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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[harrye]

If anyone is looking to buy a jazz manouche instrument whilst in Paris, I highly recommend checking out Guitare Village, which is in Domont, about 15 minutes north of Paris by train.

I spent a few months in Paris in 2014 and found that they had the widest range, including some excellent luthiers. That said, if you can make it to the Samois festival that's the best!

Cheers