Selmer, a french manufacturer, produced the instrument from 1932 to about 1952. Jun 17, 2009 maccaferri began working with the french instrument company, selmer in the late 1920s. Save maccaferri guitar to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. This is a full size, detailed plan from which to build the guitar. Selmer maccaferri style tenor guitar this is the last selmer maccaferri style tenor guitar that david hodson ever worked on before his untimely passing in 2007. The music is stochelo rosenberg playing just relax. A stepbystep guide to building a laminated body selmermaccaferri guitar. Django is covered of course, but so are many historical players that are usually overlooked. The maccaferri model selmer with the large dshaped soundhole grande bouche, was originally designed to accommodate mario maccaferris patented internal resonator. This site uses technical cookies and analytics tools, including those provided by third parties, to understand how people use our site and to improve the browsing experience. Part of the maurice dupont selmer macafferi style gypsy jazz guitar range. Here, for the enjoyment of guitar aficionados, is the full maccaferri story, complete with some brief forays into 19th century guitar history, and including a detailed accounting of the plastic guitars. Jun 29, 2014 paul vernon chester improvises on his 1930s maccaferri 272 restored by jeongwoo cho of jwc guitars.
Nov 15, 2015 building a maccaferri style guitar in 2008. It has the serial number 363 and was made in 2006 and finished off beautifully in 2015 by mr alan marshall who used to make davids fretboards. They were later replaced after maccaferris departure from selmer by the petit bouche model. A step by step guide to building a laminated body slemer maccaferri guitar really liked it 4. Origins in the po river valley the beginnings of the maccaferri story go back to the dawn of the century.
The story of selmer maccaferri guitars traces, for the first time, the history of these remarkable and influential guitars since their creation by mario maccaferri in 1931 until the conclusion of their fabrication in 1952. Aug 20, 2016 the guitar is in the book of rf charle the story of selmer maccaferri guitars. Park has now been building fine guitars in vancouver, british columbia since 1991. The heel taper is drawn so it is slightly oversize on the block and cut on the band saw. Michael collins building a selmermaccaferri guitar. Vintage tenor guitars, four string guitars, plectrum guitars. The original case is included in sale and is in fine condition. Selmer guitars background and observations djangobooks forum.
The basic 193233 dhole guitar has 12 frets and a 648mm 25. The selmer guitaroften called a selmermaccaferri or just maccaferri by english speakers, as early british advertising stressed the designer rather than manufactureris an unusual acoustic guitar best known as the favored instrument of django reinhardt. Here below is the picture of guitar number 503 which was owned and played by django. The first selmer guitars were made in france in 1932 and shipped back to the london branch. Selmer changed the design after maccaferri departed, probably to simplify production. Guitars mdc50 selmer maccaferri sandarac, gypsy guitars.
From producing the pliage, to inlaying the rosette, preparing the laminate, carving the neck, to applying the finish, each topic is discussed in great detail. The selmer guitar or selmer maccaferri or simply maccaferri is an unusual. In my best of gallery one can see an example of a 1984 jacques favino model made by jean pierre. She played rhythm guitar in the popular gypsy jazz ensemble pearl django for 6 years and has had a long and intimate connection to the classic selmer guitar sound. Portuguese guitar is soon in the final sanding stage and the finalizing starts so new stuff has to be started. Just as lloyd loar chased volume and projection with his gibson l5 archtop design, maccaferri faced the same task. At london guitar studio we are proud to stock an exciting new selection of gypsy jazz guitars including a number of special selmer maccaferri style guitars from spanish luthier geronimo mateos. The first move was to paris in 1927, next to london in 1929, then back to paris in 1931 to create selmers guitarmaking facility. Jun 05, 2009 the prior owner george cole has this to say. Selmer guitar for sale in uk 58 used selmer guitars.
Shelley also brings a wealth of listening and playing experience to her craft. With assurances from the davis brothers and based on maccaferris reputation with mozzani, monsieur selmer proposed constructing a run of the instruments at the selmer manufacturing facility at manteslaville, near paris. From 8 hands down to two hands, but the very same guitar. He was the man that designed the famous selmermaccaferri guitar used by django rheinardt and his brother. They began making his radical wooden acoustic guitar that had an internal soundboard which was a way of trying to get rid of wolf notes. Fills in the blanks in the history of both the maccaferriselmer and selmer guitars maccaferri had nothing to do with the later ovalhole models and includes fascinating histories of many players. We havent mentioned mario maccaferri in this blog yet but we certainly will look at the unique guitar he created for selmer musical instruments to produce. It was, by all accounts, a poor design, unlike maccaferri s.
This website is an ongoing project to collect and pass on information about the construction of selmer maccaferri guitars. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar details the stepbystep construction of the laminated european style jazz guitar, made famous by the great gypsy jazz guitarist, django reinhardt. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars traces, for the first time, the history of these remarkable and influential guitars since their creation by mario maccaferri in 1931 until the conclusion of their fabrication in 1952, and explores the myth they repre. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars francois charle on. He began using a selmermaccaferri gutstring guitar, but soon maccaferri launched his louder steelstring version that proved perfect for jazz. These guitars are faithful reproductions of the original maccaferri design grand bouche guitars used by django reindhart.
Label and resonator are fully intact with no rattle coming from the resonator box. Vintage guitars selmer maccaferri japan book django reinhardt maurice dupont. It is the later selmer version that comes loose and causes problems. When jean pierre stopped making his fathers model, and introduced his own model that guitar became the jean pierre favino model. The neck shaft side template is used to layout the rough shape of the heel block. Next im going to do a guitar that was used by one of my favorite guitar players, django reinhardt. Seagull by ad van kuijk walking the dog by ad van kuijk. Michael collins building a selmer maccaferri guitar hyperhip media building a selmer maccaferri guitar details the stepbystep construction of the laminated european style jazz guitar, made famous by the great gypsy jazz guitarist, django reinhardt. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar pdf building a selmer maccaferri guitar. Ben and lew davis, two brothers who managed selmers london dealership, were impressed. Author of building a selmer maccaferri guitar and osteopathy in britain. Building a selmermaccaferri guitar djangobooks forum.
Get the best deals on maccaferri vintage acoustic guitars when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. The guitar is located in germany and was uploaded to our platform for sale today. I have seen that i can buy a remake of the original maccaferri d hole for a few hundred bucks made guitar, but i want to make mine. Italian luthier mario maccaferri designed the first guitar models for henri selmers manufacturing outfit in a partnership that would last a mere 18 months. Fills in the blanks in the history of both the maccaferri selmer and selmer guitars maccaferri had nothing to do with the later ovalhole models and includes fascinating histories of many players.
His guitar design is still being copied today by ten or so overseas. Maccaferri was asked about this once, and he stated emphatically that it was not his resonators that were coming loose. By mid 35, the french guitars were finally available in france, and django played his first riffs on a selmer. When the selmer maccaferri guitar was introduced it heralded a revolutionary approach to guitar building, tone creation, techniques, and it became directly associated with a new genre of music.
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