Favino
Favino
Also known as: Jacques Favino, Jean-Pierre Favino, Favino Guitars
UnclaimedFavino is a French luthier workshop founded in Paris in 1946 by Jacques Favino (1920–1999), an Italian-born maker who became one of the most celebrated interpreters of the Selmer-Maccaferri style guitar. The shop built its reputation on handcrafted Selmer-type instruments used in gypsy jazz (jazz manouche), with models such as the Modèle 10 and petite bouche designs becoming reference points in...
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Favino is a French luthier workshop founded in Paris in 1946 by Jacques Favino (1920–1999), an Italian-born maker who became one of the most celebrated interpreters of the Selmer-Maccaferri style guitar. The shop built its reputation on handcrafted Selmer-type instruments used in gypsy jazz (jazz manouche), with models such as the Modèle 10 and petite bouche designs becoming reference points in the genre. Favino guitars are noted for a tonal signature that balances power with a natural reverberation and a distinctive treble character.
Jacques was joined by his son Jean-Pierre Favino (born 1952), who took over the workshop and continued building under the Favino name after his father's retirement in 1985. Beyond gypsy jazz, the workshop also crafted instruments for French artists outside the manouche tradition, including a twelve-string commissioned by Maxime Le Forestier for Joan Baez.
Favino instruments have been played by a lineage of gypsy jazz figures including Joseph Reinhardt, members of the Ferré family, Raphael Faÿs, Angelo Debarre, Moreno Winterstein, Patrick Saussois, Biréli Lagrène, and the Rosenberg family. Alongside Selmer, the Favino name is widely considered one of the two foundational brands of the jazz manouche guitar tradition.
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