SOLD Old Antoine DiMauro for sale

AndrewUlle · March 2023

I have a 50s Antoine DiMauro Modele Django up for sale - needs serious head stock repair. Box is in nice shape for 60-70 year old guitars, great sound. $500 or best offer Django All Stars autographs included!

flaco · April 2023

Can you share pics of the headstock issue?

AndrewUlle · April 2023

I’ll share a previous post documenting my attempts to have it repaired after the original insufficient repair let go:

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/15843/the-saga-of-the-decapitated-dimauro

There might be another post - I'll keep looking.

billyshakes · April 2023

So did those previous bowtie and lateral splines not do the trick then? I would have thought that would have been bomber.

Buco · April 2023

Man, sorry to hear. That's a beautiful guitar. There's gotta be a way to make that solid. Les Paul's headstocks break at the exact same spot all time and get fixed. Is the string pull that much different?

AndrewUlle · April 2023

I spoke to Craig Baumgarner and he believes he could fix it, but it would require removing most of the wood near the break and the splints and creating a scarf joint with new wood in the middle. Alternately, a whole new neck could be fitted. I would keep the fingerboard if possible. Since I’m thinning the herd, I decided to sell it to someone who’ll use it and get it fixed, rather than spending a boatload of more money I don’t have. It does sound nice!

Buco · April 2023

Somehow that was always the nicest looking DiMauro for me. A perfect bargain for someone with skills to get the work done.

Jangle_Jamie · April 2023

I can't believe that last fix has failed! It looked like a great job and very strong (providing there was plenty of decent glue used of course). You didn't leave it in a hot car again did you?!!!