Bireli's guitar at concert "au Gres du Jazz"?

pdg

Does anyone know what guitar Bireli used at his acoustic quartet concert "au Gres du Jazz"? Here's a youtube link to the concert:

Buco

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?

Jim Anderson

Here is a clear pic from 23:48.

Buco

I think that says "SELMER".

MichaelHorowitz

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

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

@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

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

MichaelHorowitz

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

MichaelHorowitz

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

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.)?