Geronimo Mateos Jazz B

Gypsy guitar like big mouth Spanish manufacturing. The features are detailed on the website of the artisan luthier.

The handle is made of walnut, the key, the easel and Nut are made of ebony.

The glossy polyurethane lacquer is pleasant to the touch, it showcases the beautiful natural pattern of the wood grain on the back and sides Bubinga: superb.

The film made would in my opinion could just be slightly thinner. No doubt, it protects better and the vagaries of weather and hydrometric changes ...

Plugging "output jack" (without adjustment) is included as standard.

UTILIZATION

The handle is one of the reasons of my choice because I find "thoughtful" keeping certain details of a traditional "gypsy" and judiciously adapted for a more contemporary look and shape evolution: pleasant, comfortable I find it really good.

The weight of the guitar is well balanced, I find it rather light and "easy" to play, I found my bearings quickly.

Sound projection of this guitar I liked from the first test.

SOUNDS

The guitar has a good sound balance across: this is a guitar maker ...!

The panel sounds of low, mid and treble is well represented, but the guitar is distinguished from a particular expression in the mid-treble quite remarkable:

This guitar has a resource projection, which, as soon as you insist a little above, helps out this guitar ensemble playing in this register.

I can through this allow me to effectively accentuate certain rhythmic traits with the pick on the pump "gypsy", also get a good intelligibility of notes played to interpret thême or play impro ...

I tried the jack output: it "may" help but to an important scene, is expected to sound reproduction up to the acoustic capabilities of the guitar, at least be supplemented by a sound recording by an acoustic microphone placed in front of escutcheon or dedicated sensor.

OVERALL OPINION

Before my purchase, I tried cheaper guitars: Cigano, Gitane
other much more expensive: ALD, Dupont, Favino.

I also tried several Matéos Geronimo finally find my happiness with this: the quality / price ratio, the quality of manufacture, the choice of species, the violin, the sound quality: many arguments to let me try! ...

It's a real "gypsy guitar" luthier remaining in compliance with a tradition of craftsmanship, a touch of modernity to the result to me, a great personality, I play mostly for the "gypsy" style for more than two years with a pleasure that was not blunt, quite the opposite! ...