Cafe Americain Paris - 'Manon' - Gypsy Jazz Guitar - Made in France - LEFT HANDED - (with case)

This is superb left-handed Gypsy Jazz guitar made by Café Américain Paris which has been carefully crafted in the tradition of Maccaferri and Selmer. This originally retailed at $1,695.

The condition is Like-New and with little to no signs of wear.  It has spent its life in climate controlled environment and pulled out of the case on a rare occasion.  Never giged or taken anywhere outside of the house.   It is time to let someone enjoy this more.  *there is a spot on the fretboard where the grain can be felt when the strings are pulled away (shown in detail photo).  This is the nature of wood and not a repair or a problem.  It was present when the guitar left the factory. 

This is a 2017 left-hand Manon Bouche Ovale (oval mouth) guitar for the player who wishes to play Gypsy Jazz. The workshop only makes a few left hand models at a time and are quite hard to find!

Gypsy Jazz evolved in Europe in the 1930s when French Django Reinhardt, playing a Maccaferri/Selmer guitar in Paris clubs, combined his Gypsy guitar playing style with the jazz of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington producing a wonderful and inventive new form of music, Gypsy Jazz; also known in France as Jazz Manouche.

Café Américain is a small French workshop producing a few hundred guitars a year, their guitars are incredibly well made, sound excellent, and a joy to play.

DESCRIPTION:
This guitar is a full size 26-3/8" (670 mm) scale instrument, with a 4" deep body, measuring 16" (40.5 cm) across the lower bout. It comes with the 21 fret fretboard with a 14th fret neck-join at the body, this allows for both rhythm and aggressive lead playing. It's O-mouth design is as the original French Maccaferri-Selmer guitars.

Slim neck, with fast action and a driving sound - with a big cutting tone you would expect from a Gypsy Jazz guitar. 

The soundboard is solid German Spruce, and the back and sides are beautiful well-figured Indian Rosewood.  Drive this guitar and you will get a great cutting sound or pull back and it will respond with a mellow tone.

The fret-board, floating mustache-bridge, and fret-head are made of Rosewood, and has a felt-padded brass tail-piece with a solid piece of Rosewood.

The guitar also comes with the heavy duty, Café Américain case shown in the pictures.  It is best described as hybrid between a soft and hard case - or essentially a reinforced soft case.

SPECIFICATIONS:
·   Left Hand Manon Model
·   Solid Spruce top
·   Rosewood back and sides
·   Rosewood fretboard, fret-head, and bridge.
·   21 frets
·   Zero fret
·   670 mm scale length
·   40.5 cm width across the lower bout
·   Floating Mustache bridge
·   Bouche Ovale (oval) sound hole
·   Horizontal Cut-A-Way
·   Nut width 44 mm
·   Adjustable Truss rod
·   Fast, slim, easy to play neck

Feel free to ask questions!

This will be PROFESSIONALLY PACKED (w/ two boxes) and shipped with care.