Rob Aylward

Rob lives in Scotland after recently moving there from Kent. He is a fine banjo player as well as a excellent stringed instrument maker and repairer.
He has made many Modele Jazz (Selmer Style) Guitars, including my own. He has supplied some of his work to Robin Nolan and Garry Potter. He also makes Banjo's, Mandolins Arch Tops and Classical guitars though 90% of his work is now Selmer Style Guitars. He has supplied over 100 guitars to many a happy customer throughout the known world.

Web Page www.rjaylwardguitars.co.uk

As far as value for money goes at the moment he can't be beaten. At time of uploading this file (Jan 2003) he charges around the £1,300 for the basic Selmer style Guitar. This price is the same for both Oval hole and D hole Guitars.

His work is so popular that at present his turn around time from deposit to delivery is approx 9 months.

Robert Aylward
Kinermony Mews
Aberlour
Banffshire
AB38 9LX

01340 881366
For those abroad that would be
+44 1340881366


E-mail Robert

Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Shelley began building guitars in 1991. Her instruments embody the classic sound and design of the Selmer/Maccaferri guitars built in France during the 1930's and 1940's, but they also reflect her personal aesthetic and contemporary approach to lutherie.
Her instruments start at a base price of $2700 US plus shipping and delivery time is 3-5 months.
Besides building guitars, Park is also a rhythm guitarist for the Washington based group Pearl Django You can view her own website at www.parkguitars.com
Her guitars can be heard on their last three albums.

David Hodson is a UK based Selmer Style guitar builder with a large clientele. His prices are also very competitive. You can now check out his new website with all the latest pictures and pricings.

Leo Eimers lives and works in IJsselstein, Netherlands.
He has been building and restoring Selmer - Maccaferri style instruments for the last ten years.
Leo makes his standard models of solid wood but employs also the the original Selmer method of laminating sides and backs. His guitars are hand built and finished with the traditional nitro cellulose lacquer or French polish.
Top quality guitars for a reasonable price. Eimers-Guitars makes also the Stochelo Rosenberg Signature Model. Beside building he also restores Selmer\Macaferri guitars.
Visit his web site at www.eimers-guitars.nl

Eimers-Guitars
Leo Eimers
Frankrijkstraat 3
3402 BE IJsselstein
E-mail: l.eimers@planet.nl
Tel: 0031 (0) 30-2422765

John who has a French sounding name, none the less comes from the U.K. He has a long and good reputation among the Django Style players in the U.K as well as abroad..

John taught his craft at the London School of Furniture, Instrument Dept, in 1973 and has been making Selmer style guitars since 1976.

If you like, take a hop over to Johns Website

Contact John here by e-mail

John le Voi
The Workshop,
West Street,
Alford,
Lincs.
LN13 9EZ
Tel: +44 (0)1507 463341

Doug is probably the most successful of the Selmer Style Luthiers in the U.K. He has at present made guitars for Jimmy Rosenberg, Ian Cruicshank and Gary Potter. All of his instruments are highly sought after. This is partially due to clever advertising via Ian Cruickshanks video and book publications. This however cannot take away from the fact that he builds excellent guitars.

At time of upload prices are £1,400 (this has probably increased quite a bit by now) for the basic Selmer Style with a whopping 14 month waiting list. Though this time does vary from year to year.

Tel: UK +44 (0)1647 440394 

Jean Pierre lives in Castelbiague, in the South of France.

Jean Pierre took over the business from his father (Jaques Favino) a few years ago and has been building since 1973. The Favino is still built by one person as he does not employ anyone as his father did before him. At present I do not have any information on turn around times or prices though I do believe he has made guitars for among others the Ferre Brothers. He speaks good English so is up for a chat.

Jean Pierre Favino
Les Gaouats 31160
Castelbiague
France.
Tel:(33)61 90 10 27

Maurice Lives at Port-Boutiers, Cognac in France. He has been making guitars for many years and also repaired many of the original Selmer Maccaferri's. No known website at present.

Stefan started to build Selmer and Maccafferi Style guitars in an absolutely origin manner in 1988. He also restores Original Selmer and Maccafferi Guitars. He also played for several years in a Hot Club band as rythm guitarist. Some of hiswell known customers are for example: Bireli lagrene and Dorado Schmitt. You can find my homepage under: hahl-guitars.de He also makes Archtop Jazz guitars , Classical and Steel string Flat tops.

I build stringed instruments on Hornby Island,B.C.,Canada. Mainly it's flat and carved top mandolin family and bouzouki models. I have also built a couple Maccaferri replicas and hope to get the opportunity to do more in the future. I spent over two years under the tutelage of Michael Dunn and an additional two under Jean Larrivee. Altogether I have 10 years of luthiery and repair experience.

Lawrence Nyberg

Or visit site

Charles Lives in Canada and has his own website or you can mail him from here. 

Michael lives in Canada and has been producing instruments since 1966. Over the years he has produced over 300 instruments (including a Double Manual French Harpsichord). At present about 90% of his work is Selmer / Maccaferri style instruments.

Check out what Michael has to say about himself and for contact details.

Lot's of Django look-a-likes are not sound-a-likes. Often guitars sound very dry, not expressive. In my opinion a good guitar gives the player the possibility to colour the tone. Django gave us a lot of examples, didn't he? I try to make instruments with a good balance, loud sounding, easy to play and a wide range of colours.
Visit me: http://www.gitaarbouw.nl
Contact: Gerrit van Bergeijk
Absveen 72
2211 EW Noordwijkerhout
0031 (0) 252 377 603
E-mail: g.bergeijk@worldonline.nl

Paul Gruen

Paul is a luthier who pursuaded me to put him in this section. He is undoubtedly a fine luthier but if your after a bog standard Selmer Mac style guitar you had better have a look at this amazing guitar first. His website is available at www.gruenacousticguitars.com

3, rue Constantinople
75008 Paris
Telephone 01 43 87 39 50
Web: www.castelluccia.com
E-mail JBCASTEL@aol.com

Killy Nonnis

Killis a fine builder of Selmer style guitars which have exceptional tone, volume and clarity. He exhibits and sells his guitars at the Samois Festival and in Paris as well as directly. He is also well known as producer of high quality tailpieces for many of the makers listed on this page. If you would like to buy a guitar or tailpiece, or have any specific instrument requirements you can contact Killy on this address Email Killy or see his myspace page

Ari-Jukka Luomaranta

Ari is based in Finland and has a website that displays all of his work. www.ajl-guitars.com

.Roy Eneas, as well as being an Artist, Illustrator, Cartoonist and Musician, has been a Luthier of fine guitars for more than 20 years, building Classical, Folk and Jazz guitars on the South Coast of England.  Roy was taught most of his woodworking skills and the pleasure of working with wood, from a young age, by his father Dennis, who was a cabinet and furniture maker until his retirement.
In the last few years Roy has concentrated exclusively on building Jazz Guitars in the style of the original Selmers built between 1932 - 1952.
Roy's Royal Gypsy Jazz Guitars have been well received by many of today's players of this unique style of music.
www.royaljazzguitars.co.uk

Moustache Guitars are made in Holland by Thijs van der Harst.
Almost exact copies of the originals with great sonority, excellent playability, and real authentic Selmer’ sound.
Lollo Meier and Tcha Limberger are playing Moustache guitars.
He makes also fine gypsy style picks.
www.moustache-guitars.nl

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