This is the Gypsy model with nylon strings. Mario Maccaferri designed his Concert Model in the thirties. Very popular by players for fingerstyle jazz, bossa nova but also classical repertoire. The cutaway makes it easy to reach the highest position.
Neck Often players ask for a custom neck width. Classical is 52 mm at the nut, often I make them 50 or 49 mm. Think about that. I make the nylon gypsy with a raised fingerboard. That gives more stiffness and is easy to play.
Woods The top is spruce or cedar. For the back and sides there are options as Indian rosewood, but also maple and zebrawood. Neck is mahogany, cedro or maple.
Custom non-tropical: Interesting idea to make an instrument only of non-tropical woods. For the top European spruce, back and sides European maple, neck and fingerboard also maple. The fingerboard is also varnished for protection. The bridge, headstock and the bindings are pearwood.
For all my models I use double sides and sometimes double backs. The top is very light and a part of the bracing is reinforced with carbon.
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Specs: Top
Back Sides
Neck Fingerboard Tuners Scale
Top nut widht Upper bout Waist Lower bout Body lenght
Spruce cedar Indian Rosewood
Cedrella Ebony Waverly 65,4 cm 52 mm 28,5 cm 25,0 cm 39,5 cm 45 cm
Jan Walter playing his Nylon Jazz guitar
Tim Drackert playing his Nylon string Jazz Guitar
Images Nylon Gypsy
Nylon string Manouche
D Hole Nylon Gipsy
Schaller tuners
Traditional fingeboard 52 mm at the nut. Aske for customizing
Nylon string
The selmer style body
Ask for custum options
The bridge
Custom made Nylon gipsy
European spruce top over 25 Years old
22 frets,
The Nylon string Gypsy
Cedar top Nylon string D hole
Back Indian Rosewood, Options: Maple or Zebrawood
Maccaferri model with cutaway
Neck 52 mm at the nut, also custom width
Maple binding inlay
I use a floating nut
scale is 65 cm, also shortscale possible
Nylon gipsy with spruce top
Raised fingerboard
Cedar top
Smaller D hole with abalone inlay
The neck angle with the raised fingeboard
The cedar top sounds great. Full bass and bright trebles
Made for Tim Drackert
Zebra wood for the back and sides this time
Why should they name this wood Zebra wood?
Bindings are rosewood
Cedar top Abalone inlay
Cutaway
Nylon string Manouche
Custom Nylon Gypsy with non tropical woods
Mike Gabriel is very happy with this environmentally conscious choice
Rainforest free Guitar
Top is 30 years old European spruce
Back and sides European maple.
Bindings are from European pear wood.
Bridge is also pear wood, just as the old lutes
Back is flamed maple. Natural
Neck and fingerboard is hard maple. the fingerboard is finished with pu varnish
The headstock is also with pear wood
The roset is pear wood. So nowhere any tropical woods.
Mike Gabriel is very happy with this environmentally conscious choice
Rainforest free Guitar
Top is 30 years old European spruce
Back and sides European maple.
Bindings are from European pear wood.
Bridge is also pear wood, just as the old lutes
Back is flamed maple. Natural
Neck and fingerboard is hard maple. the fingerboard is finished with pu varnish
The headstock is also with pear wood
The roset is pear wood. So nowhere any tropical woods.
Mike Gabriel is very happy with this environmentally conscious choice
Rainforest free Guitar
Top is 30 years old European spruce
Back and sides European maple.
Bindings are from European pear wood.
Bridge is also pear wood, just as the old lutes
Back is flamed maple. Natural
Neck and fingerboard is hard maple. the fingerboard is finished with pu varnish
The headstock is also with pear wood
The roset is pear wood. So nowhere any tropical woods.
Mike Gabriel is very happy with this environmentally conscious choice
Rainforest free Guitar
Gerrit van Bergeijk Absveen 72 2211 EW Noordwijkerhout The Netherlands
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