Beginner Guitars?

jhoops

Right now the only guitars i have are a parker electric and a cordoba classical guitar. I was just wondering if it would be a better idea to purchase a cordoba gitano or a slightly more expensive and maybe better quality guitar. I would like to buy a gypsy jazz guitar asap as I don't want to pick up any bad habits by playing on an electric guitar. The extent of my experience is fairly small but I am serious about learning. The only thing keeping me from purchasing an extremely nice guitar is my minimum wage high school job.

Campusfive

I can speak very highly of the Cigano guitars by Saga (available here on djangobooks.com). A friend of mine looking to get into gypsy jazz just ordered one, along with the djangobooks.com set up. I was really impressed, and would recommend it to anyone looking to get into gyspy jazz. I was so impressed I was considering getting one myself to use for travel purposes.

jhoops

THanks for the quick response. Perhaps you would know what the difference between the short scale guitars and the normal scale guitars is. I noticed the short scale ciganos are slightly more expensive.

Tele295

+1 on the Cigano. Fabulous instruments at twice the price. The GJ15 (solid top, short scale, grande bouche) and GJ10 (solid top, long scale, petite bouche), are both the same price at Djangobooks ($330).

I would pass on the Cordoba GJ guitars and get the Cigano.

Reagrding scale, the GJ guitars generally refer to short scale as 25-1/2" (same as a Fender Tele) while the long scale is 26-5/8"

asd123321

The D hole typically has more bass and an even wider fretboard which I think is too wide on the oval model.

chappie

https://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/it ... r-863.html

Simonius

For a beginner, the Cigano is without a doubt the way to go. I have the oval hole and I love it. I've also played the D hole, that one's equally great.

The only negative point is, they're pretty ugly, if you ask me. But who cares?