1990 JP Favino

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1990 JP Favino

Luthier: Favino
Model: Modele #10
Year: 1990
Serial #: 1024
Top: Spruce
Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
Neck: Mahogany
Tuners: Schaller
Tailpiece: Nickel
Pickup: None
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pickitjohn

@Michael Horowitz
I Love the New Archive, great idea and great post by you.
I was wondering about the Bridge on #1024 sure looks like a arch top Bridge. Do you know the history? Have you tried other Bridges on it?

thanks pickitjohn

MichaelHorowitz

@pickitjohn This was the first European made Gypsy guitar that I owned. I bought it from Ted Gottsegen who bought it from a store in Sweden which is were the photos of it with an adjustable bridge were taken. That bridge was long gone by the time I got it. I always played it with a conventional Gypsy bridge and I'd guess JP Favino originally had supplied it with one.

BTW, all the audio tracks for Gypsy Rhythm were made with this guitar...

pickitjohn

@Michael Horowitz Here I was admiring your guitar and lovely deck. I couldn't imagine you or Ted Gottsegen, of all people, having that bridge on a guitar like that.

Thanks for the info and the Guitar Archive, I Love it, and hope to see some of the other Gems around here.

Wish I were in Chicago and could help @Michael Bauer get his stable posted…. It's been a dream to play some of them. 8->

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pickitjohn

Jazzaferri

Bob Benedetto built a lightly built archtop for classic strings with a violin style bridge that is the most amazing nylon stringed guitar I ever heard. Even had original violin style pegs. Not for sale though, he kept it in his collection, at least up until 2008. Most archtops are built more heavily than ideal for pure acoustic play as they are designed to work at least as well if not better as an electric guitar. Benedetto said that the lighter the instrument the more responsive. I have plans, 2 sets of master grade engleman spruce tops and Canadian soft maple backs and sides and the bending and glueing forms to make two archtops, one of which will be pure acoustic as lightly built as I dare make it.

pickitjohn

Glad to have the bridge thing cleared up, just seemed strange to see.

@TedGottsegen please expand on…

It did compromise the tone to a certain extent. It was a nice way to A/B how adjustable bridges sound on gypsy guitars.

Compromise makes me think you have to give up something. Tone & differences? Seems to me that the transfer of String Vibration would be more direct with the solid all wood Selmer style Bridge, vs the wood, metal screw hight adjustable, wood saddle arch top Bridge. Did you ever reinstall the arch top one for any reason. If I had the arch top style bridge around I'd probably fit it up and see for myself.

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pickitjohn

pickitjohn

Ted, Thanks, I understand, I can't remember what I had for breakfast. Oh I remember now, I forgot to eat. Probably best to see for myself anyway, as soon as I come across a arch top bridge I got some experimenting to do. I'll be giving it a shot sometime down the road. Thanks

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pickitjohn