Description
“Honestly, I don’t really know why I built this instrument. I’m not even sure where the inspiration came from, perhaps from the urge to push the conceptual boundaries we take for granted whenever we think of the guitar. That hunger for experimentation, that taste for a touch of madness can be a powerful force, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the real reason. Unknowingly going mad to explore the essence of the things we create and experience. A good reason, after all.”… Let’s Play
Demo video coming soon.
The guitar is new and considered an ex-demo guitar. It is being sold at a reduced price due to a small scratch on the edge of the body and a slight imperfection in the finish where the plate of a tuner machine rests on the headstock. Photos of the affected area are available.
This guitar, in super-jumbo format, is clearly inspired by the archtop acoustic instruments in circulation since the beginning of the last century, with a central listening hole, before the advent of acoustic guitars with soundboards and flat backs that we are used to commonly seen today. The challenge consisted in reproducing a model for jazz repertoire with flat wound strings that could offer, from the point of view of expressiveness in terms of acoustic performance, a better experience in sound performance and musical depth. I believe that the objective was achieved and the choice of a non-standard body in terms of thickness and a spruce soundboard with “X” bracing contributed significantly.
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 guaranteed for life and both the soundboards and backs are handmade from solid quarter-sawn boards.
- Soundboard: spruce solid wood, handcarved
- Back: mahogany solid wood, handcarved
- Sides: mahogany
- Size: 17″
- Height sides: 4,7″
- Neck: spanish cedar (cedrela), C shape. Height 1st fret 0,88″ (22,5 mm)
- Fretboard: rosewood, 20 frets medium jumbo
- Radius: 12″
- Bracing soundboard: X
- Diapason: 25 1/2″
- Nut: 1,75″ – Bone
- Pickup: piezo MiSi Acoustic Trio – During installation
- Bridge: rosewood
- Finish: acrilic satin
- Weight: 7.0 lbs (3,2 kg)
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