MEMORABILIA 2

Dear friends,

to the instruments I have already told you about under the heading “Memorabilia”, and which you can admire in the exhibition (first corridor on the first floor), We have added others that will surely pique your interest.

First of all, I will complete the review of the guitars already loved and played by my great and splendid friend “bluesman” Veronese Rudy Rotta adding, thanks to the kindness of his family, la Fender Stratocaster Sunburst #89447 of the 1962, instrument on which Rudy has truly worn out his fingertips, obtaining phrasings and sounds of rare strength and expressiveness.

: Rudy Rotta with his Fender Stratocaster 1962

: Fender Stratocaster 1962 – forehead

: Fender Stratocaster 1962 – retro

We will then move away from the electric instruments to admire two examples of the great Italian lutherie of the early and mid-twentieth century. You will thus be able to admire a rare one “Lyra guitar”, datable to around 1920, made by the great luthier, composer and concert performer Luigi Mozzani, at whose school he grew up and matured, among others, the genius of Mario Maccaferri, father of the most beautiful and prestigious 'manouche' guitars, used, among others, by Django Reinhardt, creator of this musical style and certainly one of the greatest guitarists ever.

: Lyra guitar by Luigi Mozzani 1920 ca. – forehead

: Lyra guitar by Luigi Mozzani 1920 ca. – retro

: Luigi Mozzani (to the center, in dark suit) with other musicians who play his instruments

To this tool I will add another “Lyra guitar” totally different style, made in 1957 from violin making “Masetti brothers” of Modena for Santo Montresor, maternal grandfather of our dear friend and superb country guitarist Luca Olivieri.

: Lyra F.lli Masetti guitar 1957 – forehead

: Lyra F.lli Masetti guitar 1957 – retro

: Grandfather Santo Montresor

But it's not over. Thanks to the courtesy of another dear friend you will be able to admire a true masterpiece of classical violin making. In fact, I was entrusted with a guitar made by the maestro Ignacio Fleta of Barcelona, the #287 of the 1963, built by this legendary luthier for a Veronese client of a noble family, great lover of high quality instruments and father of the current owner. These, enthusiastic about this very refined specimen, he then ordered another, which was delivered to him in September of 1969. If we're lucky, next year we will also be able to admire this second masterpiece!

: Ignacio Fleta #287 of the 1963 – forehead

: Ignacio Fleta #287 of the 1963 – retro

: Ignacio Fleta #287 – label

: Ignacio Fleta

And finally, and here I really stop, alongside all these wonders, a true monument will be on display at the Soave Guitar Festival, which certainly all those who have set foot inside the Enoteca del Soave cannot fail to have noticed. The previous owner, my friend Franco Aldegheri, unfortunately passed away prematurely, as the festival began to grow, he had the great intuition to use his old Aria 12 ropes to collect the signatures of all the guitarists who gradually appeared on the bill. Bene, his wife Paola and daughter Marta were kind enough to allow me to also display this relic, precisely so that the rebirth of the Soave Guitar Festival keeps the memory of their dear husband and father alive in all the friends of this event.
(Photo 12-13: Stephen Bennett playing the Aria 12 c. with Tommy Emmanuel and Franco Aldegheri)