For sale is my mint condition RIVOLTA COMBINATA XVIII by Dennis Fano.
These rarely come on the market, so if you've been wanting one, you know your best chances of acquiring one is to buy it brand new. These retail for $1549 before taxes, $1675 with taxes. I've priced her for a quick sale. Comes with Rivolta Gig bag.
DESCRIPTION
The Combinata, Dennis Fano's first design for the Rivolta line, was aptly named given its combination of two inspirations: the Rickenbacker Combo, and Dennis' own RB6.
Taking cues from the Rivolta Mondata, this new model takes the Combinata concept even further; fusing the Mondata's sought-after 3-pickup layout and switching system with iconic Combinata aesthetics.
The COMBINATA XVIII is the evolution of a design with which followers of Dennis Fano should be very familiar. The larger and slightly offset body give the COMBINATA a shapely silhouette and more substantial feel. The chambered mahogany body features a German carve top (mahogany on metallics, maple on burst). The 25″ scale maple set-neck sports the comfortably chunky “Rivolta C+” neck profile, with 24 medium jumbo frets.
FEATURES & SPECS
chambered mahogany body
German carve top (mahogany on solid colours, maple on natural/burst)
double bound body
set maple neck
Ebony fingerboard
MOTO block inlays
bound peghead
25” scale – 24 frets
12″ fingerboard radius
1.687″ nut width
Rivolta C+ neck profile
Rivolta “Novanta” P-90 pickups
-Bridge: 43AWG / Alnico V / 9.1kOhm
-Middle: 43AWG / Alnico V / 8.6kOhm
-Neck: 43AWG / Alnico V / 8.3kOhm
nickel hardware
Kluson style tuners
les trem tremolo, nylon saddles at bridge
gold plexi RB6-style pickguard
Rivolta Premium Soft Case: INCLUDED
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SWITCHING SYSTEM
The Combinata VIII features a first for Dennis Fano: it's his first design to incorporate a double switching system, including a selector switch for the bridge and neck pickups, and a mode switch. The mode switch has 3 positions:
"Standard" (toggle down: no middle pickup, only bridge and/or neck pickup, selected via upper toggle)
"Combo" (toggle in the middle: middle pickup + bridge and/or neck pickup, selected via upper toggle)
"Override" (toggle up: middle pickup only, upper toggle bypassed)