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• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  November 2017 Posts: 4,735

  Couple of good shots of both the soundhole and headstock but the label and logo have too much light reflection and couldn't make anything out of it. I didn't watch the whole thing though.
  Aren't Sel-Macs the hardest guitars in the world to identify?

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• Jim Anderson New

  November 2017 Posts: 14

  Here is a clear pic from 23:48.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  November 2017 Posts: 4,735

  I think that says "SELMER".

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  November 2017 Posts: 6,153

  That guitar is an original Selmer Maccaferri that had a 14 fret neck installed on it. The work was done a long time ago. Bireli just borrowed it for the concert but wanted to buy it as it’s he said it sounds incredible. Unfortunately it’s not for sale....

  
• Bones Moderator

  November 2017 Posts: 3,319

  Michael, do you know what scale length the new neck is? I'm assuming they wanted to keep the bridge in about the same place relative to the pliage?
  
  thanks
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  November 2017 Posts: 6,153

  @Bones I don’t know the scale legnth but by the looks of it I’d say 660mm. You could probably figure it out by comparing with images of various Selmers.
• wim ChicagoModerator Barault #503 replica

  November 2017 Posts: 1,457

  Frankenselmer! It sounds great. Was that a tenor or 6-string originally?
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  November 2017 Posts: 6,153

  @Wim Glenn sorry....I don’t know what it’s original string configuration was.
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  November 2017 edited November 2017 Posts: 6,153

  I just heard from another, more reliable source, that this was actually originally a petite bouche Selmer that had been damaged and then was retopped with a D hole in Argentina. Eitherway, it's certainly had quite a life, even finding its way into Bireli's hands!
• spatzo Virtuoso

  November 2017 Posts: 768

  and no zero fret! now the interesting question is on the sound of Selmers...has this guitar a typical Selmer sound? only partially I think, can we say that the part of Selmer sound that remains comes from original back and sides as all the rest has been changed (neck, table, etc.)?