AJL Guitars / Model Jazz / 2010's / Guitar
Model Jazz
Model-Jazz is made like an original Selmer oval-hole. It offers a bright, crispy and powerful high-end and a very fast response.
Pure Selmer crispness, very light in construction, dynamic and huge projection. Identical in detail with the best of the era of the original oval-holes, with some structural upgrades to Selmers' weak points. The neck has the same dimensions, but a slightly more comfortable profile.
Available with laminated Santos, Indian rosewood or laminated Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Natural, aged or Vintage tinted. Stock Schaller or Selmer style AJL-tuners. X-O version also available.
Technical data
Scale length: 670mm
Body size: 410 mm at lower bout
Top: Solid European spruce
Back & sides: Hand laminated rosewood or maple
Neck: three piece European walnut with original crafted headstock
Neck dimensions: 45 mm at the 0-fret, 57 mm at the 14th fret
Fingerboard: Ebony with abalone dots
Truss-rod: Two-way adjustable
Frets: Dunlop 6105
Finish: Nitrocellulose, "Natural", "aged" or "Vintage"
AJL Guitars, Finland
AJL-Guitars
AJL-Guitars are handbuild in Finland by Master luthier Ari-Jukka Luomaranta. AJ has been specialized in Gypsyguitars long time, but also builds archtops. He is also known as guitarplayer and producer.
AJL Premium-class Gypsyguitars are known worldwide, they're built traditionally and are very close to original Selmer guitars from 30's and 40's.
His model X-O is said to be closest to original Selmer than any other guitar.
Modern technology is used to make wood sound like old. They're played by many top gypsyjazz players.
Special service - select your own brazilian rosewood
AJ is know to be specialized brazilian rosewood. Check the website at http://www.ajl-guitars.com/woods.html You can see current selection of laminated backs & sides and choose yours - and the guitar will be built for you from that particular wood.
His brazilian rosewood is CITES proven "pre-copnvention" stock, and You always get CITES paperwork with your guitar, and you will not end up in troubles with it !
Guitars are also built with backs & sides in Pao Ferro, Maple & Indian rosewood.
Guitars also always include Handmade AJL-Fiberglass case, for archtops, some exclusive options for cases too at http://www.ajl-guitars.com/case.html
Guitars are very seldom available on stock, waiting list usually from three months to one year
Please see link here:
http://www.ajl-guitars.com/ordering.html