Lescaster Fred Armisen plays..

[quadrogong]

Looks like a cool Lescaster w bound edges etc

 

[Noah]

Your photo doesn't work, but he plays a Fano Art de Facto, SP6

 

[fjwiv]

Fano guitars are going to be on TV 6 nights a week now!

 

[quadrogong]

Fano Looks like a classy design
Cool.
We were childhood friends, we were in a band together when we were teenagers..
He played drums though.

 

[Funkwire]

 

[quadrogong]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...979968212.1315.100000708313087&type=1&theater
I'm the guy w the Les Paul
The univox high flyer is Fred's
I think I was 13, he was maybe 12 here, sitting at the drums,(far left)

 

[quadrogong]

cruised around their website,
Stuff Looks lightweight and well built,
Nitro finish,compound radius, optional relic finishes,
And they wind their own pu's.?
Nice.
http://www.fanoguitars.com/models/alt-de-facto-sp6/

 

[yoyoyoseph]

Fano Looks like a classy design
Cool.
We were childhood friends, we were in a band together when we were teenagers..
He played drums though.

He seems like the kind of person you'd want to hangout with all day long! So f'ing creative and funny.

 

[quadrogong]

He's a good guy and a brilliant drummer..

 

[rotlung]

Saint Blues makes similar guitars.

 

[quadrogong]

I'll look into it, I may not want to go that high,
I know Saint Blues is also a real quality boutique luthier, and big bux..

the Fano is about $2800
..about $800 more than a LP Standard,
But $1k less than a LP Custom,

I'm rocking LP's since the late 70's,
I think I can use a little freshening up to my tone,
Looking to buy a tele and I saw these,
it looked really hi tech and well made.

 

[Phil M]

I love those. There was a super cool orange one a few years ago. I'd want un-relic'ed though.

 

[quadrogong]

I'd spend $2500 on a guitar I guess,
I have two instruments for sale right now that will fetch about that much used.

I had plans on getting a '73 Norlin Era Deluxe.
But my tastes are starting to change now,
thinking of some sort of Tele but undecided if I want to go traditional
or maybe something with a humbucker at the neck..
I'll probably wind up with a LP and a Tele both..

 

[LanceM71]

Great clip of him playing some Clash with said Fano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgm4Gucf3kQ

 

[B Money]

Isn't that Ian Rubbish?

 

[LanEvo]

I'd spend $2500 on a guitar I guess...

Definitely spend some time with them before you pull the trigger.

Played a bunch of Fanos at Ludlow Guitars in the east village.
I can't see what all the fuss is about.
Very light, but not at all resonant (acoustically dead).
Flat/colorless/uninspiring tone.
Tons of much more interesting options, especially in the >$2k price range.

 

[LanceM71]

Isn't that Ian Rubbish?

Yes, yes it is: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/v...views-the-clash-for-mock-documentary-20131016