1950s Favilla 0-Size Guitar

I've only worked on a handful of Favilla steel-string guitars as they're rather rare in the market. I worked on a '40s version of this exact same model in the past, but this '50s version seems to be almost identical save a bulked-up neck profile and slightly-heavier bracing on the top. I like these improvements, though, because this version can handle 52w-11 gauges just fine while the earlier version wanted only 46w-10 without is structure complaining. Both make fantastic fingerpickers but this one has a gutsier tone that suits flatpicking as well.

It's a little worse for wear here and there, with a longer repaired back crack and several short, repaired hairline cracks on the top. I went through it all and got it playing spot-on, though. It's now had a neck reset, fret level/dress, saddle-slot recut, and a new, compensated bone saddle install.

While this guitar more-or-less apes a 14-fret Martin 0-18, it has lots of features that have nothing to do with one. The top is fan-braced instead of x-braced, the neck features a zero-fret nut, the fretboard is flattish and it has a narrower nut width, and it sports a cool, Gibson-esuqe pickguard shape.