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FS Selmer 823
I am likely selling my very kewl Selmer 823 (that is if someone wants it) as a friend of mine is offering up the best Selmer I have played so I figure why not. I could keep both Selmers and forgo the wife (I'm sure you get that) which some on this forum might say yeah do that!
Asking 32k
may or may not put it on reverb, have not decided yet as I am also fine keeping it and saying C'est La Vie...good problem to have.
Here is the fun stuff for the potential buyer or lookie loo.
I purchased this guitar from Jacques Mazzoleni so those who know, know he was a reputable dealer (Jacques mostly retired from the business). Purchased Jan 2022 so close to four years ago.
Beyond what Jacques says you can see the guitar had a magnetic pickup mounted and then removed and an inch of the neck near the sound hole replaced.
From Jacques
This guitar was sold on the 7th of October 1949 to a Mister Seurol..at some point in it's life, it became the property of Challain Ferré..you can see a photo of him playing on stage, the guitar as a Lefty.. since then, the black "stick on" pickguard was removed without damaging the guitar..it is the "classic" model. laminated rosewood back and sides..solid spruce top that is both "bombé" and "plié" at the bridge line.. the fingerboard was replaced and refretted at some point. the neck angle is perfect and does not show to have been resetted at any time..the action is spot on, and there is a second bridge in the case for those hygrometry variations.. it comes in a beautiful reissue case, that is the best copy of the original case.. sturdy and perfect fitting.. the guitar plays and sounds great, and needs absolutely nothing but to be played...
video below is not me...I'll place an old futzing around with it when I got it 4 yrs ago vid too so you can see how it sounds in two different players hands
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Sounds really nice. I wish.
Awe, it looks like it's blushing
And that's some neat looking wood grain on the back. How is this desirable Selmer sounding differently than yours?
Not better, different but both have the old Selmer sound. Mine is maybe a tad fuller and his it a bit brasher but I should change strings and compare to be sure. this not about sonics, mostly playability. Mine plays good, his great but that is because his had the neck shaved down, mine I believe has the original dimensions. His is cleaner looking, this one has tons of played mojo as you can see.
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Ah so it's mostly playability.
Isn't it funny that at the end of the day, for me at least, it's the playability that wins over the sound/tone?
I wanted to add for those who don't know Challain Ferré played rhythm for Django, probably should have mentioned that earlier.
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Buco, I agree. i know it's personal, but which guitars do you think are the most playable?
I really don't have strong preferences for neck shape, nut width, radius etc... For me what matters is that whatever is there, it's all dialed in. Straight neck with little relief (although my guitar went through a period of dead flat, no relief, and played great), frets dressed and leveled as close to perfect as humanly possible (I really want to try a PLEK fret job but nobody in my area does it), low action with no dead spots.
But then once in a blue while you pick up a guitar, grab it by the neck and you hear angelic bells before you even strum a chord. What's so different about it, who the heck knows?
Oh, I found over time that I do like ebony fretboards. They're super smooth and slick to play. The wood has a certain natural oiliness which makes it a joy to play. Recently I had my guitar refretted with stainless steel frets and those gave me most of the benefits of ebony fretboard in the way it feels to play.
Thanks for the comment! I agree with you, but I find that I can definitely play faster with a thinner neck. I've also considered PLEK before, it's tempting.