Built on the platform of the original Selmer-style instruments, and assembled in the same carved workshop as the best-selling Loar and Recording King guitars, the Paris Swing Model 42 D-Hole Jazz Acoustic Guitar has the snap and quick decay players want from gypsy jazz instruments. The Model 42 has the D-shaped soundhole , also known as the "big mouth' or "grande bouche," is the preferred instruments for rhythm players. Case sold separately.