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.

The guitar is offered at a discounted price due to a small mark of approximately 2 mm in diameter which accidentally occurred on the top, in the knob area, during the period of exposure in the workshop and a slight fading of the varnish on the edge of the top of the headstock. In any case, the instrument is to be considered new and never used with the exception of brief occasional tests. I am obviously available to provide photographic documentation of the signs in question upon request.

Demo video in progress, available soon on this page.

• Body: Goncalo Alves (Tigerwood) semi hollow. 
• Neck: maple, C modern shape. Thickness 1° fret 22,5 mm
• Fretboard: ebony, 22 frets medium jumbo
• Radius: 14″
• Diapason: 24,75″ 
• Nut: 43,5 mm 
• Pickup: Gibson 490R – 490T
• Bridge: Gotoh wrap around
• Tuners: Gotoh
• Finish: glossy acrylic
• Weight: 7,7 lbs

L'articolo MONZA proviene da Shank Instruments Milano: Chitarre, Bassi, Batterie.

   Renato really knew what he wanted when he asked me to make this guitar for him. A shape inspired by PRS, korina for body and neck, limited thickness and weight, true split circulation for the two custom humbuckers and an amber two-tone finishing with a soft, warm and seductive look. Velvety. Sometimes the ability to use your imagination is crucial. Let’s Play.

L'articolo VELVET proviene da Shank Instruments Milano: Chitarre, Bassi, Batterie.

 It all started from here. From the first guitar I made. And I would like it to end there too. Let’s Play.

L'articolo DONE proviene da Shank Instruments Milano: Chitarre, Bassi, Batterie.

 This is how it would look like if I cut it. A white layer and a dark one wrapped together by a black blanket, actually not that black. I had two particularly thin boards of maple and mahogany and it was not clear yet what I could do with them. I just knew that maple, that was so white, could become very dark.
I like dyeing woods when you normally keep the original colour except when you try to emphasise its grain. Here I wanted to mordant a very white maple board, along with tobacco mahogany up to make it almost black. The result was an essence that would probably not exist. On the contrary, its fineness was already there from the very beginning, with its measurable 28 millimetres on the edge of the binding. Let’s play.

L'articolo NERA FINA proviene da Shank Instruments Milano: Chitarre, Bassi, Batterie.