2014 Holo Traditional

Bob has made a name for himself over the last few years as an aficionado of the Franco-Italian guitar designs of Selmer, Maccaferri, Busato, Favino, etc. He spent years studying vintage Selmer style guitars including nearly every Selmer, Favino, and Busato that has come through our shop. He has taken on the challenge of making new guitars that have the elusive and ineffable qualities heard in the very best vintage Selmer type guitars. Few will doubt he has been incredibly successful in his quest, as his guitars are now in the hands of many of today's leading players: Rocky Gresset, Stephane Wrembel, Mathieu Chatelain, Neil Andersson, Antoine Boyer, Alfonso Ponticelli, etc. Bob has essentially been a "luthier for the stars" these past few years...but now you can take home one of these gems yourself!

This is Bob's Traditional model which The body is standard Selmer size (15 3/4") and the scale is 670mm.

The top is made from Romanian spruce and features a heat-bent pliage and the soundboard design & characteristics of late period Selmers. The back and sides are constructed of highly figured Honduran rosewood and the neck is walnut.  A truss rod has been installed. The fingerboard is made of ebony. The interior is laquered in the tradition of the original Selmers.

This example is light and crisp in tone, with the sort of dry clarity one rarely finds in newer instruments. The high end sings wonderful while the robust  midrange fills out chordal playing and lower string work. Another masterpiece from Bob!


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