A sturdy neck is key to any touring musician’s 6-string, and it doesn’t get much sturdier than this D’Angelico’s 3-piece set-through design. Two pieces of rock-hard maple are laminated together with a stripe of walnut in the middle for incredible structural stability, ensuring your neck remains unphased from the onslaught of stage lights, temperature changes, and day-to-day use. All together, the dark ebony fingerboard, the 22 medium-jumbo frets, the 12-inch fingerboard radius, and the pleasing “C” profile provide wide-ranging playability ready to tackle any style.
This Excel Tour series instrument comes loaded with a pair of Supro Bolt Bucker pickups for a touch of raw power to complement its D’Angelico elegance! These humbucking pickups boast warm, rich tone with a surprising level of sonic clarity and detail, allowing guitarists to swap between raunchy garage rock crunch and jazzy cleans with the flick of a knob. Finally, true to the no-nonsense philosophy of the Excel Tour series, this guitar forgoes the traditional 4-knob setup for a far more stage-friendly 2-knob volume and tone control scheme — a superior setup when making quick on-the-fly adjustments.
After mastering his craft during an 18-year apprenticeship, luthier John D’Angelico opened his own shop in Manhattan’s Little Italy in 1932. Catering to New York’s many jazz musicians over the ensuing three decades, D’Angelico and a single apprentice became New York’s foremost stringed instrument builders, creating over one thousand treasured archtop guitars until John’s death in 1964. Following his passing, D’Angelico’s legacy lived on only through his rare, legendary instruments. After decades, the D’Angelico brand has resurfaced, bringing back the playability and attention to detail of the company’s New York roots. D’Angelico uses state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and the finest available materials to create playable works of art for today’s guitarist. From a modest shop in Little Italy to the world stage, D’Angelico’s dedication to quality craftsmanship ensures that this brand won’t be going dormant again any time soon.
Features
- Reduced body size for enhanced playing comfort
- Semi-hollow laminated maple construction for an open and airy tone
- 3-piece maple/walnut/maple neck for exceptional resistance to twisting, warping, and setup fluctuations
- Sleek ebony fingerboard with elegant small diamond inlays and 3-ply binding
- 22 medium-jumbo frets in a flat 12-inch radius facilitate smooth bends with no choke out
- Versatile “C”-profile neck to please players of all styles
- 2 Supro Bolt Bucker humbuckers deliver warm, articulate tone with plenty of sonic firepower
- Grover Vintage Deluxe Satin Nickel tuners for maximum stability
- Simplified 2-knob control scheme for easy adjustment on stage
- Rock-solid Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
Specifications
| Headstock Shape | Throwback Scroll-Style | |
| Logo Inlay | Mother of Pearl D'Angelico New York Logo | |
| Series Inlay (Front) | Mother of Pearl Throwback Excel Shield Logo | |
| Serial Numbers (Back) | Model Name, Serial Number | |
| Binding | 5-ply | |
| Finish | Gloss | |
| Headpin | Cupola | |
| Tuners | Grover Vintage Deluxe Satin Nickel with Cream Buttons | |
| Strings | D'Addario EXP110 | |
| Truss Rod Cover | Ebony Wood Skyscraper | |
| Nut Width | 1 11/16” | |
| Nut Material | Bone | |
| Fingerboard | ||
| Material | Ebony | |
| Binding | 3-ply | |
| Fretwire | Medium Jumbo Blacksmith DHP-27H | |
| Scale Length | 25" | |
| Radius | 12" | |
| Top Inlay | Small Diamonds (Acrylic) | |
| Side Marker | Yes | |
| Fret Number | 22 | |
| Neck | ||
| Material | 3 piece: Maple/Walnut/Maple | |
| Finish | Gloss | |
| Profile | C-Shape | |
| Joint Type | Set Neck | |
| Thickness | 1F: 20mm, 12F: 22mm | |
| Truss Rod | Dual Action | |
| Body | ||
| Body Shape | Double Cutaway | |
| Body Style | Semi-hollow (with centerblock) | |
| Body Depth | 1.75" | |
| Body Width | 14" | |
| Color | Slate Blue | |
| Finish | Gloss | |
| Material | Laminated Maple | |
| Binding | 5-ply | |
| Bridge | Satin Nickel Tune-O-Matic | |
| Tailpiece | Stopbar | |
| Pickguard | N/A | |
| Back Plate | N/A | |
| Pickup Selector | 3-way Toggle | |
| Knobs | 2 Ebony | |
| Strap Buttons | Satin Nickel, Non-Locking | |
| Electronics | ||
| Overview | 2 Supro Bolt Buckers / 1 Volume / 1 Tone / 3-way Toggle Switch | |
| Pickup (Neck) | Supro Bolt Bucker, Neck (Satin Nickel Cover) | |
| Pickup (Middle) | N/A | |
| Pickups (Bridge) | Supro Bolt Bucker, Bridge (Satin Nickel Cover) | |
| Pots | 500k | |
| Output Jack | Standard Mono | |
