2024 Wayne McPhee Maccaferri Gypsy Jazz Guitar (Available Now)

THE MCPHEE D HOLE

I am excited to introduce you to Melbourne based Luthier- Wayne McPhee!

 

Wayne has been building guitars since 2019 and has been building Selmer Maccaferri guitars for several years now. As you read the details of his guitars you will agree they incredible value for money!

This model is a beautiful D hole built from the original Selmer Maccaferri plans. 

Wayne is one of the few luthiers who builds Gypsy Jazz Guitars with real heat bent pliage (folded sound board) from the Bridge down.  This is a design feature of the original Selmer Maccaferri guitars and is quite rare as it is very hard to do. It also adds to the volume and tone of the guitar soundboard.

For this guitar Wayne has used a combination of Australian red Cedar for the sound board (top) and solid figured Blackwood on the back and sides.

The combination of woods work together like a symphony giving the guitar plenty of volume and sustain and a sparkly tone. 

SPECIFICATIONS

My name is Wayne McPhee 

I started building guitars in 2009, I was learning to play and decided to upgrade from the cheap guitar I had, I had a budget to stick to so I went shopping and almost all the guitars in my price range was Chinese or Indonesian so I decided to build myself one so I did and that was the start of an addiction. At the moment I’ve built about 60 guitars. 

I started with steel string guitars, then progressed to classical guitars which are a specialty of mine. I also have built archtop guitars and a variety of electric guitars but I prefer acoustic guitars. The Selmer guitars are a real challenge and I really enjoy building them now, that wasn’t always the case the first one really gave me a hard time but it turned out great and now I have a feel for them, so not giving me such a hard time now but still a challenge. 

I only use quality materials on whatever guitar I’m building outside and inside. 

Bracing is very important and for soundboards I use spruce for the main braces, all of my acoustic guitars have lattice bracing in them reinforced with carbon fibre, for lattice I use paulownia it’s light and very stiff. 

I now teach guitar building at the local mens shed for a few hours every Friday, it’s great helping people to build their first guitar I currently have two guys I’m teaching and I also help some of the other guys who have built guitars but are a little unsure of something.