Introducing myself and my archtops: Faggion Guitars from Italy

[EmanueleFaggion]

Hello everyone,
I am relatively new to this great forum, and some users asked me to introduce my work in here - and I am really glad to do it.

My name is Emanuele Faggion and I am a professional luthier from Italy. I focus mainly on archtop and flattop acoustic guitars.
Although very demanding, the building process for an archtop is extremely rewarding for me. I love to push the boundaries of all my knowledge to make these fragile and wonderful instruments work at the best of their possibilities. Nothing, in my opinion, can compare the striking beauty of a well-tuned and well-thought acoustic jazz box.
this is what I try to do, and I hope you will enjoy it. Feel free to share your thoughts about my creations. This is the link to my website page for archtops:

Archtop Guitars - Emanuele Faggion, Liutaio

This is a brief selection of instruments for the laziest that do not want to open the link :-)

[Stringswinger]

Beautiful guitars. And welcome to the forum.

Does a maple bridge work well on an acoustic archtop? It seems that Rosewood and Ebony remain the favorites. I have a genuine ivory bridge saddle that came to me with my 1948 D'Angelico Style B. I replaced it with a saddle made out of Indian Rosewood and it warmed up the tone quite a bit. A flamed maple bridge sure looks nice though.

[SetPhasersToSwing]

Let me just pick my jaw off the floor…and that’s before I clicked the link!

[Alter]

Beautiful guitars maestro!!

[Gitterbug]

Benvenuto! Creazioni assolutamente stupendi!

[kris]

Great work!

[Doug B]

What kind of pickups do you use? Thanks.

Doug

[Oscar67]

Beautiful work. Functional art. If these guitars sound as spectacular as they look… wow. Welcome to the forum and all the best!

[pingu]

WOW …. superb work

[yebdox]

Really Lovely..... Welcome!

[Flat]

Wow! Those are just gorgeous! Welcome to the forum, Emanuele!

[Fred Archtop]

Veramente splendidi strumenti. Vedo che sei in provincial di Vicenza. Mi accade viaggiare su Padova dove ho vissuto tempo fa. Proverò di passare. Sono in Francia.

Ancora complimenti.

[JeanSut]

Your guitars look awesome and unique !

[EmanueleFaggion]

Beautiful guitars. And welcome to the forum.

Does a maple bridge work well on an acoustic archtop? It seems that Rosewood and Ebony remain the favorites. I have a genuine ivory bridge saddle that came to me with my 1948 D'Angelico Style B. I replaced it with a saddle made out of Indian Rosewood and it warmed up the tone quite a bit. A flamed maple bridge sure looks nice though.

Thanks a lot!!
I like maple for its stiffness to weight ratio.
Since the bridge, which is one of the most important parts of the instrument, works better as a transducer when it’s lighter, I started adopting a refined and smaller design of a bridge built in maple. I find It to be more responsive and opens up the sound a bit.
Rosewood and ebony, indeed, have different sonic behaviors, but there’s not an absolute good or bad, obviously it depends by the kind of sonic response the guitarist is seeking for.

[EmanueleFaggion]

What kind of pickups do you use? Thanks.

Doug

Hello Doug,
It depends by the project. I have a builder making custom one-offs for me (Marco from Ferrari Pickups) for the most peculiar builds, but I also used Benedetto s6 (beautiful sound, but they have a little problem in the volume balance of the B string), Kent Armstrong, and the other usual brands on request… But also a set of Lace Alumitone Jazz in a pair of builds: although they differ a lot from the classical idea of humbucker, I have to admit that I find them interesting.

[EmanueleFaggion]

Veramente splendidi strumenti. Vedo che sei in provincial di Vicenza. Mi accade viaggiare su Padova dove ho vissuto tempo fa. Proverò di passare. Sono in Francia.

Ancora complimenti.

Sarebbe fantastico! Ti aspetto a braccia aperte. Vieni pure quando vuoi.
grazie e a presto,
Emanuele