Selma
Selma top detail
Mario Maccaferri had several distinguished careers as a gifted
classical guitarist, a brilliant luthier, and a highly successful plastics
manufacturer. His guitar designs for the Selmer Company and their subsequent
refinements made musical history and are regarded as one of his crowning
achievements (perhaps even greater than his 9 million plastic ukuleles!).
While Selmer did make some tenor guitars, as well as the infamous Eddie
Freeman Special with its unique tuning and powerful sound, they were not
as well accepted as the 6 string models and were later discontinued. Earnest
Instruments has picked up the ball and created Selma, a scaled down tenor
version of the Django Reinhardt Model, the top of the Selmer line and the
instrument endorsed and played by Django himself. Selma incorporates the
“petite bouche” that gave that instrument its renowned projection, as well
as its uniquely arched top, floating bridge, slot head, and distinctive
tailpiece. Selma is available in a variety of tonewoods including mahogany,
rosewood, koa, maple, and walnut, and in several scale lengths from 21″
to 23″ (a plectrum model is also available)
| Base price, mahogany –$2750 |
| Inquire about prices for other woods |
| Total Length | Width-Upper Bout | Width-Lower Bout | Depth of Sides | Body Length | Scale Length | Neck Width at Nut |
| 33″-35″ | 93/4″ | 143/4″ | 33/4″ | 161/2″ | 21″-23″ | 11/8″ |
Eddy Davis headstock