FS: $2500 + S&H Busato Shop Guitar (?) New $100 PRICE DROP

tbleen · December 2024

Oh yeah, I remember that one. Twas a rough room to be heard in -- 7-8 guitar players bashing rhythm in a loud restaurant. Maybe not the best environment to hear the guitar's voice. However, Sam is always a gem to watch, listen, and if we are ever so lucky... to jam with!

paulmcevoy75 · January 6

A little bumpity bump and a $100 price drop. Let's make it $2800 + tax and s&h for this guitar which is a) really fun to play and b) has a sweet vibe. I've been practicing in the AM on this guitar and the more I play it the more I like it.

paulmcevoy75 · January 13

Now down $200 to $2700.

This guitar goes great with your straw boater hat and vintage suit. Plays and sounds great and looks the part. It's sitting right next to me and I will play it momentarily.

tbleen · January 13

I found another clip from when I had it. I'm thinking I want it back now!

https://youtu.be/Wgob3ebS4so?si=umudpxoYblYy6t2N&t=25

BillDaCostaWilliams · January 14

"The Cold Club Of Queens" - great name.

guitarmike · January 15

Guitar made by Jean Rouge Luthier in Paris.

BillDaCostaWilliams · January 15

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/119559#Comment_119559

Interesting!

Some debate about these guitars on Facebook (in French) here.

" Jean Rouge was a luthier in Paris, he made guitars copies of the Maccaferri-Selmer and Busato model in the 50s, several Quebec singers then bought his guitars"

billyshakes · January 15

Interesting discussion, indeed.

@paulmcevoy75 I'm guessing you've already looked inside towards the heel block to see if there was a jean rouge stamp or similar. Any looking around with those fancy luthier mirrors you cats have to see under the top or other places that might hide any id like in that FB link.

Regardless of the builder, it still has a great, vintage sound.

paulmcevoy75 · January 15

yeah no label

I haven't looked with a mirror. I want to measure the top at some point but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

It looks a lot like this guitar. TBH my guess is that a lot of these guitars were made by the same people and sold under different names. I don't have any evidence of this but that's sort of the French Mirecourt violin system.

https://guitarejazzmanouche.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34194#p7245411

paulmcevoy75 · February 11

$100 price drop, $2600 + S&H + tax if appropriate

I found some time to do a couple things to this guitar...finessed the strings a bit (3mm-2.8mm low to high), I filled the hole where there was a pickup jack and had a look inside the guitar.

I checked the intonation and the bridge likes to be pretty far from the mustache (another reason I don't like mustaches), so I make a very faint mark in the top so you can know where the bridge goes.

Top is between 2.5mm - 3mm thick with my digital gauge. No label. Just 2 ladder braces, it's holding up pretty well probably going on somewhere like 70-80 years. No braces on the back, which is laminated. This might be the lightest guitar ever. 1320 grams. Feels like it's going to fly up to the ceiling.

Still a cool old French guitar and cheapest Busato-ish thing around. Save all that Busato money and buy a nice old fashioned suit and watch the gig dollars roll in.

Anyway I'm done fiddling with this guitar, it's ready to roll out to a new owner.