Django is covered of course, but so are many historical players that are usually overlooked. The selmer guitar or selmer maccaferri or simply maccaferri is an unusual. Park has now been building fine guitars in vancouver, british columbia since 1991. Vintage guitars selmer maccaferri japan book django reinhardt maurice dupont. These guitars are faithful reproductions of the original maccaferri design grand bouche guitars used by django reindhart. Nov 15, 2015 building a maccaferri style guitar in 2008. Author of building a selmer maccaferri guitar and osteopathy in britain.
They were later replaced after maccaferris departure from selmer by the petit bouche model. 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. Selmer guitars background and observations djangobooks forum. 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. A stepbystep guide to building a laminated body selmermaccaferri guitar. The basic 193233 dhole guitar has 12 frets and a 648mm 25. The first selmer guitars were made in france in 1932 and shipped back to the london branch. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar pdf building a selmer maccaferri guitar. He was the man that designed the famous selmermaccaferri guitar used by django rheinardt and his brother. There is a book published on how to build a selmer django style guitar, but this would be my first guitar and i think i should stick to a kit, side curving is prob too tough for me. 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.
Save maccaferri guitar to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. 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. In my best of gallery one can see an example of a 1984 jacques favino model made by jean pierre. Part of the maurice dupont selmer macafferi style gypsy jazz guitar range. 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. Selmer, a french manufacturer, produced the instrument from 1932 to about 1952. 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. Italian luthier mario maccaferri designed the first guitar models for henri selmers manufacturing outfit in a partnership that would last a mere 18 months. Selmer guitar for sale in uk 58 used selmer guitars.
Here below is the picture of guitar number 503 which was owned and played by django. Jun 17, 2009 maccaferri began working with the french instrument company, selmer in the late 1920s. The first move was to paris in 1927, next to london in 1929, then back to paris in 1931 to create selmers guitarmaking facility. 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. 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. Use the full size diagram sup plied when you make your side tem plate. 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. A stepbystep guide to building a laminated body selmer maccaferri guitar building a selmer maccaferri guitar michael collins 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. By mid 35, the french guitars were finally available in france, and django played his first riffs on a selmer.
Selmer develops a whole range of guitars, in partnership with the instrument maker mario maccaferri. The maccaferri model selmer with the large dshaped soundhole grande bouche, was originally designed to accommodate mario maccaferris patented internal resonator. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar by michael collins. It is the later selmer version that comes loose and causes problems. 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.
When jean pierre stopped making his fathers model, and introduced his own model that guitar became the jean pierre favino model. Aug 20, 2016 the guitar is in the book of rf charle the story of selmer maccaferri guitars. Maccaferri was asked about this once, and he stated emphatically that it was not his resonators that were coming loose. Seagull by ad van kuijk walking the dog by ad van kuijk. 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.
The story of selmer maccaferri guitars francois charle on. This website is an ongoing project to collect and pass on information about the construction of selmer maccaferri guitars. Next im going to do a guitar that was used by one of my favorite guitar players, django reinhardt. Along with his performances, maccaferri also taught guitar, often to very illustrious clients, such as the prince of wales. 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. Ben and lew davis, two brothers who managed selmers london dealership, were impressed. It was, by all accounts, a poor design, unlike maccaferri s. 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.
Immediately below is a customised 14 fret to the body selmer with cutaway, parallelogram fingerboard inlays, spalted maple rosette, mustache bridge, shaded top, segmented back inlays and end graft. Label and resonator are fully intact with no rattle coming from the resonator box. The original case is included in sale and is in fine condition. Jun 29, 2014 paul vernon chester improvises on his 1930s maccaferri 272 restored by jeongwoo cho of jwc guitars. The music is stochelo rosenberg playing just relax. 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. 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. 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. Michael collins building a selmermaccaferri guitar.
His guitar design is still being copied today by ten or so overseas. Get the best deals on maccaferri vintage acoustic guitars when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. Portuguese guitar is soon in the final sanding stage and the finalizing starts so new stuff has to be started. 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. Guitars mdc50 selmer maccaferri sandarac, gypsy guitars. Building a selmermaccaferri guitar djangobooks forum. 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 guitar is located in germany and was uploaded to our platform for sale today.
Shelley also brings a wealth of listening and playing experience to her craft. Jun 05, 2009 the prior owner george cole has this to say. Vintage tenor guitars, four string guitars, plectrum guitars. The neck shaft side template is used to layout the rough shape of the heel block. A step by step guide to building a laminated body slemer maccaferri guitar really liked it 4. Photo slide of the 1st stages of me hand building a selmer n807 guitar. From 8 hands down to two hands, but the very same guitar. Selmer changed the design after maccaferri departed, probably to simplify production. This is a full size, detailed plan from which to build the guitar. Just as lloyd loar chased volume and projection with his gibson l5 archtop design, maccaferri faced the same task. The heel taper is drawn so it is slightly oversize on the block and cut on the band saw.
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