Cigano GJ-10 Django Student Jazz Guitar (Mahogany/Rosewood)

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Product Feature
- Solid Sitka spruce top and beautiful Asian rosewood back and sides.
- Mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard.
- Bone nut and traditional "zero" fret with mahogany peghead overlay.
- Traditional brass tailpiece and gold-plated, accurate 14:1 ratio tuners.
- Ebony moustache bridge with movable center. Shop adjusted.
Product Description
Learning how to play Gypsy Jazz music can be discouraging to any any guitarist, let alone a student or beginner. To help bridge this gap, Saga Musical Instruments has added two Cigano models to their Gypsy Jazz guitar lineup. The short scale D-hole model for the rhythm enthusiast and a 14-fret "Small-hole" version popular with soloists and similar to the guitar most often seen in the hands of Django himself. The GJ-10 oval-hole model fills the bill at a very affordable price.Cigano GJ-10 Django Student Jazz Guitar (Mahogany/Rosewood) Review
This guitar is one of those hidden gems nobody wants to admit is worth wild. It is a gypsy jazz guitar, so pretty much every guitar player will avoid it because they either know nothing about it or assume it will be junk like the other cheap Django guitars. Well, I've owned all the cheaper models, the Arias, the Stagg, the other no name brands...the Cigano smashes them. This guitar is not junk, it is an exceptionally well made acoustic guitar, right now you can get it for around $330 new if you search for it online. The GJ10 has a superior neck to $1000+ taylor guitars you can see at guitar center, guitars like the 114ce which are one of the best cutaway guitars you can get. This cigano not only feels better, but actually sounds better. This is going to be hard for anyone to believe, a $400 guitar besting an expensive TAYLOR? No way! Well, it does in its own way, while the taylors are more clear sounding, they simply do not project like the cigano does. Pick them up side by side and see which one feels better, the cigano wins hands down for me. The taylors feel like plastic and are not made for lead soloing, their finish mades it feel plastic like and super slick and smooth, this is not a good thing for me. I prefer the natural wood grain feel to the Cigano. In terms of pure quality, the body on the Taylor 114ce is better, but the neck is not as easy to play on as the GJ10. The cigano simply feels better in every way and it sounds better for lead soloing. Ibanez made the AE series that is also nice for Django style, look them up if you prefer to avoid the gypsy jazz guitar look. the ibanez AE cutaways go for under $300 used and are comparable, amazing neck and body on them, also a gem guitar and can be a valid substitute for django music and lead soloing with the right strings. None of the expensive acoustic guitars have necks well tailored and suited for playing lead, the Ibanez AE does, but again it still does not sound as good as the Cigano GJ10, which projects more loudly, more clearly and does not resonate as much. You want a solid, loud flat tone with Gypsy Jazz play and nothing but a real Gypsy jazz guitar will give it to you. There are some cutaways like the ibanez out there that are good alternatives, but still resonate and linger too much with lead soloing.This guitar needs to sit near a humidifier, which you can get for $30 all over the place. Get a cool mist humidifier and stick it in the room you will keep your guitars in, it will keep them from buzzing. I did not properly take care of mine, my cigagnos 12-15th frets on the high e string were 100% dead, no sound but a clink out of them. Got the humidifier and it went back to like new after a day. The guitar is worth every penny, invest a little into a new bone nut piece and maybe a new bridge if you feel like you want a much nicer sound, the stock pieces are all decent but found the strings to dig into the nut piece at the top way too much, thankfully replacing it with a really nice nut piece is not expensive. I highly recommend doing so. Get yourself some nice gypsy jazz medium strings and you will have yourself an excellent guitar. $330 for this guitar is an absolute steal as it sounds similar to the gypsy guitars twice its price. I cannot stress how great the feel of the neck is, its immensely rare to find a guitar with good build quality and a 10/10 neck built for speed. Great guitar!
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