Selmer guitar
| 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.