Joseph Reinhardt's guitar

krzys

What do we know about his guitar that he used after Django's death? Did he share anything about it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7xVW7VCGfA

billyshakes

I'm not much of a gear guy, especially old gear. But in that top pic (which looks like Joseph is older than the other two), the guitar appears to have a pickup and some sort of knobs in the back. Anyone know what that is? Was it clamped onto the tailpiece or were those 2 knobs mounted into the top? Either way, they look pretty substantive and I would guess the weight would effect the resonance of the top?

Teddy Dupont

He made it himself.

Willie

"In the 1950s and 60s, Reinhardt played an unorthodox electric guitar of his own construction." https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Reinhardt

German Wikipedia is more cautious: "Auf verschiedenen Fotografien und auch in Filmen ist Reinhardt mit einer Gitarre zu sehen, von der angenommen wird, er habe sie selbst gebaut, ein elektrisches „Flattop“-Modell mit den äußerlichen Merkmalen einer Konzertgitarre." ("In various photographs and also in films, Reinhardt can be seen with a guitar that he is believed to have built himself, an electric "flattop" model with the external characteristics of a concert guitar.") https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Reinhardt

stuology

It might be a trick of the light but the frets look scalloped.

billyshakes

https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/115534#Comment_115534

I was thinking the same thing!

Jangle_Jamie

That top photo looks like an arm rest of some sort, attached to the guitar, plus a split in the soundboard?

Yes those frets are definitely scalloped.

jonpowl

Scalloped or worn from years of gigs and practice?

Rip

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/115534#Comment_115534

Buco

Sorry Yngwie, your weren't the original after all.

Rip

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/115551#Comment_115551

Haha!