SONORA

Description

“I only knew that it had to be as white as possible, thin and light, adorned with generous doses of pearloid, with three pickups, a free-way selector, a Variatone and, if possible, an additional compartment on the headstock to make headstock bendings easier. I had no idea which musical genre the owner who commissioned it would be directed towards, but all I needed was the contagious enthusiasm that my client poured into the project and the particularity of the idea which represented a challenge that I couldn’t help but accept with equal enthusiasm. Then, once finished, I handed it over to my client who, surprisingly, told me with the first 4 notes where he wanted to take that instrument and in which territory it would begin to make itself heard. That was the moment I wished I had brought, at least once, a pair of boots to get dusty.”… Let’s Play

All the models presented on these pages are entirely hand-built by luthier Emanuele D’Alò, owner of the Shank Instruments Milano brand. The instruments are guaranteed for life and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.

Demo video in progress, available soon on this page.

• Body: curly maple, swamp ash
• Neck: curly maple, C modern shape. Thickness 1° fret 22,5 mm
• Fretboard: rosewood, 22 frets jumbo
• Radius: 12″
• Diapason: 24,75″ 
• Nut: 43,5 mm 
• Pickup: Lollar Novel 90 (N), TV Jones Duo-Tron, Gibson ’71 (B)
• Bridge: Gibson
• Tuners: Kluson
• Finish: glossy acrylic
• Weight: 6,1 lbs