The selmer guitar often called a selmer maccaferri 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. One of the leading spanish luthiers of selmer maccaferri style guitars, mateos makes a selmer copy with a european spruce top and a figured bubinga body for a relatively affordable price. From 8 hands down to two hands, but the very same guitar. Drawing by patrick alexandre in collaboration with francois charle. The story of selmer guitars is back hi all the story of selmer guitars is back, 2nd edition available as a paperback from dec 08.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. During this brief but revolutionary epoch the first selmer maccaferri guitars were produced. 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. Livre sur lhistoire des guitares selmer maccaferri. Key design changes made to the guitar by selmer craftsmen after mario maccaferri left the company in 1933. For nappy returned, only full set nappy can be refunded if original nappy order come with inserts.
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. When maccaferri left the company, selmer made some changes to the model, most notably the introduction of the oval soundhole and the lengthening of the neck. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars elderly instruments. The selmer guitaroften called a selmermaccaferri or just maccaferri by english speakers.
Add tags for the story of selmermaccaferri guitars. Tsusring net galfan, feb12 1 files 63 downloads technical specifications 27032015. Cutting the heel angle with the neck securely clamped to the miter gauge. The neck was bolted to the body, and despite a plastic exterior had a central metal. 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 range of selmer guitars presented in the catalogue of 1936 zoom selmer develops a whole range of guitars, in partnership with the instrument maker mario maccaferri. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar collins guitars. All of the selmer maccaferri and selmer models are pre.
From 1939 he lived and worked in the united states. 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 represent today. Selmer guitars by francois charle djangobooks forum. Click here to download a printable pdf of this lessons notation. Selmer guitars by francois charle would be interested to know if their is an electronic version of this book or a pdf version, i think their must be quite a few gypsy jazzers out thei vd day gig and friday gig, nyc and brooklyn hi everyone, i wanted to let you know about my gigs this week. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar pdf building a selmer maccaferri guitar. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars by francois charlelili. Selmer, a french manufacturer, produced the instrument from 1932 to about 1952. Maccaferri supervised the fabrication of each model. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Gary lee moore has produced an excellent teaching resource for playing the tenor guitar as backup for texas fiddling, entitled getting started in fiddle backup, obtainable as a free pdf download from various sources including the tenor guitar registry. Luthieria selmer maccaferri neck guitars drill scribd.
Mario maccaferri 19001993 was an italian luthier, classical guitarist, businessman, and inventor. The guitar was restored by master luthier lukas milani the work lasted 5 months. Plans guitares grellier site has plans for three guitars and a ukulele in both pdf. They were later replaced after maccaferri s departure from selmer by the petit bouche model. Pdf the selmer maccaferri guitar and gypsy jazz researchgate. The guitar was initially designed by mario maccaferri, with a 12fret neck and a dshaped soundhole. Francois charle, the story of selmer maccaferri guitars. Seagull by ad van kuijk walking the dog by ad van kuijk. Rapidshare michael collinsbuilding a selmer maccaferri.
Generally, an ebook can be downloaded in five minutes or less. This website is an ongoing project to collect and pass on information about the construction of selmer maccaferri guitars. Selmer guitars background and observations djangobooks. 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.
Selmer guitar often called a selmer maccaferri or just maccaferri by anglophones, as its inventors rather than manufacturers name was stressed in the early british advertising is an unusual steelstring acoustic guitar best known as the favored instrument of django reinhardt. Italian luthier mario maccaferri designed the first guitar models for henri selmer s manufacturing outfit in a partnership that would last a mere 18 months. It is not everyday that we see an original selmer maccaferri in the vintage guitar market. It is the story of modernization in a microcosm of when a slower, more staid way of life came into. Tsusrock mesh hr, may15 1 files 50 downloads technical specifications 27032015. 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. Part of the maurice dupont selmer macafferi style gypsy jazz guitar range. Available from rf charle, par unsure of best method with gp for this type of seq of notes i have gp book, and understand the string change always a downstroke rule, but have not seen this. Gypsy jazz guitars selmer maccaferri styles london. 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. Mario maccaferri was a classical guitar performer and luthier who studied with buildermusician luigi mozzani in cento, italy. He is noted for designing the guitar favored by jazz musician django reinhardt, and for designing plastic clothespins, plastic bath and kitchen tiles and the plastic islander ukulele which sold millions of copies in the mid1900s.
Celebrating over 20 years of the best and rarest vintage gypsy guitars in the us. Breaking the sexual harassment story this helped ignite a movement. Guitarra selmermaccaferri,contrabajo, violin ocasionalmente clarinete y acordeon. Django reinhardt favoured the selmer guitar, a style that today is almost entirely associated with gypsy jazz guitar. Selmer guitar for sale in uk 61 used selmer guitars. Origins in the po river valley the beginnings of the maccaferri story go back to the dawn of the century. Selmer maccaferri style guitars have a great tone and are loud, allowing the lead to be easily heard within the group. See more ideas about gypsy guitar, guitar and gypsy jazz. If a pdf version was ever made available for a legal sale by download, id definitely buy one simply for. Page 194 building a selmer maccaferri guitar 1 19 32 in 40. The guitar is in the book of rf charle the story of selmer maccaferri guitars. He is an authority on classical, traditional and modern french stringed instruments. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars by francois charleli 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 represent today.
It was produced by selmer from 1932 to about 1952 references. Description cad selmer maccaferri gypsy style guitar plan. Fully detailed builder full scale plans 102 cm 70 cm jazz model with oval hole and 14 fret. Django is covered of course, but so are many historical players that are usually overlooked. These guitars are faithful reproductions of the original maccaferri design grand bouche guitars used by django reindhart. The selmer maccaferri was the first guitar with a cutaway and a steel reinforced neck. Vintage tenor guitars, four string guitars, plectrum. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars by charle, francois at. Just as lloyd loar chased volume and projection with his gibson l5 archtop design, maccaferri faced the same task.
By 1933, with production completely operational, mario maccaferri was increasingly less in evidence at the atelier. Cad selmer maccaferri gypsy style guitar plan cad guitar. When the selmer maccaferri guitar was introduced it heralded a revolutionary approach to guitar. Luthieria selmer maccaferri neck free download as pdf file. The lead, and the guitar favoured by django himself featured an oval hole, known as a petite bouche. Henri selmer and company the book now out of print outlining the life and times of the illustrious guitarist, luthier, and inventor mario maccaferri, without whom there would probably have been no selmer guitar or story at all. Click download or read online button to get the story of selmer maccaferri guitars book now. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars edition gypsy jazz guitar, music guitar, cool. Vintage mastro maccaferri romancer guitar wow rare ebay. American luthier lukas milani is sure that the guitar was the one who used to play by maccaferri. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars download ebook. If you should have interest in this guitar please do not hesitate to contact us.
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