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“ first I want to acknowledge the fact that I am pronouncing Django Reinhardt’s name “ wrong “ 👀 in this video and I guess I have been for 50 some years…! 🤔😹👍🏻 I know the D is silent…. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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This guitar was a gift by a very, very very good brand Mr. John Churchill of Birmingham, Alabama. I was doing some recording for John and he had this guitar or I should say one identical to it and he asked me to play it on a couple of his recordings so I did…. I told John I was a big fan of Maccferri Guitars I had never seen one in person or ever thought I would get a chance to play one…! A month or so later I was recording John again when he showed up at my home studio he was carrying a large box. He said here this is for you. It was a brand new unopened plastic. 1950’s Maccferri Guitar Just like his he found one in Nashville and purchased it for me as a gift….! 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️ I have always treasure this Guitar for many reasons mostly because it was a gift from my good friend John Churchill..! Secondly because this guitar plays and sounds fantastic it is so comfortable and has such a distinct sound…! Here is a little bit of the history and a little bit about the guitar itself. If you go ahead and read further on the description, there is a little history of Mario Maccferri…❤️🎶 have a wonderful weekend and we will see you soon
In the 1940s and early '50s Mario Maccaferri made a fortune with plastics. His Bronx, New York factory turned out millions of plastic clothespins, reeds for clarinets and saxophones, ukuleles and finally; Guitars. Maccaferri remained a guitarist and luthier at heart, and after selling ukuleles by the truckload (with thanks to Arthur Godfrey) set his sites on manufacturing a playable plastic guitar. This model G-30 was his pride and joy, a flat top, f-hole guitar designed to sell at the popular price of $39.95.

The guitar is in many ways reminiscent of his original 1930s Selmer design, smaller overall but with a similar body shape and layout. The main difference is twin F holes located forward on the soundboard, in place of the original "D" shaped soundhole. And, of course that it is made of molded plastic instead of wood!

The Maccaferri guitars were officially launched in the spring of 1953. They were heavily featured in The Music Trades likely mostly due to the novelty factor; it was the Populuxe '50s and better living through plastic was everywhere! While they played and sounded amazingly well, the novelty and toy aspects meant very few players saw them as a "serious" instrument, public reaction was dismissive and sales poor compared to the ukuleles. A miffed Mario Maccaferri took his toys and went home, discontinuing sales entirely and holding the unsold stock at his factory for decades. In the 1980s many were unearthed and sold off, and since then have become a whimsically beloved part of the guitar experience. And, truth be told, a surprisingly good instrument, considering their plastic origins!
 
Overall length is 37 1/4 in. (94.6 cm.), 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 13/16 in. (46 mm.).