Jacques Favino - Archtop 2A - - Archtop guitar - France - 1955

Beautiful example of an authentic-era gypsy jazz guitar in good playing condition. Very likely a Jacques Favino.
The model is known, but at the time not all of them were labeled.
Played regularly, this guitar has all the characteristics of vintage instruments with a round tone and a neck very comfortable for a 1950s instrument.
The guitar has an era-appropriate pickup as well as the vintage electronics that go with it.
Ebony bridge from Gabon, Gotoh tuners.
Only the volume and tone knobs have been changed to a model coming from a period TSF radio in Bakelite.
Genuine gypsy jazz guitar that has passed through many hands, gypsies or pro jazz players, which explains the hole in the headstock that must have spent a few years hanging on a nail in a caravan!