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Mario Macferri |
The French Musical Instrument
maker, Selmer, hired young Mario Macaferri to design
guitars......first patents in
1932.
Macaferri pioneered the
induced arch
soundboard and also the
first guitar with a cutaway.
Django's guitars also used "zero fret".
Selmer /Macaferri
A look at Django's guitar
So it seems puzzling...
The induced arch / tailpiece "Hybrid" was a design that
yielded great results for Gypsy Jazz and continues to do
so. Today there are numerous small manufacturers
and independant luthiers that build replicas of Django's
guitar. So why has that design configuration not
been moved forward by builders for use by folks that
play other types of music? And what happened to
"zero fret"? Hmmm.
Sometimes great ideas
just go dormant. Let's wake it up! |
