buying Cigano in Paris

[Cooperbp]

Dear all,

i have been searching the web for days to find a Cigano GJ-10 for sale in Paris, altough i have not found one, the closest is nearly 80 kms.
I would like to ask you to tell me if there is a shop you know where there is a guitar available, i found it surprising that i could not find one, i have opportunity until next tuesday.

Thanks for your help!

[DeNergal]

Have you been in the guitar shops around Pigalle ?

[Cooperbp]

No, i am only looking on the internet, because i am not there, only have someone who could get it for me, but cannot ask her to search for me.

[bullyspud]

it is surprising, you do not see them often in paris; when i was searching a few years ago i could only find it in the suburbs.
i just called a place called royez music, (230 Boulevard Voltaire 75011 Paris, tel 01 44 64 08 01) because i remember seeing one there. but at the moment they only have the "D bouche" GJ 15.
the sound is a lot more bassy than the gj 10 has a chunky neck and its 12 frets not 14. but its a great guitar for the price (though in the shop its a bit expensive).
you might as well buy one on the internet- in any case you will need to get it properly set up because as they are mass produced , they often need adjusting.
good luck

[Cooperbp]

Thanks for your efforts!
I know the types, i have choosen the petit bouche one.
since i had someone to pick it up, i wanted to save it from the post office, but in the long run this will be the solution.
If anyone still has an ide, it would be highly appreciated. : )
Thanks,

[Ju]

Hello
Where are you from ?

What a strange idea to buy a japanese guitar in fance
a copy of selmer originaly made in france by an italian luthier...
you've got in france the most finest luthiers and a lot of second hand guitars.
By the way you should definitely go to guitare village in the suburb of paris.
www.guitare-village.com

[Cooperbp]

I live in Hungary, and believe it, there are very-very few guitars available here.
Well, i need a guitar for only around 500e, and as i have been searching and looking, everywhere the Cigano turned out to be the slightly better.
Guitar village has great guitars indeed, but not the one that i now need

[Ju]

480€
http://www.guitare-village.com/occasion/jazz/jazz_593.php

[Cooperbp]

A far better quality definitely, but how could i buy such a guitar without trying it beforehand?

[DeNergal]

http://www.thomann.de/fr/search.html?xsid=8fea4d33ad7ce032d5a023c580ed3cff&KF=on&gk=giweso&oa=ala&bn=Cigano&pr=&wgfid1=14714&wgf14714=&wgfid2=14704&wgf14704=&wgfid3=14705&wgf14705=&wgfid4=14706&wgf14706=&wgfid5=14707&wgf14707=&wgfid6=14708&wgf14708=&wgfid7=14709&wgf14709=&wgfid8=14710&wgf14710=&wgfid9=14711&wgf14711=

But you won't be able to give it a try neither...

It's surprising what you said about the difficulty of finding guitars in Hungary, I would have thought that this type of guitars was quite common.

Good luck !

[Mick Tarbot]

[quote="DeNergal"]http://www.thomann.de/fr/search.html?xsid=8fea4d33ad7ce032d5a023c580ed3cff&KF=on&gk=giweso&oa=ala&bn=Cigano&pr=&wgfid1=14714&wgf14714=&wgfid2=14704&wgf14704=&wgfid3=14705&wgf14705=&wgfid4=14706&wgf14706=&wgfid5=14707&wgf14707=&wgfid6=14708&wgf14708=&wgfid7=14709&wgf14709=&wgfid8=14710&wgf14710=&wgfid9=14711&wgf14711=

hello cooperbp,i give u a good advice:don't buy an instrument on the web,cos' u can't try it...u will be only allowed to return it per post (and especially with this kind of very cheap guitar)..!
have a nice day.

[Cooperbp]

Hi,
of course gypsy culture is very vivid here, unfortunately gypsy jazz not that widely, but it is growing continously, there are a bunch of great bands of pure manouche and crossover styles.
In the whole city in Budapest there are maybe 4 manouche guitars in shops (2 used)
I could order from Thomann, but since i have someone in Paris to pick it up and bring, i want it that way, not the post.
But i see noo actual shops of Thomann there.

[AllezAlainRockOn]

In the whole city in Budapest there are maybe 4 manouche guitars in shops (2 used)

Really Incredible...this kind of thing to cymbalum's violin's music tzigane country....
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i stayed 3 weeks in Hungaria on 1977, in each place one dzigane music band, but no guitar in fact that's true...

[peteurdefion]

tu parlerais russe il irait faire un petit coup de translate sur google

crétin

[Djanrigolo]

Если бы вы могли говорить по-французски, вы могли бы сказать что-нибудь умное ...

[AllezAlainRockOn]

Молодцы Дянгориголо!

[peteurdefion]

alain

crétin

[juan73]

http://www.leboncoin.fr/instruments_de_ ... tm?ca=16_s

[AllezAlainRockOn]

Finalement mes conneries valaient bien les leurs.
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