And they then use electronics to shape the sound. Rock players think of shape and appearance. It is part of what gives these guitars their unique, mellow, sensitive but percussive, sound. Where, how and by whom they were built - and to what standard of excellence - is not.Īll this is purposeful.
Good deals they may well be, but 'a D'Angelico is not necessarily "a D'Angelico" any more than "a Strat is a Strat." When you see the super sales on D'Angelicos have your eyes at least open. To the novice all 'Stratocasters' are "Stratocasters." "A Stat is a Strat." Right? Only someone 'in the know' will distinguish them, but the simple giveaway (for the present at least) is the chrome metal where the Excels are gold color. Some very closely resemble Excels, but their lower quality differentiates them. Not "Excels." But "Premier" and other names. Then, later, came D'Angelico's 'lesser' models. None-the-less these were really good guitars. (Not to my eyes really honestly - though it was "legal" - "just a way of numbering them by where they were sold.") Uh huh. Hey! Number 'em as you wish, right? But that word "American" was used for affect.
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The guitars were given "American" serial numbers. The company was, frankly, not very open about by whom and where (and how) these instruments were made. But these guitars, sold using one of John's own model names, ''Excel," were truly fine. The who and where and what were left nebulous. Those sold for about ten to twelve thousand dollars.Īt the same time the company had others "built" - they said 'crafted' in a 'shop' in Korea.
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One a hand made series - just a few built, by hand, in New York, as much like the 'old ones' as possible. In the beginning the company had just two lines. These are the new D'Angelicos that are being sold today.īut even here things have morphed. In 2011 the name and the basic designs associated it was bought by some people with a serious interest in giving the make and name a serious place in the modern guitar world. Then the name was sold hither and yon and "D'Angelicos" built in the USA, in Japan and I cannot say where else. Most of us know that the name and the look all came from the hand made guitars of John D'Angelico - crafted in the `30s,`40s and `50s in small numbers in his New York shop.Īfter his retirement and death some guitars, still hand made, continued to bear his name and the look. Except that we - and, it is worth saying, the guitar "press" - knows little about this.
The various Squiers do too, but even there one find a fairly large range of quality.Īnd so it is with D'Angelicos. "But they all look alike" and it does say "Fender" on it. We chuckle at the Craig's list post selling a "Stratocaster" for $450 when a close inspection reveals it to be a Bullet "Squire by Fender." We yearn to find a "real" MIA Fender being sold by someone who doesn't quite know its dollar worth. We here at S-T know a LOT about Squiers and Fenders.
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