OCEAN’S 12

Description

“It didn’t seem real to me that I had the unique opportunity to create a blue guitar, like the ocean, equipped with 12 strings. The number of members of Ocean’s band, remember? A more unique than rare opportunity, seized on the fly. ”… Let’s Play

All the archtop models presented on these pages are entirely hand-built by the luthier Emanuele D’Alò, owner of the Shank Instruments Milano brand. The instruments are life guaranteed and built according to the dictates of the Benedetto method and both the soundboards and the backs are handmade from solid quarter-sawn boards.

• Soundboard: poplar solid wood, handcarved
• Back: poplar solid wood, handcarved
• Sides: flamed maple
• Size: 17″
• Height sides: 2,3″
• Neck: spanish cedar (cedrela), C shape. Height 1st fret  0,8″ (22mm)
• Fretboard: ebony, 20 frets medium jumbo
• Radius: 12″
• Bracing soundboard: parallel
• Diapason: 24,75″ (Gibson)
• Nut: 1,8″ – Bone
• Pickup: piezo undersaddle
• Bridge: ebony
• Finish: acrylic
• Weight: 8,1 lbs (3,2 kg)