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"Classic House Character" to Favinos, Selmers, Busatos?
Passacaglia
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I thought it would be better to start this thread over continuing the discussion on another thread asking on modern makes.
What descriptors would people lend to "classic" makes in these three makers - Favino, Selmer, Busato? How would you compare these qualities? Note this is not a "ranking" query - nothing asking for "better" - but rather some descriptors that might give someone like myself (hopefully others) some impressions of the different character of each of these make.
-Paul
pas encore, j'erre toujours.
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@Passacaglia check out this old thread which covers this topic:
I'd say these generalizations are mostly true. But they are just generalizations, and ultimately every guitar is different. For example, the two Selmers we have right now are night and day (520 is warm, dark, with a rich bass register while 863 is bright, loud, and singing in tone).
I'd add that Busatos usually have a lot of bass (but few mids, so it's a "ghost" bass, but very deep) They have bigger bodies then Selmers. Also, Busatos are generally the loudest guitars out there....I think of them as "muscle guitars." Loud, aggressive, with tons of character.
Favinos are not nearly as old as Selmers/Busatos so they don't have as much age (30 years of Favino mojo vs 60 years of Busato/Selmer mojo). The biggest thing I always hear with Favinos is the nasal upper mids. But not all of them are like that...
And these generalization apply only to the real vintage guitars. The copies are all over the place, depending on the maker. The closest copies I'd say are:
Selmer - Dupont VR, Barault, Holo
Busato - Dupont/Bob Holo
Favino - Dupont
Thanks Michael. I thought I'd searched but obviously poorly.
pas encore, j'erre toujours.
....and this is embarrassing, testament to my lousy memory. I asked essentially these same questions in that very thread. Having never played any of these guitars, it might be I am still looking for what certain descriptors mean - as in the "nasally" or "honky" Favino. Hope to just hear and play them sometime, as there's probably no other way to know the differences, and more, how modern makers approach their interpretations.
-Thanks, Michael.
pas encore, j'erre toujours.
I'm not the best player, but I have owned several guitars of different styles (Selmer, Busato, Favino, Di Mauro F Hole). You can find the videos in these three threads. Hopefully you can find them useful in comparing guitars. All were shot using the same camera, same strings, same songs, and same pick.
Of all the guitars I have owned, the Martin Tremblay Busato Grand Modele replica is what I still have.