This is Maurice Dupont's take on the Selmer Maccaferri guitar style embraced by Django Reinhardt.

 

 

These guitars traditionally have a 'zeroeth' fret. I prefer this to a nut, but many people unfortunately associate a zeroeth fret with a lesser quality instrument. 

 

 

 

The 'petit bouche' oval hole looks small, but it emits a hell of a lot of sound. The bridge floats on the top, held in place by the 'moustaches'. 

I love the elegance of the flat cutaway. 

My only complaint is that the finish is polyurethane. It's not too thick at least, but it just has that plastic-y look to it. And it'll never turn golden with age...

 

I have no idea what kind of wood this is. The back and sides are laminated mahogany, so this veneer is just for looks. 

 

 

 

 The neck shape is consistent from top to bottom. It's wide but shallow.

 

 

 

 It's also traditional for these guitars to have a dot inlay at the tenth fret instead of the ninth. Doesn't seem like a big deal, but I never got used to it. I put a strip of black electrical tape over it for the first year or two. The tape had the identical color and sheen as the ebony, and I cut it to fit between the frets. Finally I had the inlay removed and plugged with ebony.