1959 Di Giorgio Autor 3 for 15 years Later, Joao Gilberto made famous the model Tarrrega.

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.

Solid Spruce top - Clean and new finish done at the DG factory in São Paulo, Brazil.

Back/Sides Jacaranda "Brazilian Rosewood"- Dalbergia Nigra -Back and Sides

Back of headstock carved " Di Giorgio". Signed label inside Reinaldo Di Giorgio

Scale: 640mm

Nut: 52mm. Gives great string separation with a smaller scale. Both nut and saddle: Bone

Bracing: 5 straight fan

Tuners: Perloids in good condition.

Original Di Giorgio hard case with key like new.

CONDITION

My friends, the guitar has been acquired from an antique dealer in SP, Brazil. The guitar was completely refinished, nut and saddle redone, frets adjusted and polish. It’s a 1976 new old stock, 47 years woods!

Those who know me from Ebay and Facebook Di Giorgio page know I'm a serious seller with over 10 years of feedback.

SHIPPING

 FREE FREIGHT IN THE U.S. -EUROPE $ 250, ASIA $ 250, SINGAPORE $ 500+, AUSTRALIA $ 500, SOUTH AMERICA $ 250 CANADA $ 200. ALTHOUGH THE LISTED COST ON INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT IS $ 150 ON THE AUCTION. THE COST IS LISTED ABOVE.

I WELCOME SERIOUS OFFERS FROM ALL COUNTRIES. I CAN'T DO A TRADE OUTSIDE THE U.S. DUE TO FREIGHT COSTS AND DUTIES/TAXES.

PAYMENTS

Payment: Paypal to confirmed accounts only. All payments in excess of $ 5,000, need to make wire arrangements.

NO RETURNS ON THIS GUITAR -  If you don’t know how a DG Tarrega or Autor 3 from the 60’s sound, sorry, you don’t need one! NO EXCEPTIONS!

ATTENTION: THIS IS NOT A GUITAR TO PLAY CLASSICAL MUSIC. IT’S SAID, JOÃO GILBERTO WAS STRESSED IN A CONCERT IN THE U.S. BECAUSE HE HAD TO USE HIS “FLETA”, SINCE HIS DG TARREGA WAS NOT WITH HIM.AND, THE FLETA DIDN’T PRODUCE THE SOUND HE WAS USED TO WITH HIS TARREGA. A FLETA GUITAR IN TODAY’S PRICE IS NORTH OF $50,000. IT’S NOT THE COST, IT’S THE SOUND IT PRODUCES WHICH IS MATTER. IF YOU NEED A CLASSICAL GUITAR, THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF GUITARS I’D SUGGEST ACCORDING TO YOUR SKILL LEVEL AND BUDGET, JUST CONTACT ME!AND, I DO HAVE SOME FOR SALE!

 Best of luck finding a guitar,

Marco