{"id":2029,"date":"2018-03-19T08:51:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T08:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shankinstruments.com\/product\/cookie-archtop-guitar-handcrafted-luthier-artisan-goncalo-alves\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T15:23:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T15:23:21","slug":"cookie-archtop-guitar-handcrafted-luthier-artisan-goncalo-alves","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/shankinstruments.com\/en\/product\/cookie-archtop-guitar-handcrafted-luthier-artisan-goncalo-alves\/","title":{"rendered":"COOKIE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2027\" src=\"https:\/\/shankinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cookie-shank-instruments-milano.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shankinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cookie-shank-instruments-milano.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/shankinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cookie-shank-instruments-milano-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1075\" src=\"https:\/\/shankinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2Asset-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>The making of an archtop guitar is a really unique experience. The time dedicated to the various manufacturing phases, the hand-bending of the soundboard and the back, the hot bending of the strips with vapour blowing out of wood fibers remind of those usedfor baking a cake. In this case, a good burnt maple biscuit and \u201cgoncalo alves\u201d. Butter and chocolate<\/em>.\u00a0<em><strong>Let&#8217;s Play.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All archtop model presented on these pages are handcrafted from the Shank Instruments owner, luthier Emanuele D&#8217;Al\u00f2, following the Robert Benedetto method. All soundboards and back are solid wood hand carved.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Soundboard<\/strong>: Goncalo alves handcarved<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Back<\/strong>: Goncalo alves handcarved<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sides<\/strong>: curly maple. Binding maple<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Size<\/strong>: 17&#8243;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Height<\/strong>: 3,5&#8243;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Neck<\/strong>: spanish cedar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Fretboard<\/strong>: ebony, 22 frets medium jumbo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Radius<\/strong>: 12&#8243;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Braces<\/strong>: parallel<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Diapason<\/strong>: 24,75&#8243;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nut: <\/strong>1,7&#8243;- Bone<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Pickup<\/strong>: Gibson &#8217;57<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Bridge<\/strong>: ebony<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Finitura: <\/strong>polyurethane satin<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_66526\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CeKQ3fRFGnI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_87830\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Srcu8g3ieGA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h5><strong><em>&#8220;My way with an archtop guitar. 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