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Selmer guitar
Selmer-Maccaferri and Selmer style replica guitars
Manufacturer
Selmer
Period
1932–1952
Construction
Body type
Archtop-Selmer
Neck joint
Dovetail
Woods
Body
European Spruce (Picea abies) [original] or Sitka Spruce/Engelmann spruce [modern] top Rosewood or Mahogany back and sides
Neck
Walnut
Fretboard
Ebony
Hardware
Bridge
Rosewood
Colors available
Natural
The Selmer guitar — often called a Selmer-Maccaferri or just Maccaferri by English speakers, as early British advertising stressed the designer rather than manufacturer — is an unusual acoustic guitar best known as the favored instrument of Django Reinhardt. Selmer, a French manufacturer, produced the instrument from 1932 to about 1952.
The Selmerguitar — often called a Selmer-Maccaferri or just Maccaferri by English speakers, as early British advertising stressed the designer rather...
range of semi-acoustic and acoustic guitars for Selmer UK These were badged with the Selmer logo and most had a Selmer "lyre" tailpiece. Model names were...
the tenor guitar, as well as doubling on the tuba. In the early 1930s SelmerGuitars in Paris manufactured four-string guitars based on guitar designs by...
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: 138–139 Having failed to bring his usual Selmer Modèle Jazz, he played on a borrowed electric guitar, which he felt hampered the delicacy of his style...
gypsy jazz guitarists, lead and rhythm, play a version of the Selmer-Maccaferri guitar design favored by Reinhardt. Ensembles aim for an acoustic sound...
instruments), Krauth & Beninghoften, L.D. Heater Music Company, Epiphone Guitars, Selmer UK, Moog, and other musical instrument brands. In the mid-1970s, the...
part of the funeral's cost. One of Paul's prized possessions was a Selmer acoustic guitar given to him by Reinhardt's widow. Paul formed a trio in 1937 with...
when Stochelo was about 10 years old. Nous'che and Stochelo both own Selmerguitars: Nous'che a "D-hole" and Stochelo an "oval-hole" (which was the model...
Archtop guitars can be mass-produced, such as the Ibanez Artcore series, or handmade by luthiers such as Robert Benedetto. The Selmer-Maccaferri guitar is...
inspired him to purchase a Gibson Les Paul guitar. During 1966, Kossoff worked as a junior salesman at Selmer's Music Shop in Charing Cross Road. He received...
period Valentine played a Futurama III solid guitar, this was the UK brandname of importer Selmer, his next guitar was a Burns Vibra-Artiste which he bought...
Selmer, no. 142, and in Australia has performed and recorded using one of the last Selmerguitars made, no. 861. When not playing his Selmerguitars he...
luthier and inventor. Maccaferri is best-known for designing the Selmer Maccaferri guitar played by Gypsy jazz legend Django Reinhardt. His design featured...
wistfulness." For most of his career he is pictured with, and recorded with a Selmerguitar as indeed, were most French guitarists of the day; towards the end of...
Over the years, Townshend has used many types of amplifier, including Vox, Selmer, Fender, Marshall, and Hiwatt, sticking to using Hiwatt amps for most of...
"B&G Guitars". B&G Guitars. "Q. What is the effect of the soundport? | Shelley D. Park Guitars :: Gypsy Jazz Guitar Luthier in the Style of Selmer Maccaferri"...
the blessing of Mario Maccaferri to make reproductions of his Selmer-Maccaferri jazz guitars. Born in Gosport, Hampshire, Eccleshall was the son of Doreen...
allowing manufacture his guitar and bass. In 1971, Ampeg was acquired by Magnavox, which owned musical instrument manufacturer Selmer, but was better known...