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JP Favino Bio and History
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Some of you may not have read this but either way it's a great read from JP Favino's website on his early years and how he got started in guitar making with his father. Enjoy!
Doug
http://www.favino.com/SITE%20FAVINO/his ... its_an.htm
Doug
http://www.favino.com/SITE%20FAVINO/his ... its_an.htm
www.dougmartinguitar.com
Live life and play music like it's your last day on earth. One day you'll be right- Russel Malone
Live life and play music like it's your last day on earth. One day you'll be right- Russel Malone
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http://www.favino.com/SITE%20FAVINO/his ... ien-an.htm
Live life and play music like it's your last day on earth. One day you'll be right- Russel Malone
One problem with hand made guitars (as opposed to factory machine made) is the hands themselves may wear out.
It seems this has now become a problem for Jean-Pierre and he has had to cut his working hours accordingly and no longer takes orders for new guitars.
Here is a link to his website where he explains:
https://www.favino.com/en/
We should never take any skilled luthiers for granted.
We should never take any skilled luthiers for granted.
Well said, Chris!
I am sorry to see that but I do understand. I wholeheartedly agree we need to appreciate these artisans while they are alive but also active. Back in 2007 I ordered a guitar directly from JP and when it was completed I met up with him in Paris to take hold of the instrument. It was a wonderful experience to from start to finish. Later on I ended up selling that guitar BUT only because I replaced it with a different instrument of his, which suited me better (and which, I'll never sell).
I wish JP good health and hope his hands hold up into the future pain free as much as is possible. When he's gone it will certainly be the end of the Favino line!
Doug
Live life and play music like it's your last day on earth. One day you'll be right- Russel Malone
By the way those links that Doug originally posted are now here, reading the interview now...
Which I now finished and it was an amazing read.
Don't forget the original Favino Archive site, originally created by John Friedrichs, but the site died and I pieced it back together from Wayback machine and re-assembled the pages and added lots more guitars to it: https://djangobooks.com/favinoarchive/index.html
Thank you for doing the work to put that back together so it could be curated here.