Saga Musical Instruments: Gitane D-500.
Saga’s re-introduction of the classic Selmer-Maccaferri style jazz guitar.
The guitar features a very flat and comfortable neck carve with a relief cut in the body so you can reach the 24th fret on the extended ebony fretboard. The unique "D" shape sound hole gives the guitar an incredibly bright and loud sound that anyone playing it is sure to smile about.
The technical specs of the Gitane D-500 are:
- Back and Side Material: Indian Rosewood
- Back Inlay: None
- Binding: Ebony
- Body Shape: Horizontal Cutaway
- Brace Material: Spruce
- Bridge Material: Ebony / Movable Mustache-style
- Fingerboard and Peghead Binding: None
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Position Inlays: M-O-P Round Dots
- Finish: Vintage-toned High Gloss
- Headstock Style: Traditional Slotted
- Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
- Number of Frets Clear: 12
- Number of Frets Total: 24
- Nut Material: Zero-fret/Bone String Guide
- Nut Width: 1-7/8"
- Peghead Overlay: Indian Rosewood
- Recommended Strings: Parisian by Gitane Manouche Strings - Medium Gauge
- Saddle: Dyed Rosewood
- Scale Length: 25-1/4"
- Side Inlay: Multi-ply Ebony / Maple
- Soundhole Rosette: Traditional Multi-Ply Wood
- Soundhole Shape: Grand Bouche
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern: Traditional Fan Bracing
- Top Purfling: Multi-ply Ebony / Maple
- Tuning Machines: Standard Gold-plated / Accurate 14:1 Gear Ratio / White ABS Buttons
- Includes premium hardshell case and extra set of D’Addario EJ83M strings.
D500 is in excellent playing condition. Pictures show all details. There are only very light picking brushes around sound hole. There is some light minor scuffing on back of tailpiece and a small light discoloration on tailpiece top. Two of the tuners have minor corrosion from long term storage sitting against a humidifier device. Tuners are still in precision tuning state and operate perfectly.