PHOTOS: Misha Mansoor “Bulb” with Rick Toone backstage at the guitar tech station getting his S2 dialed in. Summer Slaughter Tour, NYC, 2013. (photo: Laura Barnes)PHOTOS: Completed in August, 2013. Fully restored and awesome to play. Bare Knuckle Juggernaut neck with Nailbomb bridge and 5-way switching w/ToneStyler.
This seems the right moment for a restoration and maybe also a re-appreciation for this journey. I’ve had Misha’s S2 in storage for half a decade — acquired after he traded it back to me for his Reptile Spearfish 6-string. I’d not forgotten about the S2 guitar. Other paths had assumed priority.
Plus there were some lingering puzzles to solve.
Restoring the S2 was fascinating. My hands retained muscle memory, remembering familiar mechanisms. That part was easy. Rediscovering my thought process from more than a decade ago was the deeper spiritual aspect.
In so many ways the S2 is still ahead of its time. Simultaneously the ancestor of Wingspan — yet equal in an alternate parallel timeline.
PHOTOS: Finish inspired by Misha’s love of high performance military aircraft and F1 racing. Periphery logo is unmistakable. Collectors will appreciate his signature on the back. Misha…thank you.PHOTOS: SKB i-Series flight case for the S2 with PERIPHERY gaffer’s tape. Far side: “RT1A” (above). Infamous S2 bottle opener Element™ neck machined from aircraft aluminum and stainless steel (below).
Fabio Mittino emailed me from Milan, Italy. He will be performing live on his S2 guitar this afternoon at 2 PM. Fabio is astutely utilizing Eventbrite technology to broadcast live to the world from his home, despite quarantine. See you there…
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Fabio Mittino started his musical journey at the age of 13 with classical guitar. Robert Fripp’s Guitar Craft expanded those horizons and led to various bands, session work and collaborations with Bert Lams of California Guitar Trio. Precision with delicacy marks his style, Fabio moves effortlessly between acoustic and electric guitars and sensitive to powerful approach to his instruments. He plays original music on electric guitar with his own solo project, “Simple Music For Difficult People” and with Bert Lams of California Guitar Trio, playing the music of Gurdjieff/De Hartmann arranged for guitars.
IMAGE: Eventbrite live concert featuring Fabio Mittino. Sunday, March 29, 2020 @ 2 PM EDT.
Fabio Mittino continues his journey into the mechanized miniature steampunk world of Simple Music for Difficult People. His S2 6-string guitar is configured to achieve a specific range of tones via Q-Tuner pickups and alternate tunings combined with his signature precision picking technique.
