FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview

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NAME: Flavio Poratelli

NICK NAME : Liuteria FP

LIVING IN : BOVISIO ITALY

TRAINING & BACKGROUND: I am self-taught, I have followed various stages with established luthiers.

PLAYING: Guitar

LUTHIER YOU ADMIRE THE MOST: Matsuda

INSTRUMENT YOU DREAM TO HAVE ONE DAY: Matsuda

LAST ALBUM YOU BOUGHT : Gillian Welch

LAST MUSIC SONG YOU PUT IN YOUR CAR: John Barleycorn must die Traffic

LAST SHOW YOU WENT TO : The Rocky Horror picture show

MOST IMPRESSIVE INSTRUMENT YOU EVER HAD IN HAND: Martin 0-18 1936

MOST STRANGE RESTORATION OR REPAIR YOU HAD TO DO : Monzino guitar from 1941, I found inside the writings of various luthiers.

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Can you tell us what you consider to be the most important thing when you design a guitar ? What is your process of creation and how does it often start?

It is difficult to say, it may be a figure of the wood that suggests a certain format to me, or starting from the type of instrument I search for materials to achieve a homogeneous aesthetic vision.

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Can you present us your flagship models ? and your company philosophy ?

I do not have a top model, all instruments are built with the same care.

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – According to you, what is the most impactful thing in the instument sound ? The woods ? the building technique ? what should a buyer ask for when he want to order an instrument when he was to be sure he is ordering the right instrument for him?

The most important element is the construction technique, followed by the choice of wood to direct the sound.

I don’t like to spend on fancy woods that don’t to the quality of the instrument.

I try to listen to the wood and many times what ‘sounds’ best is not necessarily the most aesthetically pleasing.

I ask for the genre that is usually played, although I have noticed that those who know how to play are able to ‘pull’ their sound out of any instrument..

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – For a custom instrument, can you explain your process? What are your average delays? And how do you advise your customer? What questions do you ask him so that his instrument is perfectly adapted to his expectations?

I start with the measurements and the type of genre played.

My construction time is about a year.

I don’t have any particular questions, I try to understand a person’s taste by talking. This is also facilitated for me by my studies (art institute, interior design).

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Do you have famous musicians playing on your models ? If so, can you tell us who ??

No, I have some great musicians but none ‘famous’

Luthiers.com brings together luthiers from all over the world. According to you, how is the Italian lutherie different?

I do not consider Italian lutherie to be any different from that of other countries.

Now with the possibilities that the web gives, everything has been standardised a bit, both from an aesthetic and technical construction point of view.

Where can we buy your instruments? Can we try them somewhere? Will you participate to some guitar shows ?

Besides contacting me personally, my instruments can be found on various online sales sites.

I participate in various small local exhibitions, where you can find the best test conditions for acoustic instruments, I post on my page where I exhibit.

You can contact FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli
using the contact form on his personal page on Luthiers.com here :

https://luthiers.com/listing/fp-guitar-maker/

We also invite you to follow him on his various social networks:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064438286182
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flavioporatelli/
Website: No website

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FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview

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FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Can you tell us what you consider to be the most important thing when you design a guitar ? What is your process of creation and how does it often start?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Can you present us your flagship models ? and your company philosophy ?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – According to you, what is the most impactful thing in the instument sound ? The woods ? the building technique ? what should a buyer ask for when he want to order an instrument when he was to be sure he is ordering the right instrument for him?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – For a custom instrument, can you explain your process? What are your average delays? And how do you advise your customer? What questions do you ask him so that his instrument is perfectly adapted to his expectations?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Do you have famous musicians playing on your models ? If so, can you tell us who ??

Luthiers.com brings together luthiers from all over the world. According to you, how is the Italian lutherie different?

Where can we buy your instruments? Can we try them somewhere? Will you participate to some guitar shows ?

You can contact FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli
using the contact form on his personal page on Luthiers.com here :

https://luthiers.com/listing/fp-guitar-maker/

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FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview

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FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Can you tell us what you consider to be the most important thing when you design a guitar ? What is your process of creation and how does it often start?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Can you present us your flagship models ? and your company philosophy ?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – According to you, what is the most impactful thing in the instument sound ? The woods ? the building technique ? what should a buyer ask for when he want to order an instrument when he was to be sure he is ordering the right instrument for him?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – For a custom instrument, can you explain your process? What are your average delays? And how do you advise your customer? What questions do you ask him so that his instrument is perfectly adapted to his expectations?

FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview – Do you have famous musicians playing on your models ? If so, can you tell us who ??

Luthiers.com brings together luthiers from all over the world. According to you, how is the Italian lutherie different?

Where can we buy your instruments? Can we try them somewhere? Will you participate to some guitar shows ?

You can contact FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli using the contact form on his personal page on Luthiers.com here :

https://luthiers.com/listing/fp-guitar-maker/

FP Guitars Interview

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