Django Reinhardt

This is the guitar that Django Reinhardt is playing in the famous William Gottlieb photos. They were taken backstage at the Aquarium in New York City when Django was on tour with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1946.

http://www.vintage-guitars.se/Levin/Levin_1937-1939_Levin_De_Luxe_xxxxxx.htm

Django having fun during his US tour in 1946.

Django Reinhardt used an Epiphone Zephyr #3442 (other sources say a Gibson L5) with a DeArmond pickup hooked to an Epiphone amplifier for a short time during his tour with Duke Ellington 1946. - See more at: http://www.jazzguitar.be/django_reinhardt_guitars.html#sthash.gmpa4UWm.dpuf

Django can be seen in this video playing a Selmer Maccaferri Guitar.

https://www.facebook.com/PreWarGibsonL5/photos/a.476012182578670.1073741826.476012139245341/556726544507233/?type=3&theater

This is the same model that Django Reinhardt used while on tour with Duke Ellington. I just finished up with removing some "graffiti" from the front, replacing some bum components, and overall cleaning. When I received it, it looked like it had been stored in a shed for the last 40 years. It was made around the same time that the first Broadcasters were rolling off the line on the other side of the country, but it looks as if Epiphone and Fender used just about the same blond finish. Anyway, it was a fun little side project, and I'm sure I'll miss it after I send it on down the road.

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-central-station/289300-epiphone-electar-dreadnaught-django-model.html

Jean Guen introduces Django to the rear controls of the new livery Stimer Amplifier in Django's home at Samois sur Seine before the final photo shoot.

https://gypsyjazzuk.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/djangostimeramp.gif

The "pêche à la mouche amplificateurs" are the "soul" inheritors of the very model used by the famous Django Reinhardt. This vintage model, a collector's item now, enabled reach previously unequalled heights in musical expression and quality of sound.

We at "Peche a la mouche amplificateurs" have taken this a step further by faithfully reproducing the authentic sound and conception of Django's original amp, whilst at the same time incorporating the technological improvements now available to us today, wich enhance the quality of the original further still.

http://www.pechealamouche.ch/pechealamouche/index.php/en/amplifier