Rivolta Guitars by Dennis Fano

ICBM

lasermonkey said:

That Rickenbacker Combo shape is really popular these days. I can only guess from the lack of litigation that Rickenbacker never protected that design.

I bet John Hall is kicking himself now.

He may have something to say about the 4001 pickguard shape too, although I'm not sure if that's trademarked.

I don't hate them, but they do seem a bit like yet another attempt to cram as many different vintage features as possible into one guitar without any real originality or a whole concept that quite works.

Whitecat

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DougCoda

We've got samples in the shop now if anyone wants to come in and try them...I'm impressed, right up my street

Philly_Q

Whitecat said:

It's Italian for "revolt." So no jokes are actually really possible... although they'll be made anyway I'm sure...

Problem is that we're reading it in English, not Italian.  I think it is a bad choice of name.

They're not for me, I'm afraid.  Although I like the wraparound bridge.

AuldReekie

I find all Fano guitars ugly and these are no exception, horrible instruments.

jeztone2

Each to their own. It's not my taste, but good luck if it's someone else's.

Strangefan

Should be called "revolting by Dennis Fano"  

mixolyd

Sounds pretty good to me and I like the Rickenbacker/Supro style.  Not sure if it will work when finished in poly though: half the charm of these retro, pawnshoppy guitars is in their mojo.  

Has Korea ever produced a mojo-filled guitar, despite the attempts by several manufacturers to have their economic cake and eat it?  Japan and China have but I'm not so sure about Korea.

Whitecat

mixolyd said:

Has Korea ever produced a mojo-filled guitar, despite the attempts by several manufacturers to have their economic cake and eat it?  Japan and China have but I'm not so sure about Korea.

Yes. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2zQSuPDmBPc

And lo, made by the same company that's making the Rivolta. 

Or maybe it turns out "mojo" is imbued by the player... I'd say this is proof of either. 

Basher

Enjoyed the RJ Ronquillo demo immensely.
To be fair, he sounds great whatever he's playing and I could listen to him all day long.
Splendid tones nevertheless!

Voxman

Basher said:

Enjoyed the RJ Ronquillo demo immensely.
To be fair, he sounds great whatever he's playing and I could listen to him all day long.
Splendid tones nevertheless!

 +1 - & you just gotta love that gorgeous classic Bassman breakup! One of my fave amps of all time!  You could pretty much make any half-descent guitar sound great through one of those!  

dindude

Well I had a fleeting visit to Coda today and picked one of these Rivolta's up (didn't have time to plug it in) and was quite taken with it. The sunburst one (which is still inexplicably a horrid photoshop job on their website) looks the best of the bunch in the flesh imo as it doesn't have the refrigerator white pick guard.

Anyway, loved the feel of it, the body size is spot on (slightly on the larger side but not semi acoustic large),  the acoustic sound and resonance was there, played great, and it felt well put together. It ticks a lot of boxes of what I'm looking for in my next guitar (chambered mahogany body, maple set neck, P90's) - going to have to spend some more time with one methinks.

Whitecat

How was the build/finish quality? Sometimes Eastwood stuff seems a bit "rushed out the door" which is fair enough considering the price point etc... but I wonder if these get any extra level of detail since they're considered "higher end."

dindude

Whitecat said:

How was the build/finish quality? Sometimes Eastwood stuff seems a bit "rushed out the door" which is fair enough considering the price point etc... but I wonder if these get any extra level of detail since they're considered "higher end."

Seemed very good, finish had that poly shininess but not as offensive as it often can be. Binding etc was sharp, neck joint looked good and the whole guitar seemed very stable. Fretjob was really excellent and played really well. As a test I picked up a lower end Gibson (Les Paul tribute I think) and it felt horrid by comparison, square fretboard edges, sharp frets - approximate guitar building at its worst!

grungebob

has anybody played one of these yet? the Cobinata and Mondata both look very nice to me and seem to have on paper everything im looking for but since I dont live near enough to Coda to try one out im a little shy of pulling the trigger as its still an eastman at the end of the day right?

DougCoda

I have to say I'm extremely impressed with them, build quality is top notch, they play great straight out of the box and they sound awesome too...I am of course extremely biased but I'm that impressed I may end up with a Combinata, the Mondatas are due in the next few days and if they're as good I'm sure I'll be wanting one of them too....Keep an eye on the website over the next day or so as we're starting our Black Week/Month thing early and I may put a couple of Combinatas on

Whitecat

Heard internet rumours that a run of Mondatas with Bigsbys are coming soon... hmmmm... could tempt me...

grungebob

DougCoda said:

I have to say I'm extremely impressed with them, build quality is top notch, they play great straight out of the box and they sound awesome too...I am of course extremely biased but I'm that impressed I may end up with a Combinata, the Mondatas are due in the next few days and if they're as good I'm sure I'll be wanting one of them too....Keep an eye on the website over the next day or so as we're starting our Black Week/Month thing early and I may put a couple of Combinatas on

Ok. Now I’m excited. I’ll keep my beady eye on the website. It’ll be my early 40th present 

tampaxboo

shameless ricky 600/800 combo rip off, as someone else has pointed out. slightest offset but basically a total rip.
dennis fano design? come on dennis, call a spade a spade and a copy a copy. lazy boy.

grungebob

Some models reduced now on the Coda site for those interested, I’m loving the look of that off white mondata