Designed in 1932 by genius inventor Mario Maccaferri for Selmer. French-made Selmer guitars were popularized by Django Reinhardt, the gypsy king of early jazz.

• 20th Century Guitar
  Rara Avis,
  November 1999
  1999 Selmer Maccaferri Grand Modele
  
  by Bianca Soros



• The New Yorker
  Jazz -- Seeing Music,
  September 11, 2000
  
  by Whitney Balliett