Giancarlo Arcieri possesses an energetic hat of secret luthier wizardry.  He effortlessly plays his New York brain card to tweak a thing or two with the setup and your instrument sounds like it rocket shipped up the Empire State Building.  I currently own one of his crafted instruments and I love its (super underpriced) lush, resonant, and professional projection that it offers.  With all this competence being said, he is the friendliest and energetic luthier I have ever met, and every repair session I have with him seems like a coffee chat I want to have for eternity.  The knowledge he shares with me and his passion of elevating an instrument to its highest capabilities astonishes me to the fullest.  

                                                             

                                                                          -David Xiao