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Sounding Off

This week, I’m progressing through a very unique (for me) project: a trio of tenor guitars. All based on the Selmer-Maccaferri guitar design from the golden era of swing, these instruments are a period twist on the guitar we now closely associate with Gypsy virtuoso Django Reinhardt. A smaller body size, 23-inch scale length and CGDA tuning set these apart from their six-string counterparts, and

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