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• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  April 2007 Posts: 1,002

  I inquired with Saga about the Wrembel model on February 28th. I just got the following reply today:
  
  It is in production now and will be available on the market by late
  > summer/early fall.
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  > Best regards,
  > Saga Musical Instruments
  >
  > David Gartland
  > Marketing

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  April 2007 Posts: 6,153

  We're actually taking pre-orders for it all ready...but as you said there's no clear delivery date for the Wrembel model.
  
  https://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/it ... embel.html
• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  April 2007 Posts: 1,002

  Michael, have you been given a price yet?

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  April 2007 Posts: 1,002

  Never mind...I just clicked on the link and saw it.

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
• Jack western Massachusetts✭✭✭✭

  April 2007 Posts: 1,752

  ace wrote:

  I'm also looking for the Wrembel Gitane model. Any news of release? Has anyone played that guitar?

  
  Hi Josh,
  Stephane was playing a prototype at Django in June last year (I'm told) and it sounded good when he was playing it...for what it's worth. Maybe he'll have one again this year; I'm sure he'd let you check it out!
  
  best,
  Jack.
• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  April 2007 Posts: 1,002

  It has become his regular guitar now. I know he used it on the Barbes Brooklyn CD and in pretty much all his gigs since at least Django in June last year. The prototype is really beautiful, although I am sure the production model will be dumbed down somewhat. I think Stephane could make a cardboard box sound good, so it's hard to say what the production version will sound like in mortal hands. Can't be hugely different from the other higher-priced Gitanes. The bridge, though, is unlike the other Saga bridges I have seen. It is more Dupont-like, but with an offset for the "B" string. If it is on the production model, I have to think that alone will improve the tone.

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  April 2007 Posts: 6,153

  [quote="Michael Bauer"]The bridge, though, is unlike the other Saga bridges I have seen. It is more Dupont-like, but with an offset for the "B" string. If it is on the production model, I have to think that alone will improve the tone.[/quote]
  
  The DG-330 also has a compensated bridge:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Saga
  Gitane DG-330 SELMER STYLE JAZZ GUITAR - MODELE JOHN JORGENSON

  
  
  
  
• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  April 2007 Posts: 1,002

  Which goes to show you that I haven't seen a DG-330 in person.
  
  If I recall, Josh Hegg had really good things to say about the DG-330, so I assume the new bridge is a big improvement over the older version. It sure looks right.

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.