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. Selmer guitars by francois charle djangobooks forum. 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. It is the story of modernization in a microcosm of when a slower, more staid way of life came into. 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. He is an authority on classical, traditional and modern french stringed instruments.
Luthieria selmer maccaferri neck guitars drill scribd. Cutting the heel angle with the neck securely clamped to the miter gauge. Key design changes made to the guitar by selmer craftsmen after mario maccaferri left the company in 1933. They were later replaced after maccaferri s departure from selmer by the petit bouche model. Django is covered of course, but so are many historical players that are usually overlooked. By 1933, with production completely operational, mario maccaferri was increasingly less in evidence at the atelier.
If you should have interest in this guitar please do not hesitate to contact us. Page 194 building a selmer maccaferri guitar 1 19 32 in 40. The selmer maccaferri was the first guitar with a cutaway and a steel reinforced neck. Tsusrock mesh hr, may15 1 files 50 downloads technical specifications 27032015. The guitar is in the book of rf charle the story of selmer maccaferri guitars. It was produced by selmer from 1932 to about 1952 references. This website is an ongoing project to collect and pass on information about the construction of selmer maccaferri guitars. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Just as lloyd loar chased volume and projection with his gibson l5 archtop design, maccaferri faced the same task. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar pdf building a selmer maccaferri guitar. Plans guitares grellier site has plans for three guitars and a ukulele in both pdf. Seagull by ad van kuijk walking the dog by ad van kuijk. See more ideas about gypsy guitar, guitar and gypsy jazz.
Vintage mastro maccaferri romancer guitar wow rare ebay. Selmer guitars background and observations djangobooks. 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. 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. Vintage tenor guitars, four string guitars, plectrum. Luthieria selmer maccaferri neck free download as pdf file. 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. If a pdf version was ever made available for a legal sale by download, id definitely buy one simply for. Selmer, a french manufacturer, produced the instrument from 1932 to about 1952. The guitar was initially designed by mario maccaferri, with a 12fret neck and a dshaped soundhole. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars elderly instruments. 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. Rapidshare michael collinsbuilding a selmer maccaferri.
The story of selmer maccaferri guitars download ebook. It is not everyday that we see an original selmer maccaferri in the vintage guitar market. 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. Selmer guitar for sale in uk 61 used selmer guitars. Click download or read online button to get the story of selmer maccaferri guitars book now. Generally, an ebook can be downloaded in five minutes or less. Building a selmer maccaferri guitar collins guitars. Gypsy jazz guitars selmer maccaferri styles london.
Celebrating over 20 years of the best and rarest vintage gypsy guitars in the us. 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. Francois charle, the story of selmer maccaferri guitars. Selmer maccaferri style guitars have a great tone and are loud, allowing the lead to be easily heard within the group. Mario maccaferri was a classical guitar performer and luthier who studied with buildermusician luigi mozzani in cento, italy. 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.
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. Guitarra selmermaccaferri,contrabajo, violin ocasionalmente clarinete y acordeon. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars by francois charlelili. The selmer guitaroften called a selmermaccaferri or just maccaferri by english speakers. Cad selmer maccaferri gypsy style guitar plan cad guitar. From 1939 he lived and worked in the united states. 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. 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.
The lead, and the guitar favoured by django himself featured an oval hole, known as a petite bouche. The story of selmer maccaferri guitars edition gypsy jazz guitar, music guitar, cool. 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. The neck was bolted to the body, and despite a plastic exterior had a central metal. 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. Add tags for the story of selmermaccaferri guitars. 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 by charle, francois at. Maccaferri supervised the fabrication of each model. Origins in the po river valley the beginnings of the maccaferri story go back to the dawn of the century. Fully detailed builder full scale plans 102 cm 70 cm jazz model with oval hole and 14 fret.
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. 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. Breaking the sexual harassment story this helped ignite a movement. Livre sur lhistoire des guitares selmer maccaferri. Click here to download a printable pdf of this lessons notation. 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. 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. All of the selmer maccaferri and selmer models are pre. 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. When the selmer maccaferri guitar was introduced it heralded a revolutionary approach to guitar.
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