La Dissidente est un projet collectif (porté par des luthiers français indépendants) et caritatif (au bénéfice de l’éducation au développement durable).
La réalisation s’est faite très vite, environ 3 mois grâce aux efforts combinés de 20 artisans indépendants. La guitare a transité dans toute la France, au fur et à mesure de son évolution, sitôt arrivée, sitôt traitée.
A group of craftsmen initiated the project. All its members decided to share their various trades to make a guitar full of signification, new, the very identity of each being reflected in the DNA of the instrument. Everyone put its guts and a little of his history in it : The wood came from Corrèze, plates were engraved in Jura, body engraving made near Nantes… The aesthetics is a mixture of several styles: a Mosrite shape, a Bigsby headstock, a vegetal engraving, a natural finish.
Completion was very fast, approximately 3 months, thanks to the combined efforts of these 20 craftsmen. The guitar transited throughout France, according to its evolution. Always handled by the craftsmen right after arrival.
The money collected during its sale will go to charity. Some luthiers wish to fight against deforestation because this problem is in direct link with their job: Some try to supply their material from local or salvage wood. Others prefer investing in educating children in sustainable development and crafts. Indeed, the first gestures of our environment’s recovery goes through rediscovering local small crafts.
Guitar-making trade has been stigmatized for about thirty years as a closed, compartmentalized and elitist world. La Dissidente also militate and to educate against this reputation. We are here for everybody and for every instruments. Craftsmen’s guitars are not the privilege of a category but a simple tool created to induce pleasure for the largest number, no matter where they come from and whom they are.
Ce projet montre aussi qu’il n’y a pas concurrence, chacun à son style et le musicien se tourne vers le luthier qui lui correspond le mieux, malgré l’omniprésence de l’industrie. On peut lire dans certains articles que les guitares se vendent moins ces derniers temps, mais lesquelles ? Les guitares faites à la chaine, sans âme ? Il y a de plus en plus de luthiers indépendants, qui vivent de leur travail. Certes leur prix d’entrée de gamme est plus élevé mais la qualité bien supérieure ! Et la guitare est unique, tout comme son créateur. Dans la plupart des cas, nous sommes des autodidactes qui ont choisi de quitter un emploi stable pour se lancer dans ce qui nous fait vibrer et pour avoir la chance de vivre de notre passion, de valoriser le travail manuel.
This project also shows that there is no competition, each has his own style. The musician reaches towards the guitar maker who corresponds to him best, in spite of the industry’s omnipresence. We can read in some articles that guitars are less sold lately, but which ones? Guitars mass produced, without soul? There’s more and more independant guitar builders, who live off their work. Their bottom price is undoubtedly higher but it calls for a much superior quality! And the guitar is unique, just like its creator. In most cases, these craftsmen are self-taught who chose to leave a stable job to dash into what makes them vibrate, as well as getting the opportunity to live off their passion and to value manual work.
Every creation is a journey, an almost initiatory route between the guitar maker and the guitarist. The latter must be able to express what he has in the depths of himself; the luthier has to fight with himself in terms of ingenuity to give birth to the dream of his client.
Les Tribulations d’une guitare collective
La Dissidente tells us about a unique project that has no equivalent in guitar’s history.
Liste des membres du projet :
- Jean-Raphaël Guillaumie / Atelier JR Guillaumie – Bordeaux 33 : Fourniture du noyer pour le corps
- Fabien Gilbert / FG Lutherie – Valanjou 49 : Préparation bois pour le corps (rabot/dégauchisseuse)
- Félix Vivier / Feloks – Carquefou 44 : Usinage du corps
- Guillaume Buguet / Atelier Kraken – Lemuy 39 : Pickguard gravé
- Franck Vieuloup / OldWolf Custom – Vallet 44 : Sculpture et incrustations
- Christophe Dufour / Custom Design Guitars – Premilhat 03 : Préparation bois du manche
- Tom Marceau / Marceau Guitars – Saint Domineuc 33 : Usinage de la touche
- Sebastian Cuff / DSC Guitars – Monfermeil 93 : Détourage manche, usinage défonce truss rod
- Jean-Valentin Novo / Guitares Novo – Belfort 90 : Collage touche, frettage, profilage du manche
- Begoin Jeremy / SP Custom – Venelles 13 : Micro type Charlie Christian
- Sébastien Santini / SBGO Effects – Venelles 13 : Module de préamplification
- Sébastien Santilli / San Lorenzo Guitars – Venelles 13 : Finition custom micro, Chevalet wraparound.
- Guillaume Tellier / GTL Guitars – Bourgneuf 17 : Kit précâblage électronique
- Olivier Roux / Øl’Caster Custom – Saint Nazaire 44: Assemblage, Réglage
- Ann Vial / L’Âme Tannée – La Tardière 85 : Sangle en cuir
- Maxime Jan / Maja Guitars – Pléneuf Val André 22 : Flight Case en voliges
- Gildas Vaugrenard / DasViken Guitars – La Prénessaye 22 : Coordination, plans, communication
- Eric Feuermann / Riki le Plectrier – Moosch 68 : Médiator custom
- Emmanuelle Trehorel / Tapisserie Trehorel – Saint Alban 22 : Capitonnage de l’étui
- Carlos Pavicich / Skull Strings – Metz 57 : Cordes Custom
La Dissidente a déjà quelques partisans !